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'Product Managers Talk About Their Careers. For Engineers Under 35 Aspiring to be PdM【kiitokMeetup】' Participation Report #kiitok_meetup

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Tue, August 20, 2019

This is a report from my participation in ‘Product Managers Talk About Their Careers. For Engineers Under 35 Aspiring to be PdM【kiitokMeetup】’.

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プロダクトマネージャーがキャリアを語る。U35のPdM志望エンジニア限定【kiitokMeetup】 - connpass

Below, I’ve transcribed the presenter names from the event page and recorded my notes from listening to the presentations as a participation report. (Honorifics omitted)

Overview

kiitok meetup is being held! The second edition is "Current Product Managers Talk About Their Careers. My Career Meet Up"

“I want to become a Product Manager in the future.” But you don’t know how to build up the necessary skills.

To solve this challenge, we’re hosting a career event featuring people who have walked various career paths and are now active as current program managers.

We plan to have LTs about what kind of careers they’ve walked, and panel-style discussions about behind-the-scenes stories you can only hear here!

Speakers:

  • Hironori Tanaka | Sora Inc. CPO
  • Yusuke Hisatsu | CAMPFIRE Inc. Bank Business Division
  • Sota Mizushima | Raksul Inc. Executive Officer CPO

Moderator:

  • Junpei Ikegami (gami) | Plaid Inc.

Hironori Tanaka | Sora Inc. CPO

My impression is that it’s amazing how he became an engineer through the word association game “izakaya part-time job → chef → craftsman ≒ engineer”.

He uses a “decision matrix” for development roadmaps.

Q) What criteria do you use to decide whether to delegate to members or do it yourself? A) Continue on kiitok Community Slack

Yusuke Hisatsu | CAMPFIRE Inc. Bank Business Division

幅広い経験を活かして PdMになった話＠Kiitok meetup from Yusuke Hisatsu

Q) Regarding “making decisions in overflowing information,” how do you reflect on the results of your decisions? A) Continue on kiitok Community Slack

Sota Mizushima | Raksul Inc. Executive Officer CPO

Tech Lead + Engineering Manager + Product Manager = Full stack Manager

Though he didn’t say that, it gave me a macho impression.

Q) When switching between Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, and Product Manager roles, do you consciously do anything or switch your mindset? A) Continue on kiitok Community Slack

Panel Discussion

Q) What are PdM anti-patterns? A) Product managers with engineering backgrounds shouldn’t design things in detail. Delegate.

Impressions

Since the keyword “Product Management Triangle” came up many times, I’d like to re-read the following articles:

That’s all from the Gemba.