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How to justify resume points where you have not created any impact as a PM? You had no choice but to just build these features

Mike Flouton
Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust1y
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 ...
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Victor Dronov
Atlassian Group Product Manager, Trello Enterprise1y
Okay, you are not happy with your recent track record - good opportunity to flex your analysis, story telling and “marketer” muscle. Goals. These features didn’t seem to...
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Poorvi Shrivastav
Meta Senior Director of Product Management1y
Impact as a PM extends beyond direct revenue or cost savings. Consider these aspects when justifying resume points:User growth or retention: Did the feature help sustain ...
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Clara Lee
PayPal VP, Product | Formerly Apple, Automattic, Deloitte1y
This "problem" is not uncommon, especially at junior PM levels. If customer or business impact is unclear, I would recommend speaking to how closely your work aligned wit...
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Rupali Jain
Optimizely Chief Product Officer1y
I'd always encourage you to think through impact and understand it before building a feature. Ask whoever is pushing you to build, ask your peers, validate with customer...
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Suzie Prince
Atlassian Head of Product, DevOps1y
I believe that even in situations where you "had to build the features" you can still show impact. Impact is not just about more users, more dollars for the business - im...
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