Here are my answers to three questions I was asked recently during an interview for the forthcoming Working Products 2019 conference in Hamburg. I’ll be speaking and running a workshop there in June.
Do get in touch if you’d like me speak at your event.
Read on for my replies.
People ask me from time to time about how they can get into freelance product management. Here’s a recent question:
Hi Jock,
I’ve been working as a product manager for 5 years now. I worked in different industries (financial, loyalty, media, fintech) and now I am starting to manage a team of product managers and setting up a product team as a senior product manager, as well as managing my own product.
I was thinking about starting consulting in 2-3 years of time. What are the skill sets I need to focus on and improve during this time period?
Thanks,
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Read on for my reply.
This is an interview I did a little while ago with a user experience author living on the US East Coast. She was interested in moving into freelance product management.
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