A comprehensive survey of Product Management

Most frequently valued PM skills: Communication, execution, product sense.  Least frequently valued PM skills: Design/UX, empathy, raw intelligence.

According to responders (mostly PMs), PMs have more influence than other functions at over 80% of companies.

On getting promoted:  Takeaways:  Showing significant impact on the business — by far the most common thing to get right; U nlike the mini-CEO label PMs often get, in reality they must keep their external stakeholders onboard to be successful;  Keeping their team and manager happy — less of a priority at most companies, but as you’ll... See more

Noteworthy companies where PMs have relatively less influence: Apple, Oracle, Stripe, Tesla.

Noteworthy companies where PMs have a lot more influence: YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Uber, Robinhood, Lyft, Coinbase, Asana, Airbnb.