I have over 7 years of experience as a Product Manager and I did amazing in the initial years  but with time I feel I am having a setback :(. I was initially working in small companies but the expo...

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I have over 7 years of experience as a Product Manager and I did amazing in the initial years  but with time I feel I am having a setback :(.
I was initially working in small companies but the exposure I received was immense, now I am in MNC and I feel I am not getting much exposure, and I feel the communication skills I possess are not up to the mark. How do I climb up the ladder and grow my over all skills?

With the advent of AI/ML, as product manager how are you keeping yourself up with the technology?

Product Manager

With the advent of AI/ML, as product manager how are you keeping yourself up with the technology?- Grapevine

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I am PM with around 5 yrs of experience. I’m struggling to take my skill to next level. always receive feedback from management that output isn’t good, mostly that UX isn’t good. what can I do to improve my work?

1. Read books ? 
2. Study successful products from outside ?
3. Listen to podcasts 
4. Work with great product people? but hardly these exist 
5. leave this field altogether?
6. Just have patience and keep learning everyday?

Can experienced people share what has worked out well for them? or point me to some directions?

How to up your game as a Product Manager?

Software Engineer

I have 7 yrs of experience in product management . It’s in electrical product segment . I know from a fundamental product life cycle standpoint job expecations are same but I do not have any knowledge on software tech or tools . Recently I have learned a bit of AI and looking to transition into AI product management . Is there anyone with similar experience ? How difficult or easy it is ? And most importantly which companies are likely to hire

Has anyone transitioned from Product manager in hardware to software products ?

i have been program manager for about 2 years in non-tech role mostly working on analytics, customer success and operation with major expertise in data analysis. 

Now I am trying to upskill myself so that I can earn more and also become more relevant to companies

My Question is

1. What should I do in next 1 year to upskill myself
2. What job roles and organisation should I look for starting next year
3. How career growth looks like for program manager 5 years down the line

Please help this lost girl!

How to grow as a Program Manager

A traditional PM with expertise in Product Management looking for job. Specifically planning to upskill with a technical addition to profile. Lot of jargons floating around in industry buzz AI/ML/Generative AI, Data Democratization etc. . Appreciate any advise/help here. Also any link to learning material will help.

Up-skill help

Hello All!! Needed some advice with upskilling to further my career in Product Management and add more dimensions to it. 

For some context, I have 4.5+ YoE in the software industry, primarily functional roles including about 3 years in Product Management. 

I want to up-skill myself in some hard skills as I think I have decent exposure in soft skills/functional aspects of PM but lack in the former. 

Have been thinking of the following: 
1. APIs (Conceptual and hands on) 
2. Data Analysis (SQL to be precise) 
3. Low/No Code Tools 

I have about 6 months before I start looking for a new role and want to add these to my profile so as to land a good job. 

Please share your inputs and feedback if these would be useful in a real-life scenario and any other suggestions, if applicable. 

Counting on the advice and thanks in advance :)

Up-skilling as a Product Manager

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Someone else who is learning AI tools.
Let us know how you are keeping up with the latest advances in this field ?

AI is not going to take your job, someone else WILL.

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Any product manager working in AI products or have transitioned into AI based product management ? What has been your experience so far

I work for a private sector bank in India as a product manager. The bank is still lagging behind in terms of tools and softwares. We never use JIRA, Power BI or any other commonly used tools/software in product management. It is largely MS Excel,word or Powerpoint driven. Though the story is pretty much same for all Indian banks but I want to upskill and be confident enough to interview for any PM role outside of banking.
Please suggest what should be my upskill path and how do I stay competitive.

Banking Product Manager Dilemma

I am currently managing a product, which has not really scaled up as expected over the last 1.5 years.

Hand to heart, I can say I have given my best in terms of efforts but still the outcomes are not as expected due to many factors beyond my control.

Now this has created a perception amongst senior management that my team is working very slowly and not able to build what customers want.

It is very difficult to change this perception in short term

I have asked for change of product portfolio multiple times but that is not getting entertained.

Any suggestions if I want to stay in this company (other than the very obvious - looking for opportunities outside the organisation.)

Career dilemma- Product Management

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I am a SDE having decades of experience in management with less package than my experience. I am trying to switch but not getting any calls so far for the past 3 months. Can anyone suggest to me the technology/ process to upskill like AWS/ devops or ML

Technology/topic to upskill for 18+ yoe manager

Project Manager

I have been a PM for the last 3 years but my interviewing skills are really bad.

I have sat through a bunch of interviews. Read decode and conquer cover to cover, but even then, I've made little progress. 

I know I'm not bad at the role because I have gotten frequent hikes and created tangible impact on every product I've worked on.

The interviews I have cracked are mostly due to luck and my conversion rate is poor. 

Would love to get some insights from folks who have experienced the same roadblock.

Best way to get better at product interviews (2-3 years exp)?

Hello grapeviners,
I am from non-tech background but have experiential tech knowledge while I have worked as a PM.
I want to know what technical knowledge is required to become good at AI product mgmt and how to gain it?

TIA :)

Technical knowledge for AI product mgmt roles

Hi
I have done my BTech (Tier 1) and MBA (Tier 2). I have 4 years of digital marketing and 2 years of product management experience. Current I work as a Product Owner in a service based company.  My fixed compensation is 19 LPA. 

How should I go about now in my career to scale up the learning as well as the CTC?

How to grow in product management

Business Analyst

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I am a software engineer with 3 years of experience .For the first two initial years I was working as a QA in one of the good product companies with a very sorted work life balance .
I had recently switched to a BE role in a startup 
I am very much lagging behind here because of my QA background  ,the people here are very much talented and are great problem solvers .How do I reach that level ?
I have been  struggling to keep up with the pace here and finding it difficult to approach the tasks,even though i have been giving so much of time to work .
And the TL  in my team have a certain amount of expectations and hence they don't help according to that .(which i feel is fair)
How should I approach this  and level up here 
Anyone with a similar background and story please share your experience :) 
Any advice would really help

Need advice

There are many careers which are about to face onslaught of AI like Software engineers, content writers, Copywriters, data scientists, lawyers, finance folks etc.

But how immune is the career of a product manager to AI?

What do you think will happen to PM after 5 years when AI will go omnipotent?

How resistant or susceptible is the career of product manager to AI?

I have overall 4 YOE in software engineering space now and have been considering long term view of my career and what my future would look like.

Is MBA a better choice for long term growth and trajectory, I have been working primary in frontend software engineering space and still find it exciting and challenging due to new changes and updates coming everyday.

But is product management better for the long term, what is the career graph for frontend engineers after maybe 10-12 YOE ?

Also how does AI impact both roles in the long term ? Any past software engineers turned PMs what are your thoughts?

Frontend SDE vs MBA

So I started PMing a year back, 25y atm. Joined as APM right out of college. Sometimes I feel I should've done some adjacent role which would could've helped me in understanding how the industry works. Most of the times I work on feature mindlessly.

Many times lead engineers directly come to me for ticket requirements, all though i can deal with them, from time to time i feel like an imposter.

Anyone else feel like they got into PM too early?

Software Developer

how is the current job market for ML Engineer and data analysts. As far as I have seen there is not much hiring going on. Pay is very very less for everyone not only AI domain .Are the companies knowingly not hiring people and trying to run lean??

Current job market for AI/ML engineer and analysts

Machine Learning Engineer

I am a 2024 batch student currently doing my third product management internship, I am building my tech skills like having grasp on SQL as well , i want to land a good entryr level product role right after college or an APM program , please help me and tell how can I enhance my skills as well , i am tier 3 college student from a mechanical engineering background. Also tell me how can I prepare for upcoming APM programs

Regarding entry level product role

I worked hard for last 2-3 years and finally got into product mgmt from business strategy role. Now I keep listening that product mgmt is a dying career, it has no future, it will be gobbled up by AI. 
I am really exhausted of this catchup game. I sometimes feel that things would have been better if I had joined some FMCG company in a supply chain - ops role. Those roles are much more stable than these high stress startup roles.

What should be my plan to lead a more peaceful yet decently high paying career? In need of some great advice folks...pls share valuable comments 🙂

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