Paths to becoming a product manager

In the modern business environment, product management is the job profile that is most in demand. Due to their responsibilities and contributions, they are among the highest-paid professionals in a company. 

Suppose you're wondering how you can become a product manager.

In this episode, we take you through the various means of getting into product management, including internships, switching roles inside a company, and learning the course online and offline, among many other means.

Tune in to learn this and more!

Key Highlights

[1:16] Through internships

[1:51] Associate Product management position

[4:43] Switching inside a company

[7:46] Customer support role

[9:47] Starting or joining startups

[14:27] Offline skill development

[17:04] Hackathons

[18:20] Taking online courses

[20:26] Through networking

[21:44] Having an MBA

[26:43] Putting in the reps

[28:12] Doing case studies to get your work out there 

Notable Quotes

• In switching within the organization, subject matter expertise is one key thing you have over other folks.- Parv
• A lot of the time, a lot of the things you're doing in your current role have some connection to being a PM.- Parv
• The most important part of being a PM is understanding your customers and users.- Alex
• Any role can become a PM.- Alex
• Sometimes it might be harder to jump in from some roles directly to product management. But it's still doable. - Parv
• One of those things with product management is there's not really a formal education around it. - Alex
• I think meetups and networking can actually open the door. - Parv
• If you truly want to get a job somewhere, you take one of their products, break it up, redesign it, and show them how it could be better and why it could be better. -Alex
• And startups are probably, in my opinion, the best way to get into the product, whether you make your startup or work at someone else's. -Alex
• It can't be overstated enough that the more products you ship, the better you get at product. -Alex

Resources

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