I feel like startups have unreasonable and unnecessary self induced pressure at times. I am working as an APM at a gate management startup and all I feel is pressurized even though the release gets delayed whether due to faulty implementation or dev or qa or requirement change from business side which the PM has no control over. While all this is happening you are left to wonder where did you lack? Was it at Product Management or at Project Management because clearly both are not happening properly.
It's weird how so little at times is in your control and yet how all the blame you have to take because primarily it was your job to think it all through.
Now you see why this job is needed and paid well.
Hope every idiot that asks question âwhy are PMs needed and they are so well paidâ read this post.
We are held accountable for every task performed in our pod by people on whom we have no authority.This includes people across all verticals Dev,Marketing,Ops ,Risk etc.
So each vertical cares about just the output while we are being judged and reprimanded over outcomes.
Also in small startups u are accountable even if dev servers are nit working and that delays the output. Gets too much to take
As an APM youâre expected to execute stuff! Itâs alright if you miss timelines sometimes, as a practise, always note down in a doc, the timelines promised by engg, timelines promised to business.
If some requirement changes, inform all the stakeholders in that very doc about the last min changes, and the new timelines.
Rule #1: Overcommunicate
It's a best advice. Tho, I am not in PM role yet but as bid manager I also have to make sure to write and communicate all the timelines and state responsibilities clearly. This is the most efficient way to manage stakeholders and get job done!
Why do I feel like this is MyGate đ
Iâve been insufferable at work since 2-3 months now. Total time at my company- 6mo 21 days. Profile - Product Management My engineering team seems to be taking no ownership and always have their brahmastra ready that it didnât come fro...
I'm wondering if there are actually any freelance or part-time opportunities for product managers.
I have only seen PMs work in full-time positions.
Is PM by design a full time function?
Fellow PMs do share your 2 cents on this! đ
Answer is obvious mate. And it's already in motion. Everyone knows current product management breed is a messed up ...
Worst part of being an APM is to get a bad PM as a manager who only does project management and doesn't take or care about your inputs. The project managers who dont understand anything about product management and clear interviews base...
