The real joy is when you see people are using product build and envisaged by you and impacting their lives in the positive way.
Most struggling aspect of product management is juggling between never ending priorities across the functions. This drained out a lot of other PM folks too. Best way to keep up with this is to be customer centric and always build for the customer and not for the business. In the long run this strategy helps you end up building the right product with correct priorities.
There are many myths about aspiring PMs but the one which I encounter the most is "If you know data analysis, then you are a good fit for PM". 80% PM interviews I do, most of them coming from the data analytics field and they think PM is a natural progression. Though there is nothing bad in it but PM role is much more than that data analysis. Getting forward looking data insight is one important aspect of it.
Never forget who you are building for. PMs should constantly remind themselves of this because when they are engrossed in the product building clear focus can help avert some common traps. Few such common traps are biases which the PM should be aware of. Special mention to cognitive bias, IKEA effect and Focusingillusion.
Theatre. Best complimentary skillset is storytelling.
There is no IC role in PM :)
The real joy is when you see people are using product build and envisaged by you and impacting their lives in the positive way.
Most struggling aspect of product management is juggling between never ending priorities across the functions. This drained out a lot of other PM folks too. Best way to keep up with this is to be customer centric and always build for the customer and not for the business. In the long run this strategy helps you end up building the right product with correct priorities.
There are many myths about aspiring PMs but the one which I encounter the most is "If you know data analysis, then you are a good fit for PM". 80% PM interviews I do, most of them coming from the data analytics field and they think PM is a natural progression. Though there is nothing bad in it but PM role is much more than that data analysis. Getting forward looking data insight is one important aspect of it.
Never forget who you are building for. PMs should constantly remind themselves of this because when they are engrossed in the product building clear focus can help avert some common traps. Few such common traps are biases which the PM should be aware of. Special mention to cognitive bias, IKEA effect and Focusingillusion.
Theatre. Best complimentary skillset is storytelling.
There is no IC role in PM :)