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So, You Think You Want To Be A
Product Manager?
Damien Peters
Who are you?
• Product Manager at Facebook
• Former PM @ TinyCo & Zynga
• Founder of SingleBlackMale.org
• Former Booz Allen Hamilton Engineer &
Consultant
• MBA – MIT Sloan
• BS in CS & Econ – University of Maryland
• From Washington, DC / Maryland
www.damienpeters.com
So, What is a Product Manager?
*The Caveat*
The Role and Skills
Vary Widely by Company & Product
So, What is a Product Manager?
The Core Skills
• Leadership
• Communication
• Analysis & Data Driven Decision Making
• Creativity & Design Sense
• Problem Solving
What’s The Most Important Skill?
Solve any and all problems
stopping you’re team from executing
against your product vision
Why Don’t I Want to Be a PM?
• You like to manage people
• You are a “big picture” person
• You like to know what to do and get it done
• You don’t like failure
• You like to sleep & stress isn’t you’re thing
• You like to work with one team
• You think engineers are weird
Why Do You Like Product Management?
• The joy of creating something
• Immense impact to your company
• Constant and changing set of challenges
• Building a mix set of skills that are universally applicable
• Respect
How do I become a PM?
• Learn the Company, Learn the Market, Learn the Product, Learn their
Interview
• Practice product case questions
• Answer the following:
– Why do you want to be a PM?
– What’s a Product you love and how can it be improved?
– What would you build for this company?
Crushing the Interview
How do I become a PM?
• Stop focusing on the implementation
• Work on and build you’re product sense
• Stop being anti-social
• Build something from scratch
You have a technical background
How do I become a PM?
• Find companies looking for your background
• Become Technical (or at least closer to it)
• Drop the ego
• Build the key PM skills
• Build Something
• Learn the lingo
• Make the lateral move
• Be realistic
You are not technical
How do I become a PM?
Cracking the PM Interview
By Gayle Laakmann McDowell
Decode & Conquer
By Lewis Lin
Questions?
www.DamienPeters.com

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So, you think you want to be a Product Manager

  • 1. So, You Think You Want To Be A Product Manager? Damien Peters
  • 2. Who are you? • Product Manager at Facebook • Former PM @ TinyCo & Zynga • Founder of SingleBlackMale.org • Former Booz Allen Hamilton Engineer & Consultant • MBA – MIT Sloan • BS in CS & Econ – University of Maryland • From Washington, DC / Maryland www.damienpeters.com
  • 3. So, What is a Product Manager? *The Caveat* The Role and Skills Vary Widely by Company & Product
  • 4. So, What is a Product Manager? The Core Skills • Leadership • Communication • Analysis & Data Driven Decision Making • Creativity & Design Sense • Problem Solving
  • 5. What’s The Most Important Skill? Solve any and all problems stopping you’re team from executing against your product vision
  • 6. Why Don’t I Want to Be a PM? • You like to manage people • You are a “big picture” person • You like to know what to do and get it done • You don’t like failure • You like to sleep & stress isn’t you’re thing • You like to work with one team • You think engineers are weird
  • 7. Why Do You Like Product Management? • The joy of creating something • Immense impact to your company • Constant and changing set of challenges • Building a mix set of skills that are universally applicable • Respect
  • 8. How do I become a PM? • Learn the Company, Learn the Market, Learn the Product, Learn their Interview • Practice product case questions • Answer the following: – Why do you want to be a PM? – What’s a Product you love and how can it be improved? – What would you build for this company? Crushing the Interview
  • 9. How do I become a PM? • Stop focusing on the implementation • Work on and build you’re product sense • Stop being anti-social • Build something from scratch You have a technical background
  • 10. How do I become a PM? • Find companies looking for your background • Become Technical (or at least closer to it) • Drop the ego • Build the key PM skills • Build Something • Learn the lingo • Make the lateral move • Be realistic You are not technical
  • 11. How do I become a PM? Cracking the PM Interview By Gayle Laakmann McDowell Decode & Conquer By Lewis Lin