AMA: GitLab VP, Product, Mike Flouton on Product Management Career Path

First off, I'd check the entry point. I think it's rare that somebody would be new to product management and be coming in as a middle manager. Typically, people without a...

So it starts with foundational product management knowledge. Typically those folks who get promoted to Director are the top product managers in the company. That's basica...

You should be thinking of your product management career as a story and be thinking about what the headlines and chapter headings for each one of those stories is. What a...

Well, as always, it depends. I'd say first you have to diagnose the situation and understand the root causes. Why are they bringing you tasks rather than responsibilities...

You want a healthy balance of the two, and it's really going to depend on the stage of the organization and what you want to accomplish. It may be that you're trying to e...

This is an interesting question. I would ask, if you're not interested in leading a product management organization, what is it about product management that has you more...

I don't think you'll like this answer, but I'm just going to tell it like I see it. I'm not sure it's a good use of time trying to overcome domain hiring preference in ge...

I do mentor and coach a number of folks from different backgrounds and at different stages of their career. I typically prefer to mentor folks who are product managers ve...

Well, hopefully you've created some kind of impact. It may be that it's not obvious what that impact was, but hopefully the company, the product, and the market has done ...