When joining a new team as a product manager, is it better to have the right soft skills and have to learn the hard skills of the job? Or vice versa?
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Walmart Sr Director II, Product Management - Marketing Technology • 4y
This reminds me of an interview question I got a very long time ago: "Is it better to have a bad team or a bad manager". In both cases, you'd rather not find yourself in ...
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Cisco Director of Product Management • 1y
Great question ! My perspective on this is - it depends. It all depends on the expectations of the specific role and team you will be part of. Product Management as a rol...
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HubSpot Group Product Manager, CRM Platform • 2mo
You need a baseline of both, but if forced to choose, strong soft skills buy you time to ramp on hard skills. Trust, communication, and stakeholder alignment determine wh...
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BILL VP of Product, Product Platform • 2y
If you had to only have one, I think it is easier to have soft skills and then learn the hard skills. I have done a lot of hiring for product managers both out of college...
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