Do PMs get to travel a lot?

When I say a big company, I mean $50B+ market cap. I think PMing at a smaller scale is much more intense in terms of work load. You are constantly doing a lot of 0-1/1-10/10-100. But what about 100++ companies/products? What does a PM at Gmail do? How do they fill up their day? I mean how many experiments can one perform? Is PMing at that scale majorly just project management? For PMs who moved from high growth startups to companies like PayPal, Google, Microsoft -- do you get bored?

Hi all , I have recently transitioned into a PM role after having worked in Strategy role for 4 years. I am planning to move to Australia / Europe due to personal reasons. Any advice on how can we scout and get jobs outside India for a PM role ? Thanks

So I've met many PMs in my career. Most have been sub par, poor performers, can't even do IC work. The ones who can do IC work, can't think. The IC work is generally project management not product. They need someone to tell them directions So here's a few things. The best PMs I've met, are good engineers. Yes. These are the same folks who come for product management conferences and are respected. Of course not all engineers are good at product. The role of product came up with manufacturing first when you had product designers who worked with engineers and had a good understanding of both engineering limitations and user understanding. Some of the PMs I have met don't even talk to users. The reason i am seeing an issue in PMs in India is the increase in demand in the role, and a lack of supply. There is a product engineer role, I met a few folks who are doing that, they were amazing. Knew technology, users, product and super passionate. I'm not saying this is a hard and fast rule, I'm sure there are folks who have a natural inclination, so if you're an exception, understand that. Don't get offended by the statement

I am a frontend engineer in a startup with a CTC of 7. I am also from a tier 3 engineering college graduated last month. I want to become a product manager in the future. So my question is what things I should to achieve my goal. Will doing an MBA help me, if yes which is more better MBA from old IIM’s, ISB or global MBA ?

The title sums it up. Are there any PMs here who do remote work for an European company and get paid in € ? How did you land the job? Any specific place to look out for such openings? Can you share some slack group,etc?

I nowadays see a lot of folks on LinkedIn as “Product Management at McKinsey and Company”. What are PMs doing in Management Consulting firms?

It’s clear that companies won’t need engineers 10 years from now. They’ll just need people who know what to make. Who to sell to. How to sell to. At what price. This will be the great commoditization of Software development Take it or leave it.

I have previously tech experience and now into deliveries / project management role. Any organisation directly hire from india to abroad in such roles?