For so many fields, this style of question is pretty straight-forward. Want to be a software engineer? Study computer science at a four-year institution, get decent grades, do an internship or two, and do decent at full-time interviews. Want to be an accountant? Study accounting, get decent grades, do an internship or two, and do…
Tl;dr: Project managers (PM or PjM) tend to own shorter-term projects, deliver a single deliverable, and coordinate a team to execute under budget, by the deadline and with the right quality Program managers (PM or PgM) tend to work on longer-term projects, coordinate with a set of project managers, prioritize projects and are more responsible…
Does a product manager need to be technical or have an engineering background? Get the answer in this post by Meka!
Frankly, there are so many articles on this that do a way better job of describing this elusive role than I can. I will share a short list of resources that do a great job defining it, but in short, here is my view: Product Management is the set of behaviors, actions and impact required…
Product management is like SoHo House. Even if you know about it, good luck getting in. — Unknown All PMs I know come from privileged backgrounds. They all have had middle class or better backgrounds, had someone in their family who was in STEM (likely their parents), and are generally from the coasts. They are…