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A thread of resources for aspiring & new Product Managers:

(should also be useful for Eng, Design, Data Science, Mktg, Ops folks who want to get better at PM work or want to build more empathy for your PM friends ☺️)

(oh, and pls also share *your* favorite resources below)

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Product Management - Start Here by @cagan
(hard to go wrong if you start with Marty Cagan’s work)

https://t.co/hft46GK3Pm
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Tips for Breaking into PM by @sriramk
(I’ve recommended this thread in my DMs more often than any other thread, by a pretty wide margin)

https://t.co/lIaEAwDck9
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Top 100 Product Management Resources by @sachinrekhi
(well-categorized index so you can focus on whatever’s most useful right now)

https://t.co/DrduxS6cfq
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Brief interruption.

It’s important to understand your preferred learning style and go all in on that learning style (vs. struggling / procrastinating as you force a non-preferred learning style)

https://t.co/f3H0bab7pt
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Podcast:
Build with @maggiecrowley

https://t.co/7aCZ3oh6Bl
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Other podcasts I like as a PM

https://t.co/voOqetlv2U
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Twitter is an invaluable resource for product people, much better than LinkedIn content.

Use it, and tell your PM friends to use it too.

But whom to follow?

Check out this list:
https://t.co/2cCPLZpQn7

(fellow PMs, please reply below with other lists/accounts you like)
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Consider following PM communities such as @TheProductfolks @womenpm

(fellow PMs, please do share more PM communities below)
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Top 3 books for entry level PMs:
Inspired
Getting Things Done
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

https://t.co/LJbTQUtF3B
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Also check out Escaping the Build Trap @lissijean

https://t.co/bTCGsQk5Ib
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I’m a fan of product/UI/strategy teardowns as a way to "learn-by-doing".

One teardowns resource I’ve recommended for a while is https://t.co/BSeVzFZSNG

There are a few out there (fellow PMs, please share more teardown resources below).
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Lastly:

Be sure you want to be a PM. It’s a great role. I love it.

But PM isn’t the “step up” that ppl think it is.

There are other paths to success.

So choose it for the right reasons & be open to cutting your losses if you find out it isn’t for you

All the best!
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