Up until a few year ago, PM was a sought after profession. The idea was company needed product managers to drive overall product strategy and execution. But recently, I have seen service companies posting openings for PMs. In some of the interviews I have appeared in the past, when asked what is the product I will work on, the interviewer said we don't have any products, it is projects!
I believe companies have rebranded business analysts, project managers into product managers. How do you think situation will evolve in next few years?
The market is just filled with mediocore PM who are previously developers with more than 90% couldn't keep up with coding, then did some useless certifications or MBA to start as PM.
Everyone and their mother became a product manager in the last few years. How safe are these jobs in a recession. I often hear (from engineers who don’t hide their disdain for PMs so maybe a biased opinion) that they are the first one to...
Lately, I am seeing less of general Product Management roles and more of Growth PM ones. Anyone else seeing this shift?
I know Grapevine is full of young and ambitious people that either planning to get into Product or are already working as a PM. I don’t aim to discourage any of you. Moreover, if you need tips to break into Product I would be happy to he...
Heavily second this. I’m a tech focus generalist who stumbled upon PMing after multiple startup exits. Absolutely bon...
Do you think product management would still be relevant? Have you thought of any fallback career options?