The Myths and Realities of Being a Product Manager
Aspiring PMs must be cautious about what advice they take as gospel.
April 25, 2024

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Product administration has develop into an aspirational profession. A neighborhood of neatly-liked social media influencers on a peculiar foundation provides advice on what it takes to attain a job and attain this field. Nonetheless their issue tends to glamorize the profession, gloss over the day-to-day-realities, and dispense wisdom that isn’t continuously on point.
Product administration has develop into the dream job for many individuals working in tech. Who wouldn’t settle on a role that guarantees excessive earnings (in step with Glassdoor, PMs are amongst the excellent-paid mavens in tech) and the change to form products that positively affect hundreds and hundreds of possibilities? That’s why the path to changing true into a PM attracts reasonably about a attention, especially from fresh graduates and individuals searching for out profession transitions.
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Apoorva Mishra is a senior product manager at Amazon in San Francisco.
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