Breaking into the product space is hard, it's even harder for college students. Each Roadmap episode dives in with great product managers from companies big and small to discover their product journeys. Learn how you can apply their playbooks as an aspiri
By networking and learning from the smartest people she knew, Lisa was able to break into the product space through an opportunity at a fast growing startup. Now managing a team of talent as the head of product, Lisa shared her insights on prioritizing learning and growth before fancy titles. Listen and check her point of view!
Former PM at Lime and Wish, April Li, was part the great resignation this year. She took a break and decided to venture into the exciting startup world this time around. Check out this episode to learn about how April think through relevant topics like big firms vs startups and whether one should get an advanced degree. She also shared many of the insights in her newsletter Double Trouble at https://doubletrouble.substack.com/!
The VP of product at Vivante Health, Carol Tyger, shared her experience building products and coaching others throughout the years. Carol also discussed how she's able to take the advantages of working remotely setting up a schedule where she can work for one week and go on road trips in the next week. She also provided tons of resources in the show notes, make sure you go check it out!
As one of the Associate Product Managers at Roblox, Anant Agrawal, has a lot to share about his experience breaking into the industry. He also offers great insights on how one should decide whether to pursue a career in product. Listen to check out his point of view!
After working for more than a decade as a product leader in great companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Stripe, Josh Twist decided to take the leap of faith and start his own company Zuplo empowering developers to go from "zero to API" in seconds. Listen and learn from his unique experience!
With his consulting and engineering background, PM at Rocketbook, Rob Greenberg, shared his experience getting internships as a student and navigating through different industries as a young professional. Listen to check out his point of view on product management!
"Build people and products, and I always put people first." Interpersonally skills play a big part in every product manager's day-to-day life, a team can only build great products when there's trust, empathy, and loyalty. Check out the episode with Ronke Majekodunmi, a senior product manager at PayPal, to learn how to build trust and inspire others to accomplish great things as a team.
As the co-authors of the book Product Sense, Braxton and Peter, have a lot to say about recruiting and interviewing. Make sure you give it a listen and check out their book for more valuable insights!
Preet Anand started his product career at Zynga, founded and sold a personal safety company that saved tens of thousands of lives each year, then moved on to lead Safety & risk at Lyft. Preet has a lot of experience building products and leading teams. Check out what he has to say on product management!
Rocketblocks help candidates land great jobs, and its founder, Kenton Kivestu, had a lot of insights to share on PM interview prep and recruiting. Listen to the episode and check out some of the best ways to jump start your interview preparation process.
In this episode, I had the fortune to learn from Gayle Laakmann McDowell, the author of multiple top selling books including the "Cracking the PM interview". Listen now to hear the author herself talk about best practices, career tips, and interview breakdowns.
In this episode, Leona Lan talked about her experience becoming an associate product manager at Lyft. Unlike previous episodes, this is the first ever special pod with minimum editing so that you can get the latest and the most genuine advice before the application period ends for this year's APM program.
Started out as a consultant being on calls with customers 24/7, Clement Kao, managed to stumble his way into product management. By going "rogue" and solving additional pain points along the way, Clement stood out from the crowd. Now as a PM at Blend and the cofounder of PMHQ, Clement has valuable lessons to share looking back at his journey.
The Chief Product Officer at Mainline, David Stagg, shared his experience on managing product managers and making strategic business decisions. While it was very valuable to learn from a top-down perspective, his message of "chasing happiness" might have been even more inspiring.
As a previous founder and now building product at a unicorn Verkada, Shawn Razek, offered his valuable insights on the industry. Listen now to learn from his point of view.
Having years of experience in the industry, the head of product at Mainline, Wade Pinder, provided a different perspective on the ways to break into product. As a co-founder of a product community in Houston, "adding value" is definitely on the top of his list.
As the first guest on the show, Grubhub PM, Bryson Lockett, laid a solid groundwork for the episodes to come. Bryson walked us through his product journey and talked about career trajectories, big firm vs startups, recruiting tips and so much more. Listen to the episode and find out Bryson's waffle story! Get the books and resources mentioned at https://tinyurl.com/shownote Learn more, subscribe & comment at https://tinyurl.com/roadmapp
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