Here’s a fact you may not have known: Many of today’s top executives and CEOs in tech companies — from Microsoft’s Satya Nadella to Marissa Mayer at Yahoo — were product managers early in their careers.
So You Want to Be a Product Manager
How to determine if it’s the right career for you.
November 29, 2024
Summary.
Product management can be a great stepping stone for ambitious early career professionals, and it’s not just for those with an engineering background. With real-world examples and personal experiences, the authors of this article explain what product management is about, the critical skills a PM needs to have, as well as how to start out and match your strengths to different types of PM roles. Despite recent tech layoffs and a precarious job market, product management remains a vibrant and promising field for early career professionals.