Lessons In Product Management

Going from Product Manager to Product Leader w/ Carlos González de Villaumbrosia - Founder and CEO of Product School

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On today's episode, I sat down with the CEO and Founder of Product School, Carlos Gonzales de Villaumbrosia

Carlos founded Product School with the passion to help train the next generation of Product Managers. Product School provides certifications in Product Management to professionals across 20 campuses worldwide, and they offer the same courses live online. All Product School instructors are senior-level product managers working at top technology companies such as Google, Facebook, Airbnb, PayPal, LinkedIn, and Netflix.

On this episode, Carlos shares with us how to land a PM job and how to grow in your PM career

Here's what we discussed:

  • How Carlos stumbled into Product Management, and how his early PM experiences created the empathy 
  • Why aspiring PMs don't need to have an engineering degree or an MBA
  • The best learning is by doing, so build something to get the experience you need!
  • PM roles, by nature, are not "entry-level"
  • Don't get stuck on titles or specific companies when trying to break into product
  • Don't try to switch industries AND roles at the same time. Try one, but not both.
  • The most important things to do first when landing that first PM role
  • The difference between a PM and a Senior PM and how to make that jump!
  • What you need to know before getting into Product Leadership and why the skills are completely different than what you need as a PM
  • The impact that continuing education and lifelong learning has on your career and when you should be learning what skills

    • Connect with Carlos and Product School at: https://www.productschool.com/

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