How do you prepare for a job interview that you technically don’t have any professional experience for? Research, practice, freak out, repeat… I am pretty sure I did this one wrong, but I waited until I got the interview to really do any prep. Sure, I Googled common…
Ok, so I thought my resume was crafted in a way that would attract recruiters and hiring managers. I got feedback from other PM friends, friends who were recruiters and from various sources on the internet. Now it was time to search for the jobs, tweak the resume, go to…
This post is not meant to be a guide on how to craft the best product manager resume, rather, it’s a walk through my experience and to provide a couple of pointers. If you’re looking for a guide, I suggest checking out one of these resources: Cracking the…
The first step in becoming a product manager is deciding you want to be a product manager. It’s not worth pursuing something if you don’t want to actually do it. Personally, I love being in the center of a product. I need to know everything that is going…
I decided after a couple of months of not taking running too seriously to actually start my training for the upcoming Boston Marathon. When I qualified, I wrote a post about it and you can check it out here. Overall, I was very happy with my qualifying time at the…
Ever look at someone’s LinkedIn and notice they somehow started out as VP of sales somewhere and then just happened to become CEO? You ask yourself…wait, how did this individual become a VP out of college!?! If you don’t ask yourself that…well then I…
Want to learn about how to make the transition from being an engineer to a product manager? I was fortunate enough to do that and I wrote a blog series about how I did that and provided some tips.…
“I want to run enough marathons to qualify for Boston. And I want that number to be 1.” —Me in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 I don’t like social media, but Strava isn’t half bad So why am I writing this post? San Francisco is home…