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How product managers prioritize features
How product managers prioritize features

If you’ve ever made a feature request for a product and it never got built, this flowchart will help explain why. It shows the questions asked by a product manager when deciding if something should be worked on, passed on, or revisited later.

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Decision Making, Managing a TeamMark RaboSeptember 17, 2019
How I transitioned careers with no experience
How I transitioned careers with no experience

Not having experience is the biggest obstacle to transitioning into a new career. This post has some tactics I used to transition into my new career as a product manager, but will be useful to anyone thinking of a major career transition.

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Early CareerMark RaboSeptember 4, 2019
My (repeatable) path to becoming a product manager
My (repeatable) path to becoming a product manager

On June 11, 2013 I heard about product management for the first time but knew it was for me. It took some work to get my first job with zero experience – these are some of the steps I took to get it.

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Early CareerMark RaboSeptember 3, 2019
Becoming an Expert
Becoming an Expert

People pay good money for experts and little to no money to amateurs. Becoming an expert is the only way to doing what you love for a living.

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LeadershipMark RaboAugust 6, 2019
The good faith argument for "good enough"
The good faith argument for "good enough"

It feels good to say you should "Never settle". It means you have high standards and live with principles. However, Ive learned over the years that it can cause you to focus on the wrong things and waste valuable time. The solution is settling.

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Philosophy of ProductMark RaboAugust 5, 2019
The two jobs of a Product Manager
The two jobs of a Product Manager

You have two jobs as a Product Manager and you better be good at the first to have time for the second.

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Early CareerMark RaboMay 19, 2018
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