10 Tips to Break Into Product Management. These slides were used as part of a talk in 2018, hosted by Product School in San Francisco.

1. Arpit Gupta
10 Tips to Break Into Product Management
@ArpitGupta
/TheArpitGupta
Book a time with me https://clarity.fm/arpitgupta

2. About Me
◇ Recent transplant from Boston
◇ 10+ years in tech/ product management
◇ Now: Bank of America, working on digital innovation
within physical branch locations
◇ Before: head of iOS apps product team at Wayfair,
$12B home and furniture eCommerce company
◇ Lead AR/VR hackathon organizer at MIT Media Lab
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3. My product journey
◇ Transitioned to PM from consulting via QA
◇ Hired/ managed/ developed junior & senior PMs
◇ Spoke at several PM meetups, panels & conferences
○ Unboxed
○ General Assembly
○ Mobile Apps Unlocked (MAU)
◇ Contributed to PM Learning & Development (L&D)
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4. 10 TIPS
to break into product management
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5. Excel in your current role
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Build the habit of
asking why?
A curious mindset is a good first step

7. Work on/with a team that’s
involved in product decisions
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8. Spend time with PMs
at your company
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9. Do the job before
getting the job
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10. Learn
Blogs | Podcasts | Twitter | Observe
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11. Spend time with PMs
outside of your company
Meetups | Conferences | LinkedIn | clarity.fm
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13. Try to build a product
with your free time
Hackathons | Side projects
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14. Practice pros/cons on
products you use
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15. Storytelling
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16. Believe in yourself
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17. RESOURCES
● Product Inspirations
○ Product Hunt
○ App store
○ IRL
● Twitter
○ jmj (Tinder)
○ Joshelman (Robinhood;
former Linkedin and Yelp)
● Blogs
○ http://firstround.com/review/
○ https://andrewchen.co/
● Conferences
○ Women in Product (SF)
○ Mind the Product (SF)
○ Unbox (Boston)
● Books
○ Inspired by Marty Cagan
○ Hooked: How to Build
Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
● Podcasts
○ This is Product Management
○ Product Hunt
○ Inside Intercom Podcast
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18. Arpit Gupta
Thank you
@ArpitGupta
/TheArpitGupta
Book a time with me https://clarity.fm/arpitgupta