[Career review] “Product manager in tech” by Richard Batty

Product management is one of the best non-programming roles in the tech industry. It pays well and builds skills widely-applicable skills. Narrated by AI. ---Outline:(00:09) Summary(00:32) Pros(00:58) Cons(01:12) Key facts on fit(01:29) Next steps(01:55) Sometimes recommended(02:04) Review status(02:09) What's this based on?(02:41) What is this career path?(05:26) How does it differ from other related roles?(06:13) What are the major stages of this career?(06:32) What is it like day to day?(07:49) Why should you go into product management?(07:54) Gain valuable transferrable skills that can be used to work directly on a wide range of important problems(09:36) Earn to give(10:11) Progression(10:49) Top tier software companies(11:23) UK earnings(11:35) Good job outlook(13:27) Jeff Pole's story(14:21) Reasons not to do product management(14:25) Lack of opportunities to do deep, focussed work(14:50) Delayed impact(15:20) Loss of your specialist skills(15:51) Entry requirements(15:55) Who should especially consider this option?(17:34) How to work out if this career is right for you(17:54) How to get this job(20:56) Companies to consider applying to(21:01) Large, prestigious companies(21:24) Smaller companies(21:42) Further reading The original text contained 3 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: December 6th, 2016 Source: https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/product-manager-in-tech --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.