8 Tools I Use Everyday as a Product Manager

[@harshibar]

👩🏽‍🍳 hello! i’m making cooking videos now: www.youtube.com/@souschefharshibar

[@AlisaHaman]

Great video!! I find myself using a lot of the same tools :) Also, HUGE congrats on landing the Coda PM job!!! That’s amazing!!

[@divyanshipathak5916]

I think my manifestation came true with this video🥺🥺🥺 This was sooooo needed (just from you because you are genuine)you don't even know ❤️❤️🥺🥺🥺

[@harshibar]

yay! i'm glad :)

[@smartmarketing173]

Yikes, I’m a Sr PM in a ginormous corporate monolith and have never used most of these tools. I suspect the startup tech stack & ecosystem is just quite different (potentially better!) Learned a lot.

[@vidhunnan]

First of all. Congratulations on becoming PM on Coda, great tool. Great job! 💪💪💪 And this will be great video for many PMs.

[@harshibar]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful :)

[@snehabhat4876]

This was really helpful. Please make more videos on your PM experience.

[@harshibar]

will do! do you have any specific topics you want me to talk about?

[@khanhuzaif4986]

I been searching your videos with eagerness , you have really positive aura with u and we been missing tat for long time. Tc may god bless you lots of happiness #peacefullhappiness

[@harshibar]

Thank you! I hope you liked the video 😊

[@khanhuzaif4986]

@@harshibar yes always 👌🏻😊

[@ombhojwani]

it feels really good to see you back after a long time! 🙃

[@harshibar]

It’s been a while! Thanks for sticking around :)

[@sharmilar2688]

Hi harshi!! Glad to see u again,💞 please do video on your work life routine

[@harshibar]

Will add to the list! What specifically do you want to see?

[@sharmilar2688]

@@harshibar 1. Day in ur life of a workday 2.As a PM what are the tech gadgets are much needed to u

[@jinyiduan2546]

So so enjoy your video! On my way to becoming a PM 🙌

[@harshibar]

woohoo! where are you in the process?

[@AbhishekVerma-ed3ub]

Harshi, grand hustle, great content, and the best thing I like about your videos is when you add silly and cute actions like your doggy walk (LOL). I know I am late but I want to congratulate you on your 6 months journey to becoming a PM, I am sure you might have faced a few difficulties and would love to know more about them 1. Maybe 3 major roadblocks you faced during your preparation and how you tackled them. 2. What would you do differently if you have to crack the interview in 2 months rather than 6. ) P.s One thing I learned from your PM journey video is that apply early and don't wait to perfect your answers. Thanks again for making beautiful and useful content.

[@harshibar]

hehe thank you, I appreciate it! and thank you for the two questions, I'll see how I can factor them into a future video (maybe about the interview or application process) and i think my main learning is to just start doing mock interviews as soon as possible, even if you don't feel 100% ready :)

[@AbhishekVerma-ed3ub]

@@harshibar yeah so true, I have realised the same and thats why on day two of my study for PM I have given my first mock and it was an amazing experience. Waiting for your video or mail on the above questions. Keep growing and keep hustling. Av

[@InFocus_app]

Thank you for this video!

[@ketanshende9]

Great video Harshi!

[@harshibar]

Thank you! Yes, you can find lots more of Yogi on Insta :)

[@nandanaviswanath5413]

Finally!!! Harshi sista remembered that she has a youtube channel.... was waiting for your video all these days...

[@harshibar]

😂 I know, it’s been a while!

[@nandanaviswanath5413]

hehe..anyway the video was worth the wait...Thank you sista!!

[@IgorShorop]

Nice, thanks for the video!:)

[@harshibar]

Hope you liked it!

[@techprogrammer4158]

It's been a while. I used to check your channel twice a month😂

[@harshibar]

Now it takes a month to make a video 😅 hope to make more content now that I’m more adjusted to my job!

[@techprogrammer4158]

@@harshibar 🤘

[@RameshKumar-ng3nf]

OMG , you completely disappearted from youtube.. Long time.. Great to see you are back with a video 🙂

[@harshibar]

Thanks for sticking around! I’ve been figuring out how to manage work with KZbin 😅 what other videos do you want me to make?

[@RameshKumar-ng3nf]

@@harshibar Yeah, i can understand busy life 🙂. Thanks for your message. Regarding videos, i would love to see below : 1) A video on your latest updated studying productivity tips .. Because you might have changed the apps to new apps you using i guess 🙂as i know you keep experimenting with apps 🙂. 2) A day (Weekday) of your life video , how you manage both work, study and home , how you spend time all day managing the work. 3) Finally day (Weekend) of your life video, how you spend time on weekends , along with any study you do on weekends. Thank you so much for asking, Here is my above list videos i would love to see 🙂

[@tejaswinipaladugu3]

Hey, don't you use Jira or Confluence? Or any other Atlassian products for managing the project? As a APM most of time in a day goes in Jira.

[@harshibar]

We use Coda for all of that as Coda is meant to replace all these tools as an all-one-doc :) but yes, it is a little odd to not use Jira like 98% of PMs

[@emmadara913]

Hey Harshibar, wonderful content on your channel here. I'm a mechanical engineer in a plant. One of the issues we have is task planning and job tracking because things move around a lot. I'm looking for a very simple and visual app (nothing complicated) for assigning and tracking tasks, reminders for rescheduled tasks, and basic stuff like that. Do you have any recommendations? Most tools I see are doing a lot, and I'm not trying to complicate things for my team. I just want to make the work process easier for them.

[@emmadara913]

We currently use Google workspace. Imagine I send an email for a task that needs to be completed in 2 weeks. I'd have to note it down for later so I can search for that email amongst the hundred I've sent since. Then send a reminder on thread. So many things fall through the gap this way. I just looking for something I can recommend to my company that will work with the Google structure they already have.

[@harshibar]

Hi! Thanks for your kind words! Hm, based on what you described, Trello might actually be a simple starting place. Trello is basically a kanban board, so you can write and assign tasks in little cards, and move them around your board based on their completion status. You can think of it like a simpler version of Jira. Also, Zapier can be a great tool you use to link different apps together, such as Gmail and Trello. For example, if you have a keyword in an email or 'star' an email, that can automatically add a new Trello card to remind you to take a look at that email.

[@emmadara913]

@@harshibar Yeah. That makes sense. Thanks for the response.

[@anandv2387]

What's the advantage of using loom vs using something like Google meet and record your meeting and sharing that recording? I assume you can do the same with zoom too.

[@harshibar]

For me, the main benefit of using Loom vs recording a Zoom call and sharing it out is that (1) it's hard to share long video files through Slack and (2) it's hard to get feedback on the recorded video itself. It's really easy to share video links in Loom right after you record, so it's just one or two fewer steps to record something and quickly share out with your team.

[@chandramoulidasari3946]

Akka namaste Today you remember that you have channel

[@harshibar]

😂 it’s been a while

[@sagarp-g3o]

Hello Harshi, I wish I could be Scrum Master / PM. Need your help interms of some guidance.

[@harshibar]

lemme know what questions you have!

[@gangsterbenz2950]

Pls use earphone I'm in my full volume, nice vdo btw 🙌

[@arunv8222]

Madam, If you don't mind, could you please share the details of the camera and lens that you use!

[@harshibar]

I use a Panasonic lumix g7 camera, and just the default lens that comes with it. Nothing fancy 😎

[@kdpalekar5174]

What's your current salary? Obviously I'm not asking the exact number.

[@harshibar]

I make about what's average for early-stage PMs: www.levels.fyi/?compare=Facebook,Google,Amazon&track=Product%20Manager#contribute-home

[@4amoats]

hi just checking up on youu

[@harshibar]

hi! 🤓

[@ogmonstercock]

Where’s your desk chair from? :)

[@harshibar]

It’s from Costco!

[@ogmonstercock]

@@harshibar Costco sell office equipment? Oh you continue to change my life. Thank you!

[@harshibar]

Yes! Costco is the place to be 👌🏾

[@prasannakumar5422]

which company are you working now as PM

[@harshibar]

i work at a startup called Coda!

[@akhildraksharapu]

Some video Requests I have how to get a Job as a PM, How to excel in that role, why does a PM have to do somany things. Uh! Basically anything related to PM Since You are living that life daily. Maybe Slowly make this channel PM Niche

[@harshibar]

Yeah, that’s the goal since most of my day is now PM stuff! Will find good topics I can cover with my admittedly little experience :)

[@yaswanthanisetti1523]

okka mukka kuda ardam kaledhu ! You should totally try doing this in telugu ! It’ll be funny!

[@harshibar]

Soon!

[@SunDev1]

First 🥇

[@ieltsenglish2929]

Please little bit use Hindi language, if you know

[@harshibar]

i don’t know it too well 🥲

[@techprogrammer4158]

Harshi bar Ela unnaru

[@harshibar]

I’ve been doing well! You?

[@techprogrammer4158]

@@harshibar Great but I am thinking that you give a reply in Telugu. Really disappointed ☹️

[@Kevin-cy2dr]

@@techprogrammer4158 dude this is an english channel.

[@stefangreve7983]

Slack is fucking awful, I don't know why anyone would recommend Slack to anybody, there's just not one good reason.

[@thosewhowander5815]

Agree.

[@harshibar]

What app do you prefer instead?

[@swaranreddy461]

Can you mention your LinkedIn ID in description as well. Sis

[@arnavdeshmukh]

Are you on LinkedIn?