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Product in Practice: Stepping Into Your First Product Leadership Role—What to Expect

Product in Practice: Stepping Into Your First Product Leadership Role—What to Expect

Stepping into your first product leadership role is a major change. As an individual contributor, you’re focusing on your own projects and progress, but as a leader you are now responsible for the team (or teams) that report up to you. You may find yourself less involved in the

Ask Teresa: How Do You Get Your First Product Job Without Experience?

Ask Teresa: How Do You Get Your First Product Job Without Experience?

Landing your first or even your second job in product can be really tricky. Many candidates encounter a Catch-22 situation: Most companies only want to hire product managers with experience, but you can’t get experience if no one will hire you. And what do we even mean by “experience,

Looking for a Product Job? Here’s How to Assess a Company’s Continuous Discovery Habits

Looking for a Product Job? Here’s How to Assess a Company’s Continuous Discovery Habits

No company is perfect, especially when it comes to continuous discovery. But some companies are decidedly better than others. You can probably easily list off where your current company is nailing it and where there’s room for improvement when it comes to adopting continuous discovery habits. You likely have

How to Develop Product Expertise

How do you evaluate how someone will contribute to a product team? How do you develop your own skills to ensure that you are contributing the most to your product team? Whether you are looking to hire someone or you are looking to improve your own skills, I see people

How to Craft Your Personal Story to Land Your Next Product Job

You know that feeling you get when you come across a product that just works? Maybe you got it the first time you used Square. Or the first time Tripit saved you money on airfare. Or maybe it was watching Netflix on your Roku. I'm sure you know

3 Ways to Learn About a Company and Impress the Hiring Manager

In the last few posts, we talked about not sending your resume to anyone and everyone, and instead narrowing your market. Today, we'll look at how you can research your market and your specific target companies. Let's continue with our example. Suppose you defined your market

Why Defining Your Market is Essential to Finding a Product Job

You've already learned to stop sending your resume to everyone and anyone. Right? If you haven't already, stop and read, how not to find a product job. This post will build off of that one. We've learned the best way to find a job