New Learnings of a Software Engineer turned Product Manager

24 Aug 2014 . category: product-management . Comments
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Since my transition from software engineer to product management role, I love my activities at workplace more than ever before. It is the cross-functional nature of the role, which is keeping me excited always.

As a product manager, I get to work with many teams, marketing, sales, support, engineers (also QAs), designers and founders. So what does this means to me? It means it is the same environment an entrepreneur experiences, which I always wished and dreamt. No wonder why industry terms ‘Product Manager’ as the ‘CEO of a product’.

In last one month I have learned a lot of new things and can see an apparent change in my thinking, it gives me a sense that I am heading in a right learning direction about building a product. So I decided to record all my learnings through this blog. Thanks to my brother for giving me this idea.

Stay tuned to hear my story of learnings in product management in upcoming posts as I wait for it to unfold. 😉

By the way, below are the books in my current stack as of now, hope it helps.

The Lean Startup - Eric Ries

The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steve Blank

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose - Tony Hsieh

Customer Satisfaction Is Worthless, Customer Loyalty Is Priceless - Jeffery Gitomer