06: This Is Why I Never Hire Product Managers

Episode 6 of the Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel podcast, hosted by Drift, titled "06: This Is Why I Never Hire Product Managers" was published on March 24, 2016 and runs 14 minutes.

March 24, 2016 ·14m · Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- "I try to never hire someone who has been a product manager before." On this episode of Seeking Wisdom, Dave dives into David's approach for hiring product managers and why he thinks experience rarely matters when it comes to hiring PMs. Read the full blog post that goes with this episode here: http://bit.ly/hiring-product-managers Follow David on Twitter: twitter.com/dcancel Follow Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/davegerhardt Subscribe on iTunes: bit.ly/SW-Podcast

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If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- "I try to never hire someone who has been a product manager before." On this episode of Seeking Wisdom, Dave dives into David's approach for hiring product managers and why he thinks experience rarely matters when it comes to hiring PMs. Read the full blog post that goes with this episode here: http://bit.ly/hiring-product-managers Follow David on Twitter: twitter.com/dcancel Follow Dave on Twitter: twitter.com/davegerhardt Subscribe on iTunes: bit.ly/SW-Podcast

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