Would you rather be an Engineer learning how to Product or a Product Manager learning how to Engineer?
Learning the business nuances, business/user first thinking can be learnt easily and applied.
But learning how to implement a logic in code and understanding the dependencies of various systems is not easily learnable. Also involves the crux of different language learning.
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laalchii
Student
5 months ago
pm that knows enigneering
Ha ha !
A marketer with a good aptitude learning to be Product Manager would be super combination.
Developers turning PMs is theoretically possible, some of us may have anecdotal evidence as well but it is largely difficult. Stakeholder management is just one part of being a PM, then you have to look at funnels, plan experiments, run queries whenever an idea strikes to validate it and then so many stakeholders reaching out to you every now and then. There’s legal, compliance, design, marketing, engineering, business heads etc.
If you are still able to make time, learn figma and make a designer’s life easy and write exceptionally good documents to help your tech teams and org move forward with high velocity.
And still if you find time, feel free to code since you were originally an engineer taking over a PM role in today’s internet companies.
One more thing- you have to be exceptionally good with writing emails to keep all stakeholders aligned and informed and make exceptional ppts to build alignment on any new product idea.
Hope I have made my point
Current brand of Product managers are totally not required. The moment engineers find more time, product is done for. With AI that's happening.
EnragedSin53
Stealth
5 months ago
The path chooses you
Engineer learning to be Product. I think at a lot of places it has already started and they name it as a product engineer. PM's work scope is shifting towards sales. Airbnb has already done that for the PM in some of their teams.
EvilSneeze
Stealth
5 months ago
I wish I were an engineer learning product, i.e., the hard work of being an engineer was already behind me. But for better or worse, I’m a PM, which means (with respect to the discussion at hand) there’s only one direction for me.
dshustler6
Stealth
5 months ago
Hey @salt could you please be able to refer me for any entry level role in Product/Data Analytics if any opening at the moment you know at Gojek?
dshustler6
Stealth
5 months ago
Hey @DarlesChickens I am looking for job in Analytics since more than 1.5+ yr. I have completed my course in Data science and Analytics from Upgrad and didn't get any job opportunity/support from them. I hold 2+ years of experience as a Research Associate and looking to switch my career in Analytics. Please let me know if you can refer me for any entry level "Analytics" role at Razorpay. Thanks !
That is not even a valid question. Only one of that is possible.
