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