PRODUCTIVE Day in the Life of a Product Manager working in TECH

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[@blakenielsen958]

Great stuff, Parker. I’m an aspiring PM after spending most of my career in data analytics. Your videos are exactly what I need to understand: your mindset, what’s important to focus on, and tips & tricks for PMs.

[@parkerrex]

Love that this is helpful. Editing up a new video to go out tomorrow on another day in the life of a pm learning to program. Let me know if there’s anything else you want to learn. Would love to hear about your career in data analytics. I have a bunch I could learn from you I imagine

[@saloniaburt8950]

Super cool video Parker! I really enjoy these “A Day in the Life” style videos, they’re helpful in providing a glimpse into PM life - especially for aspiring PMs like myself. In the future, would it be possible for you to talk more about your experience working at a small company, and if you see yourself transitioning to a larger company in the future?

[@parkerrex]

Hey Salonia, cool name! Yes I’ll take note to bring that up in a future video. 😃 tell me if you have other things you want me to discuss. 👍

[@monishselvamuthu4895]

Love it - super helpful for a marketer aspiring to become a PM. Thanks, Parker!

[@parkerrex]

Happy you liked it Monish 👍

[@zontai]

Thanks for sharing more about your routine ! Im also a Product Manager and I'm trying to improve my efficiency at work!!

[@parkerrex]

Of course. Happy to share :)

[@nateschillen4609]

This is so helpful! I’m a young APM that’s struggling a bit to manage/ prioritize time and tasks and it’s really helpful to see this in practice. Subscribed and looking forward to more videos!

[@parkerrex]

I'm so glad! Check out the free course I just dropped! There will be one video every day...!

[@jagmeetcheema5956]

Hi Parker, I recently discovered your channel and have been watching your videos non stop. I’m an aspiring PM and love the content you’ve been posting. Keep up the great work.

[@parkerrex]

Hey Jagmeet - glad you like the content so far! What would you like to learn?

[@jagmeetcheema5956]

@@parkerrex I’m really liking the day in the life type of videos. I’d love to learn more about how you approach product vision, strategy and road mapping. Maybe about some software tools you use for those. Btw, I’m also reading Product Management’s Sacred Sevens, swipe to unlock and just finished inspired by Marty Cagan

[@parkerrex]

@Jagmeet Cheema roadmapping is an interesting one. I'm always evolving the process and it's all about being a knowledge sponge!! Sacred Sevens a great desk reference to have! I liked Swipe to unlock. Lots of little factoids in there that you wouldn't otherwise know. I heard Marty Cagan just came out with a new book that I Need to checkout! Have you heard of Roam Research? I've been spending a ton of time trying to build out a personal knowledge management system in there so that I can have all my notes from the PM books in there so I can easily reference the best bits. 😀

[@jagmeetcheema5956]

@@parkerrex no I haven’t but I’ll check it out

[@dincerozoran9702]

Great video Parker. I have a little experience in Prod. Management mostly project management to create a beta version of an app idea. Hope this (and your other) videos will help me with my Prod. Man. Role interview in 3 hours! Keep going with the videos.

[@parkerrex]

That is awesome! Check out the free course I just dropped! There will be one video every day...!

[@Krystalwatchesvideos]

Yes, please do a video on partnering with engineers. I’m a noob PM. Ty!

[@MsMycene]

Thanks for showing a bit of your day, I still have a lot to learn

[@parkerrex]

No worries

[@parkerrex]

Sorry about the audio.... first time doing a voiceover 😧. Scroll back up and HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON!!

[@camilobarroilhet1355]

Hi Parker great content! You mentioned to make a video of working with external technical folks. Would be great to see your experience

[@parkerrex]

Which part would be helpful in particular? Working w a dev agency? how to get them up and running?

[@stephanieonyekaba8274]

Thanks for the vid! Looking at breaking into PM as well. Btw you are very good looking ;)

[@parkerrex]

Best of luck! Check out the free course I just dropped! There will be one video every day...!

[@jstreifel]

Awesome!

[@parkerrex]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sv2515]

Would love to just learn how you partner with engineers in general. How PMs can work better with engineers and what pain points are common

[@parkerrex]

Yes... start by trying to get more technical so you can relate to engineers better. From there, try to be as helpful as possible. Your job is to figure out what to build and why... Engineers are supposed to figure out how.

[@leonmeier5866]

Thanks dude, this was a lot of fun to watch. I especially identify with the 11am chicken ;)

[@parkerrex]

lmao -- im such a weirdo. This is no longer me.

[@Mandujanojl]

I liked your video, i am reading up into project mangament the for is definitely want to start a carrer and try something that is challenging, and wanted to ask you if you had any suggestion on where i can get training or a class i can take to help me. this is all new to me and i have worked as a manager before, but this is all new to me. thank you

[@parkerrex]

Go for it! Check out the free course I just dropped! There will be one video every day...!

[@siaedits6669]

Hi, is it an advantage if you go into a management career after doing engineering stuff or can I simply do my business degrees and get into it??? Will it affect my job placement?

[@parkerrex]

Check out the free course I just dropped! There will be one video every day...!!

[@jaimesmith1086]

Thanks Parker for creating this video. I am wondering If I can get your thoughts on this - I recently discovered product management but my impression so far is that I can be paid well (sweet sweet tech salary), don't need to code, don't need any special certifications/MBA/MS Computer Science (or any specific degrees for that matter) or specific experiences. Seems too good to be true. Wondering if I am missing something?

[@parkerrex]

Sure- but you need to be great at other skills. People skills -Analytical skills -understanding of development -Understanding of design -How to model out features from a financial perspective

[@jaimesmith1086]

@@parkerrex Thank you

[@jaimesmith1086]

@@parkerrex Thank you

[@huaweihonor7714]

Hello. Wich online course or study resource would recommend for PM ? Do you think is it necessary strong technical programming skills? Kind regards,

[@parkerrex]

im coming out with a program soon!

[@kkostia]

Good explanation. But, am I the only one who was surprised, when you started eating the lunch from a box even at home? 🤣 Anyway, keep it going, mate!

[@parkerrex]

I’m not normal 😂

[@kkostia]

@@parkerrex That's funny!))

[@misse2449]

Hi Parker. I am just watching you design stuff and wondering what the designer is going to do after that! Doesn't it feel like duplicating effort?

[@parkerrex]

Howdy - not at all. Designers go much much further. If that’s as far as your designer can go, get a different designer.

[@misse2449]

@@parkerrex Oh-kay! 😊 Would they typically collaborate on your own design and take it further or restart a fresh one based on yours. I'm very interested in this as an aspiring pm with design skills. I often wonder how little or much of design I will need to do in wireframing so as not to take over the designing. On the other hand, my itchy fingers want to put the entire landscape of the app as I'm conceiving it (usually fully formed) in my mind on Figma! Haha!

[@parkerrex]

comment below what you think I should make a video about next!

[@ayoubanwar2576]

Hi Parker, great video. Can you talk a little bit about the data-analytics part of your job. Thank you

[@timcookstg9372]

❤

[@parkerrex]

Share the love Tim share the love

[@HelloBdaily]

I’m also in data analytics looking into product management but the actual dynamic between the PM and engineering team is still fuzzy. Are you managing PEOPLE? This is what I particularly need to know because I have zero interest in doing that or anything remotely adjacent 😂

[@HelloBdaily]

Very insightful video, btw!

[@parkerrex]

Check out the free course I just dropped! There will be one video every day...!

[@andytaylor3590]

I play soccer too!

[@parkerrex]

awesome! yeah its a great workout.

[@kays3599]

Do you rent?

[@parkerrex]

I do I do

[@kays3599]

@@parkerrex Same! Sorry, random question.

[@namenl2205]

8:52 as a former product designer who is now a product director with 14 years of experience: Designers fcking hate PM's that "design" mock-ups in Figma. If you can't explain your idea it's just you being a poor PM. Simple facts, get the hell out of their Figma files lol.

[@parkerrex]

I don't have a designer so sorry ;) it was the reality of being small and bootstrapped. worked to get us to $73m in gmv though.

[@Helloimtheshiieet]

Bro MarvelApp

[@parkerrex]

ya... so ol school

[@justinching9317]

job seems cool but guy seems obnoxious

[@parkerrex]

yeah i used to be pretty obnoxious tbh