Starting my first PM role!
I will be joining as a PM next week in a media company. What are the three most important things to keep in mind in order to excel in one's first PM role?
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Brilliant points made already. To add a couple of more:
- Understand the problem, don't fall in love with the solution
- Talk to as many users as possible regularly
- Analytics should be your best friend
Hi @Chillbill I love your first point. I personally like to spend a lot of time obsessing over user problems and really getting into the knitty gritties. A problem well defined is always half solved.
Also could you suggest any good analytics tool I can use on my job? I have studied Mixpanel from a couple of YouTube videos, it did look very useful although I can yet to use it in a real business setting
Engineers, by default, will not respect you. It is how it is. Don't take it personally. Just continue to do your work.
Any particular advice on how I can build a rappot with the eng team and work towards earning more of their trust?
Just doing good work, protecting them when a situation arises, appreciating them when they do good work, being honest with them, and most importantly giving them clarity. Ghumao meet bilkul bhi unko.