PM RESOURCES
SUMMARY
People ask me how to break into product management or what resources I recommend to improve on their PM skill set. Here are a few of those recommendations, along with content I consume myself on a regular basis. I will caveat this all by saying that consuming resources will never make up for the learning experience of shipping products, so I encourage you to do just that in parallel.
PRODUCT
Cracking the PM Interview by McDowell
Hooked by Nir Eyal
Inspired by Marty Cagain
ENGINEERING
Hacker News
Techcrunch.com
Techmeme.com
Sit down with engineers of target companies and also close friends and family members to learn about how they work with PMs
DESIGN
This is one of the best resources to understand new user experience: User Onboarding Teardowns
Use as many different products and apps on a regular basis for research and for fun - this includes apps I wouldn't normally use as a consumer.
Set a goal and product that you want to design, download real time board, and wireframe the user journey of the app.
I took this course and loved it and it gives you a high level introduction into human interaction design and how to evaluate great design
OTHER RESOURCES
Networking is KEY. Download the app called Shapr and schedule coffee chats to learn more about roles
Join the various Slack Channels such as PMHQ (Largest Slack Channel) where you can learn more about jobs, talk to experienced PMs, and deep dive into interview questions
One of the biggest things you can do is get experience pushing our new features/products so try to take on a product initiative at your current company or join a freelance community (Gigster) as a PM. If you're trying to break into Product don't be scared to take on a contract role to show your willingness to dive in and learn.