Main Takeaways: - There is no right or wrong path to PM - Empathy is the biggest key to understanding everything - Keep learning all the time

1. SWE to PM, Tools & Adapting Them
by DocuSign Product Leader
www.productschool.com

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3. Corporate
Training
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4. Free Product Management Resources
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5. Engineer to PM
A guide

6. Who is a PM?

7. Why a PM?
● Why do you want it?
● What moves you?
● What inspires you?

8. What type of PM?
● Technical
● API
● UX
● Hardware
● Startup
● Growth
● Enterprise
● ...

9. How to get to a PM?
● Transfer internally
● Transfer externally
● Get a MBA
● …
● Build a path

10. How else to get to be a PM?

11. Find your balance
● Mind the boundary
● Empathize
● Utilize

12. Leverage your unique skill-set
● Strategize
● Organize
● Prioritize
● Empathize

13. Jack-mode
● New dimensions
● New exposure
● New learnings

14. In it to win it!
Jack of many trades
A balancing act

15. Final Takeaways
● Path exists, needs proactive prep
● Be open to a circuitous trail
● Leverage your experience
● Believe in the “WHY”

16. One other thing ...

17. www.productschool.com
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and
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