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Product Manager You Are…
- You’re a janitor: You do as much of the dirty work as possible so everyone else doesn’t have to (so the team operates more efficiently)
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Kassen Qian added 2y ago
- You’re a ghost: You know when to disappear (it's possible to over-PM).
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- You’re a coach: Coaches understand that teams are composed of people and the interpersonal relationships between each member determine to a large extent the effectiveness of the team, what it is capable of producing as a unit. PMs too must inspire, motivate and convince their team to fight for Every Single Inch.
from Product Manager You Are… by Mat Balez
Kassen Qian added 2y ago
- You’re a hammer: You live and you die based on your ability to convince other people to do what you need them to do for the good of the product. A hammer swings and builds -- push your team to ship.
from Product Manager You Are… by Mat Balez
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- You’re an inventor : Great PMs are usually creative types, who can generate and churn through many ideas all at once, to arrive at solutions to difficult and multi-faceted problems.
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- You’re a super user: Eat your own dog food and talk to people who do too.
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- You’re a router: Act as a traffic cop and bring the right info to the right people.
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- You’re the product: The product your team builds and ships is the most faithful representation of your success as a PM.
from Product Manager You Are… by Mat Balez
Kassen Qian added 2y ago
- You’re an engineer: companies want PMs who can roll with engineers, speak the same language, grasp the technical concepts (and problems and opportunities) quickly, and by so doing gain the respect and trust of the people actually moving bits around. The best PMs are culturally engineers
from Product Manager You Are… by Mat Balez
Kassen Qian added 2y ago