How can someone from a different field like engineering transition to product management?
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Google Product Lead - Google Cloud • 1y
Great question. In my personal career journey as well as several hires I’ve made I’ve always found it helpful to try the new role before you go all in. When I was at a st...
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IBM Product Management • 1y
Product management is not a field that someone usually formally studies for and gets into. This is typically a field where someone gains domain expertise and transitions ...
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Walmart Sr Director II, Product Management - Marketing Technology • 3y
Fairly easily potentially, compared to transitioning from other less-related fields. Product Management is as much art as it is discipline or science. Leveraging technica...
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Cisco Director of Product Management • 1y
For any career transition, it comes down to being clear in your mind and being able to articulate answers to the the following questions"Why" are you seeking this transit...
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Shopify VP of Product • 4y
I'm a fan of pairing. Often times Engineering works so closely with product, it is easy enough to sit more closely with your product partner and work through problems tog...
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I think most great PMs come from a different field first. I have not worked with anyone who hasn't but I know they're out there. This is because the context that you gain...
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