How do early career PM's proactively learn about skills that take them to the next level. How do they develop them.
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HubSpot Director of Product Strategy | Marketing Hub, Content Hub • 7mo
Love this question! Early career PMs often ask, “how do I actually learn the stuff that will get me promoted?” The trick is to treat PM skills like muscles: you build the...
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Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning • 4y
First thing I'd recommend is asking your team if there is a formal description of levels and skills associated with each level. More and more companies, whether large org...
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Walmart Sr Director II, Product Management - Marketing Technology • 3y
There is no substitute for being hands-on, although there is now also plenty of literature on PM-ing. Become more technical by learning from your engineering and data sci...
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Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion • 1y
Be curious and take on work based on impact, not on how big or complex they are. Everything you learn and execute on early in your career becomes a platform that you lean...
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Care Solace Chief Product Officer | Formerly Headspace, Ginger, LinkedIn • 2y
Learning on the job - you already have broken into a product role. Work will give you the most time and mind space to acquire skills for growth. Observe the work being do...
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