Most management advice fails product managers because it assumes authority. It assumes the people doing the work report to you, your priorities become their priorities, and a clear org chart solves alignment. In product, none of that is reliably true. A PM works through influence. Engineering may disagree with your sequencing. Design may push back […]
You’re probably in one of two situations right now. Either you’re a PM trying to justify Jira Product Discovery to a finance partner who sees “another Atlassian line item,” or you’re a product leader looking at your existing Jira spend and asking a sharper question: what will this cost once the team starts using it […]
Yes, you can take notes into an interview. For Product Managers, it’s often a positive signal when used strategically, and a 2025 LinkedIn poll of 1,200 PM recruiters found that 68% view discreet note references tied to research initiative positively, while 42% of PM job postings on Indeed specify “bring portfolio/notes for case discussions,” up […]
The worst advice in product manager linkedin jobs is also the most common: update your profile, turn on Open to Work, and click Easy Apply until something sticks. That advice fails because it treats LinkedIn like a job board. It isn't. LinkedIn is a distribution system. Recruiters search it. Hiring managers sanity-check candidates on it. […]
You already know the moment this problem shows up. A launch gets approved. Leadership wants the same workflow you used last quarter, but for a new market, a new customer segment, or a new product line. You open Jira and realize the “template” lives only as a live project full of epics, stories, subtasks, comments, […]
Check out the conversation on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. What is a builder PM? (1:53) Aakash: PMs are being asked to push PRs, PMs are being asked to code. This is the rise of the builder PM. But what is a builder PM? Today I have Mahesh Yadav, who has been a PM at Microsoft, […]
I’ve interviewed hundreds of PMs, and the strongest ones do something weaker candidates rarely do. They can take a product design example, strip away the visual polish, and explain the underlying decisions that made it work. That’s the skill that changes your interviews, your product reviews, and your day-to-day judgment. Great PMs don’t just say […]
You’re in a product review. A chart on the screen shows that users who finish your onboarding checklist retain better than users who don’t. The pattern looks strong. Engineering effort is scarce. Leadership asks the only question that matters: should we act on this, or are we fooling ourselves? That’s where a lot of PMs […]
You’re probably at one of two points right now. Either you’re a strong Senior PM who can run a roadmap, influence engineering, and ship meaningful product work, but your scope still ends at your own team. Or you’re a first-line PM manager who has learned that managing individual contributors is hard enough, and now you’re […]
Introduction and the four question categories (0:00) Aakash: Companies are hiring AI PMs everywhere right now, but the problem is there isn’t enough data on the internet to know what they’re asking for. I’ve helped over 50 candidates get AI PM jobs paying over $300,000 in the last year. Here’s what I’ve learned about those […]