Product Management is hard to define and many people often give vague analogies, like the "CEO of the product". When you're making a big career change, you need to know the cold, hard truth of what the role is and whether you'd enjoy and succeed at it. Zerzar Bukhari from Google tackled with the audience some of the biggest myths about Product Management. Zerzar helped clarify whether it would be the right transition for you.

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7. Zerzar Bukhari
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8. Myths & Realities of
Product Management
Zerzar Bukhari
Feb 1, 2018
Silicon Valley, CA

9. About Me

10. Why you are here (hopefully)
1. Do I want to be a product manager?
2. Which PM job or company should I pick?
3. Who should I hire as a PM at my company?

12. “Product manager” has no definition
A Product Manager is responsible
for the success of the product

13. Founders & hackers make the best PMs
1. Bias for action is critical
2. Always, always be learning and doing
3. Be strong-willed and resilient

14. A PM is the CEO of the product
1. No one has to listen to you
2. You can’t fire or hire anyone
3. No private jets or golden parachutes

15. Bad PMs obsess over detail
80% of your time will be spent on details

16. Successful product ≠ Good PM
1. Failures teach you more than successes
2. Personal impact is what matters

17. EQ is more important than IQ
1. Must understand subject matter experts
2. Information processing at scale is hard
3. Must jump from high level to low level (and back)

18. There exists “too much knowledge”
1. Knowledge costs time, effort or money
2. You’re hired to make decisions under ambiguity
3. Leave the expertise to the experts

19. PM is all about politics
1. Every decision is political
2. Politics is not always bad
3. Fight for the end user, not yourself

20. PM is the most respected job in tech

21. PMs are paid more than engineers
1. Rarely true at most big companies
2. Job options are much more limited
3. Work-life balance is not necessarily better

22. Good PMs are always in meetings
1. There is always opportunity for a (good) meeting
2. Never eat lunch alone
3. Find ways to help people

23. So what makes a good PM?
Empathy
Humility Intellect

24. Would these guys make good
PMs?

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