So you want to be a product manager, part 3: Play to your strengths

Posted On Oct 11 2016 by

This post is a personal reflection on the excellent post written Rohini Vibha and introduced earlier on Hectic Pace. See part 1 and part 2. 3. Product Managers are neither designers nor engineers.  Do what you do best. Focus on strategy and the desire of end-users. Not all of us will have the luxury of product development divisions waiting to contribute their best lines of code to a problem, but a product manager must emphasize strategy and vision. You will be inclined to pick colors and layouts and sand the rough edges of workflows and user interfaces. Unless you’re also the lead …