Praveer Chaturvedi remembers his first week as a Product Manager. He had absolutely no idea what he'd landed himself into and didn't know what to do except answer a few, occasional emails! Transitioning from a technical to a business role isn't just changing to a new job. It is hard, full of uncertainties & not meant for every Engineer just worried about hitting a "career plateau". In this talk Praveer covered his personal journey from an Engineer life to a Product Manager life and his learnings and tips.

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8. From Engineer to PM …
… and beyond
-PRAVEER CHATURVEDI
CYBER-SECURITY PRODUCT MANAGER

9. Agenda
• INTRODUCTIONS
• STORY: THE BEGINNINGS
• Takeaway
• STORY: INFLECTION POINT
• Takeaway
• STORY: CRISES BEGINS
• Takeaway
• STORY: CLIMAX
• STORY: REFLECTION
• WHAT NEXT ?
• Q & A

10. Praveer - WHO ?
▶ Product Manager in Cyber Security
▶ Cisco Dinosaur
▶ Spearheaded cyber security products from concept to launch to growth
▶ Currently growing a $120 M business.
▶ Internal Consulting Gigs to analyze new market entry strategies
▶ Mentoring – New PMs

11. How about yourself ?
▶ Any Engineers ?
▶ Any PMs or business functions ?
▶ Any Entrepreneurs or self starters ?
▶ Tech vs Non Tech ?
▶ B2B vs B2C ?

12. The Beginnings LIFE AS AN ENGINEER

13. Living in a bubble – First 8 years
▶ College: Linux Enthusiast
▶ Mood: Nerdy
▶ First Job: Entered a startup in Industrial IoT space, created a
linux based Microcontroller for Heavy Industries.
▶ Mood: Confident
▶ Second Job: Cisco in Operating Systems team, did quite a few
interesting projects there to componentize legacy code and
create shared micro services for different business units
▶ Mood: Accomplished
▶ Third Job: Security Group: Developed a standalone Intrusion
Prevention System
▶ Mood: Rockstar !!!

14. Bubble Bursts ! Enter my PM/Mentor
Fundamental Questions
▶ What problem did you solve ?
▶ What impact did you have ?
▶ What decisions did you make ?
▶ How well did you do ?
Realization
▶ We are here to make money for the company NOT to write
the best software possible
▶ Large company fog limits
▶ No assessment of real Impact
▶ Limited Sphere of control and influence
▶ As you grow you add the risk of getting trapped in center of
the universe mentality
▶ Perfect may become enemy of good.

15. Inflection Point CAREER TRANSITION

16. Inflection point
▶ Should I move from Engineering to a Business Role ?
▶ Should I take up PM offer or go for an MBA ?

17. Crises Begins

18. What does PMs really do ? It Depends !
▶ Types of PM
▶ Inbound PM vs Outbound PM
▶ Technical PM vs Business PM
▶ Product Management vs Product Marketing vs General Marketing
▶ Enterprise Product Manager vs Consumer Product Manager
▶ Non-Tec/Vertical specific PM
▶ Operations vs Strategy PM

19. Where to Start ?

20. Tools, Education, Skills
▶ Product / SW Component Roadmap
▶ P & L
▶ Relationship

21. Climax

22. Launching a new product

23. Reflection

24. Key questions to reflect on
▶ Was it worth it ?
▶ Should you do it ?
▶ Should you do it the same way ?
▶ The MBA question
▶ Other Tips

25. “
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I can only show you the door
- MORPHEUS IN MATRIX

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