A friend of a friend started his first job as a product manager, he asked me what would be my advice to him, I decided to share it here
- Meet everyone you can. Make friends.
- Start with why?
- Too much data will kill you. Signal vs noise.
- Drive new insights continuously, by them you will shall make great products.
- Question everything. Take nothing for granted.
- Know when to say no stakeholders, team, and customers (hardest part of the job).
- “How do you know?” A powerful question. Helps many times.
- Manage expectations.
- Do your best, plan for the worst.
- Above all, know more about the product and customers than everyone else.