What are some different skills or expertise required for someone in a PM role for a HW product (Ex: Google Home Mini) vs a PM in a SW product (Ex: YouTube Music)? Are the roles vastly different? What additional skills, if any, do you require to become a successful PM for a HW product?
Hardware PMs are 3rd tier
Even for Pixel and Google Home?
I am on PM hiring. Google home is a SW job so similar to software. For core hardware, Different bar. Otherwise we will never be able to hire hardware PMs. For example, we had a Silicon product manager and he failed all core PM interviews but was still hired. They came from Qualcomm. Otherwise we won’t be able to hire!
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