This document provides an overview of how to find a first product management job. It begins with an introduction to product management and common career paths. The speaker then shares his personal story of transitioning from software engineer to product manager. He outlines typical ways to get started in product management like getting hired out of college, internal promotions, or starting a company. For those without experience, he recommends getting coaching, enrolling in a program, or working on a side project. The key skills needed are discussed like product execution, project management, technology knowledge, design, data analysis, and communication. Tactics for job searching like spray and pray, fishing net, and sniper approaches are also presented.

1. How to Find Your 1st Product Management Job
by eBay Product Leader
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2. CERTIFICATES
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Management Certificate™
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3. Corporate
Training
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4. Free Product Management Resources
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5. How to Find Your 1st Product Management Job
VLAD GASAN - PRODUCT MANAGER @ EBAY

6. VLAD GASAN
S P E A K E R

7. A B O U T M E
● Software Engineer 👉 Product Manager
● Worked for early stage, growth stage, and big tech companies 🏢
● Passionate about helping aspiring PMs grow📈
● Originally from Ukraine

8. A G E N D A
1. What is Product Management and why people become PMs?
2. Personal story - how I became a Product Manager
3. Common ways to get a job in Product
4. No experience = no job. What’s the fix?
5. Essential PM skills
6. “Street skills” of great PMs
7. Product Management job search tactics
8. Recap

9. What is Product Management and why people become PMs?

10. What is Product Management and why people become PMs?

11. Personal story - how I became a Product Manager
1. Hacked emails and video games in high school
2. Studied Computer Science in university
3. Became a software engineer
4. Realized that I like building, but not coding
5. Talk my CTO into promoting me to a PM 🙂

12. Common ways to get a job in Product
1. Get the job straight out of college
2. Get promoted at your company
3. Find a job at another company
4. Create a startup

13. No experience = no job. What’s the fix?

14. No experience = no job. What’s the fix?
1. Get personal coaching
2. Buy a course
3. Enroll into a quality program
4. Get an MBA
5. Work on a side project as a PM

15. Skills you need to be a great Product Manager
Skills you need to become a great Product Manager

16. Skills you need to be a great Product Manager
Skills you need to become a great Product Manager
1. Product - Execution, Sense, Strategy, Leadership, Prioritization
2. Project - management, communication, tracking
3. Technology - system design, APIs, architecture, tech lingo
4. Design - prototyping, wireframing, “good design” perception
5. Data Analysis - measuring success, feature analysis, estimation
6. Domain / Industry knowledge - business specific
7. Communication - written, verbal, visual - you can be great only at one

17. “Street skills” of great PMs
1. Thinking > doing
2. Empathy
3. Politics
4. Quick analysis / estimation
5. Summarizing and distilling thoughts
6. Keeping things on track

18. Product Management job search tactics

19. Product Management job search tactics
1. Spray and pray
2. Fishing net
3. Sniper

20. QUOTE
“PRODUCT MANAGER IS A LEADER AND A
JANITOR AT THE SAME TIME.”

21. Thank You!
Vlad Gasan
Let’s connect! Reach out if you need help 🙂
@vlgasan on Linkedin, Twitter, and Instagram
(or search my name)

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