Hey guys, welcome back. 1
Hey guys, welcome back. 2
I'm going to talk to you a little bit about why product management is such an awesome thing to learn 3
and why you should be so excited about taking this course. 4
Product Management is easily one of the coolest and most fun positions you can have at a tech company 5
or really any other company, for that matter. 6
Why? Product managers are communications hubs and jacks of all trades. 7
It's their job to know about a lot of things and sometimes a huge amount about various certain areas 8
depending on what you're working on. 9
Product Managers also get to directly affect every single part of a business and they interact with 10
every key person on every team, from marketing, to sales, to legal and engineering, and even design, all the 11
way up to executives and oftentimes the investors or the board members. To top it all off, 12
Product Managers have incredible career potential and even get paid the same as engineers in the tech industry. 13
Product Managers have incredible career potential and even get paid the same as engineers in the tech industry. 14
The topic of product management is a very big one. 15
It's not nearly as cut and dry as many other subjects. 16
This is a long course simply because the topic is a big one and I want to make sure that you understand 17
as much as possible. After you finish this course, 18
you'll have a very solid understanding of product management as a whole, the different types of product 19
management, the specifics of product management, the day to day activities of a product manager, and the 20
ins and outs of metrics, different technologies, how to communicate with various people around the company, 21
including engineers, designers, and executives, and we'll even help you out with your job search, your resume, and the interview, 22
including engineers, designers, and executives, and we'll even help you out with your job search, your resume, and the interview, 23
if you're looking to get your first job as a product manager. By the end of the course, whether you're 24
an entrepreneur, an aspiring product manager, or a current product manager that is simply looking to get 25
more skilled, you'll have the tools you need to push your career to the next level. In the next lecture 26
we're going to dive right into defining product management and get on our way. 27
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