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Tips for transitioning from UX to Product Management
Product management is fun! Also, the impact is more visible, typically.
There’s actually lots of overlap between UX and PMs:
- Finding customer problems
- Creating hypothesis
- Experimenting and validation
First I would recommend you understand the fundamentals:
- Product Vision
- Roadmapping
- Biz/market
- Product-led growth (PLG)
Then create your own (mini) product. That’s the best way to learn.
Here’s a great newsletter you should follow — Lenny's Newsletter
The advice I always give, to get experience, FAST, try:
- Reach out to your network (friend, family, FB groups, LinkedIn)
- Offer your service for cheap or FREE
- Get testimonials after work is complete
- Try to experiment as much as possible and repeat
To train your brain and think like a PM.
There's a million way to learn:
- Show your work and experience in a PM portfolio
- Document your PM journey and learning on social media
- Info is everywhere podcast, youtube, medium, newsletters, socials
I made a video on the differences between Product Design, UX Design and UI Design:
