[Career review] “Product manager in tech” by Richard Batty

Product management is one of the best non-programming roles in the tech industry. It pays well and builds skills widely-applicable skills.

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Outline:

(00:09) Summary

(00:32) Pros

(00:58) Cons

(01:12) Key facts on fit

(01:29) Next steps

(01:55) Sometimes recommended

(02:04) Review status

(02:09) What's this based on?

(02:41) What is this career path?

(05:26) How does it differ from other related roles?

(06:13) What are the major stages of this career?

(06:32) What is it like day to day?

(07:49) Why should you go into product management?

(07:54) Gain valuable transferrable skills that can be used to work directly on a wide range of important problems

(09:36) Earn to give

(10:11) Progression

(10:49) Top tier software companies

(11:23) UK earnings

(11:35) Good job outlook

(13:27) Jeff Pole's story

(14:21) Reasons not to do product management

(14:25) Lack of opportunities to do deep, focussed work

(14:50) Delayed impact

(15:20) Loss of your specialist skills

(15:51) Entry requirements

(15:55) Who should especially consider this option?

(17:34) How to work out if this career is right for you

(17:54) How to get this job

(20:56) Companies to consider applying to

(21:01) Large, prestigious companies

(21:24) Smaller companies

(21:42) Further reading

The original text contained 3 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
December 6th, 2016

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