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What Skills Does a Product Manager Need?

BrainStation Product Management

According to BrainStation’s 2019 Digital Skills Survey , 88 percent of Product Managers polled began their careers in a different field, a number higher than any other discipline. Self-styled ‘visionary’ Product Managers are dangerous – which is why I advise against hiring PM candidates who fire off (Steve Jobs) quotes during job interviews.

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What Skills Does a Product Manager Need?

BrainStation Product Management

Speak to a Learning Advisor. According to BrainStation’s 2019 Digital Skills Survey , 88 percent of Product Managers polled began their careers in a different field, a number higher than any other discipline. Technical Skills for Product Management. Personal Skills Are Essential for Product Managers.

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Five Under-Appreciated Aspects of Product Leadership

The Product Coalition

Often we talk more about the technical skills, like, portfolio management, being more strategic, etc but being good at those things mean nothing if you can’t build a culture conducive to good product management practices. It’s seldom their ability to do the job technically?—?to interpersonal, emotional intelligence, etc?—?that

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These 5 Coding Bootcamps Are Worth Considering

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Software development is one of the few highly skilled occupations that doesn’t require any professional certification. Course Report’s Top Schools of 2019-2020. Course Report has followed the coding bootcamp industry since 2013. Focus Areas: Software Engineering, Data science, UX/UI Design and Cybersecurity.

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How to Hire a Great Product Manager

BrainStation Product Management

The position of Product Manager has been one of the fastest-growing roles in tech in recent years, with a 30 percent growth in job openings year over year. Perhaps you need someone with an uncanny design eye, or razor-sharp technical skills, or deep experience in analytics? You think you have to do it all yourself.

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How to Hire a Great Product Manager

BrainStation Product Management

The position of Product Manager has been one of the fastest-growing roles in tech in recent years, with a 30 percent growth in job openings year over year. Speak to a Learning Advisor. Perhaps you need someone with an uncanny design eye, or razor-sharp technical skills, or deep experience in analytics? Do Some Soul-Searching.

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Upsides to unshipping: The art of removing features and products

Mixpanel

Prior to this position, Neil was VP of Engineering, after working as a Software Engineer and leading Infrastructure Engineering. He was the Director of Product at Slack, focused on growth in the freemium, self-service business. He advised companies like Tinder, Hipcamp, Reddit, Canva, and Pocket. Incompatibility.