Sooper42

PM Courses are not Worth it?

What do you think about the product management courses in the market?

Every PM certification I see, it's creating robots, making learners adapt to similar way of speaking, same jargons, same processes. Has the hype done more good than bad?

16mo ago

Steglomaniac

Stealth16mo

I think as a PM one should be meticulous with the randomness. Although I do think that the frameworks, methodologies and jargon help translate the work, yet to see wether a certification gives one an edge.

Sooper42

Stealth16mo

Agreed
I do feel the same way. However, the juxtaposition of this being a certain way, answering a certain way, and over-indexing on the frameworks, etc, takes away from the randomness and ability of learning. I feel.

Steglomaniac

Stealth16mo

Unless you see it as your contribution to an evolving curriculum - this is what keep me going, rather than finding the science of it I just try to working on curating a method to deal with the madness!

JustLikeYou

Sharechat16mo

For job interviews certificate might help, but in day to day jobs it's way different

And personally the product roles are overhyped, folks are doing data entry and other basic kind of works, But writing long posts on LinkedIn and Twitter about product and all, especially the freshers with APM titles.

Sooper42

Stealth16mo

I get what you are saying. Everyone wants the piece of cake before it sells out to others.

Nachos333

Stealth16mo

Yes, you are right, PM courses/certifications are absolutely not worth it. There are tons of free resources one can get from Product School, The Product Folks which are more than enough to break into PM

Sooper42

Stealth16mo

I relate. I really hope people see this soon.

SoftApp38

Stealth16mo

The more formal certifications/courses you take on PMing, the less likely you are to clear interviews. Your brain would be programmed to implement frameworks and anything slightly off track in interviews would put you in a tough spot.

Sooper42

Stealth16mo

Exactly.
Have noticed this trend when taking interviews for freshers especially who have gone through these cohorts. Majority do well, until the questions are the usual and framework driven. Anything out of the box usually causes anxiousness. These courses might just be curtailing creativity.