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101: Highs and Lows of Being a Product Manager
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In this episode of the How to Succeed in Product Management Podcast, marketing professor Jeff Shulman and The Product Management Center advisory board member Red Russak welcome Tommy Brown (Google) and Jenai Akina (Amazon) to talk about the highs and lows of being a product manager. On the positive side, it's fulfilling to plan a product's future, solve tough problems, and provide valuable solutions to users. Working with various teams and influencing a product's success is also gratifying. However, there are challenges too, such as dealing with too many processes, lots of meetings, and feeling like you might not be good enough at times. Despite these challenges, the job offers a mix of rewarding achievements and expected setbacks.
Disclaimer: All opinions of the speakers are their own.
What to Listen For:
- 00:00 Intro
- 06:06 What boosts and drains your energy as a PM
- 10:06 Can negative feedback be energizing?
- 12:48 Other aspects of PM that can sap your energy and how to overcome it
- 18:22 Optimizing document workflows
- 21:43 Unexpected challenges of PM
- 23:45 Learn to celebrate your wins
- 27:37 How AI can help in a PMs job
- 30:36 Competing with the past and ignoring the noise
- 35:26 Highs and lows in AI PM
- 40:16 Accessibility in PM
- 42:34 Necessity of processes and ways to handle queries efficiently
- 44:56 Final thoughts
131 episodes
101: Highs and Lows of Being a Product Manager
How To Succeed In Product Management | Jeffrey Shulman, Red Russak & Soumeya Benghanem
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on July 12, 2024 21:56 (). Last successful fetch was on July 30, 2024 04:40 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 431390645 series 2930898
In this episode of the How to Succeed in Product Management Podcast, marketing professor Jeff Shulman and The Product Management Center advisory board member Red Russak welcome Tommy Brown (Google) and Jenai Akina (Amazon) to talk about the highs and lows of being a product manager. On the positive side, it's fulfilling to plan a product's future, solve tough problems, and provide valuable solutions to users. Working with various teams and influencing a product's success is also gratifying. However, there are challenges too, such as dealing with too many processes, lots of meetings, and feeling like you might not be good enough at times. Despite these challenges, the job offers a mix of rewarding achievements and expected setbacks.
Disclaimer: All opinions of the speakers are their own.
What to Listen For:
- 00:00 Intro
- 06:06 What boosts and drains your energy as a PM
- 10:06 Can negative feedback be energizing?
- 12:48 Other aspects of PM that can sap your energy and how to overcome it
- 18:22 Optimizing document workflows
- 21:43 Unexpected challenges of PM
- 23:45 Learn to celebrate your wins
- 27:37 How AI can help in a PMs job
- 30:36 Competing with the past and ignoring the noise
- 35:26 Highs and lows in AI PM
- 40:16 Accessibility in PM
- 42:34 Necessity of processes and ways to handle queries efficiently
- 44:56 Final thoughts
131 episodes
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