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Whether they're students in college or seasoned colleagues in other fields, I get asked this question all the time: "How do I become a Product Manager?". I'm not sure there's one clear path, so I decided it might be useful to ask a bunch of product managers how THEY got into it. What are the qualities you need to be a good PM? What are the perceptions vs. the reality of working in product? Stories and advice from real product managers.
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This episode is with Hannah Eickmeier. She is a Product Experience Advisor at Xero and has lots of experience as a Product Owner. She and I connected in the Product Hive Slack group. Product Hive is a Product and Design group that started in Utah, but has begun to collect humans from all over the globe. Hannah is originally from UK and is now worki…
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This episode is with Jon Jensen 2.0. He is the Director of Product, Private Markets at Shareworks by Morgan Stanley. You’re probably wondering why the “2.0”? Well, that’s because there was a Jon Jensen already working at Instructure when he arrived and we had to come up with some way to differentiate them. Jon and I worked at Instructure at the sam…
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This episode is with Kat Markava. She is the head of Product at Watsco Ventures, is originally from Belarus (how cool is that?) and currently lives in Miami. She has a really interesting journey into Product and has some really great advice for you guys. Kat and I had a blast talking shop. We talked for hours and I’m so excited to have made a new f…
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McCall Smith is a Senior Product Manager at Jane.com. In this episode, she tell us the story of how she went from a subject matter expert to product manager. McCall and I worked together at Instructure where I got to learn from her honesty and fearlessness in the face of awkward moments. When she came to interview with us, I knew we should hire her…
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Shaun Moon is the VP of Product, Canvas at Instructure. He is a very creative thinker and my favorite part of this episode is his suggestion for how anyone can gather product management experience.Shaun has the respect of many a product manager who's worked with him. I worked at the same company as he did for a few months, but didn't get the opport…
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This first episode is with my pal, Matt Goodwin. He was a great sport, bearing with me as we tried to figure out how to get all the mics and recording to work while in two different places. Unfortunately, there is some intermittent echoing that we couldn't hear as we recorded, and it shows up in the podcast from time to time. But don't let that det…
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The “How to get into Product Management” Podcast is coming soon. Listen to this quick trailer to hear what it's all about.
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