10 Reasons Why Product Management Is for You

How do you know that you want to go into the right career?

Why do people want to work in product management? How do they know that product management is going to be the right thing for them?

Product Managers come from all sorts of backgrounds, from the technical to the design focused and beyond, so how do they know that their skills will be transferrable and they can make a success in this new field?

1) You like solving problems

For me, it started out as my desire to solve problems, as I love a challenge. I thrive when given a set of information and then being asked to consider the best way to fit it all together to meet the needs of today and tomorrow.

If you like standing in front of a whiteboard, with a set of inputs and are happy to scribble away until you see how it all fits together, then product management is a good fit for you.

2) You like talking to people

People often think that product people are the ideas people, coming up with all the exciting new features that a product might have, but in reality, the majority of the ideas that get raised come from other people. To get at these ideas, the product manager must get out there and talk to customers, sales people, customer success, finance, marketing, the list is endless. The trick however is to do more listening than you do talking so you get to hear the ideas first hand.

3) You like working in a team

I am often told that product managers don’t produce anything, and to some degree this is true. We take our ideas from others and we give them to another set of people to deliver, but the role is essential as you are the oil that keeps the chain of events running smoothly. Being part of a team, where everyone is clear on where they’re going and what their role is a huge part of being a product manager, so if you like solitude, then maybe product management isn’t for you.

4) You like making decisions

One of your roles within the team is to be the voice of the user, which means, whenever your team need an answer on which way to go, you need to be able to speak up as the user and make the decision…

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