Helping Babajob achieve pmf. This was my first real job as a PM for a purely internet business and I was the first PM on the team. The learning was immense both in terms of what should and shouldn't be done.
Consensus building. As a typical introvert engineer I had trouble convincing folks on ideas when the argument wasn't completely analytical (Black/white) as is the case with most PM discussions.
The amount of autonomy/independence you as a PM have in making product decisions. PMs who primarily come in with the mindset of I know what is best and build what I ask seldom do well in their PM role.
The power of incentives. While working in a cross functional team if everybody's incentives are not aligned it doesn't matter what you want to build. The probability of shipping something with high quality will be very low.
Never really though about it. May be would have been in academics/teaching. Something that would have let me think about problems deeply and switch between very different problem areas.
The definition of being a PM is very different across companies, businesses, industries, type of products. In India this difference is especially stark. It took me quite some to figure this out, in turn impacting how I managed my career path/goals overall.
Helping Babajob achieve pmf. This was my first real job as a PM for a purely internet business and I was the first PM on the team. The learning was immense both in terms of what should and shouldn't be done.
Consensus building. As a typical introvert engineer I had trouble convincing folks on ideas when the argument wasn't completely analytical (Black/white) as is the case with most PM discussions.
The amount of autonomy/independence you as a PM have in making product decisions. PMs who primarily come in with the mindset of I know what is best and build what I ask seldom do well in their PM role.
The power of incentives. While working in a cross functional team if everybody's incentives are not aligned it doesn't matter what you want to build. The probability of shipping something with high quality will be very low.
Never really though about it. May be would have been in academics/teaching. Something that would have let me think about problems deeply and switch between very different problem areas.
The definition of being a PM is very different across companies, businesses, industries, type of products. In India this difference is especially stark. It took me quite some to figure this out, in turn impacting how I managed my career path/goals overall.