Intro to PMs
The ultimate boss role that a Product Manager is often nicknamed.
What is a "Mini-CEO"?
The average starting salary range for an Associate PM just entering the field.
What is $86,000 – $96,000?
This 4-year degree is the most common starting point for future PMs.
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
The group of code-writing tech builders a PM talks to daily.
Who are Software Engineers / Developers?
The job title for someone learning the ropes under a Senior PM.
What is an Associate Product Manager?
The three main corporate worlds a PM stands at the intersection of.
What are Business, Technology, and User Experience?
The six-figure median annual salary range for a mid-career PM.
What is $103,000 – $114,000?
The Ohio university where you can study business management.
What is Central State University?
This task involves talking to real people to figure out what they want.
What is Customer / Market Research?
The state of being able to work from your couch or anywhere in the world.
What is Remote Work?
The visual timeline or map a PM draws to show a product's future features.
What is a Product Roadmap?
The massive peak salary an experienced executive PM can make.
What is $210,000+?
The specific course where you learn how to track data and project trends.
What is Data Analysis / Forecasting?
A word for understanding how your user feels so you can fix their problems.
What is User Empathy?
The minimum number of years of experience usually required for a regular PM role.
What is 1 to 2 years?
The difference between a Product Manager and a Project Manager.
What is strategy vs. execution? (Product managers set the vision; project managers handle timelines/budgets)
A typical financial perk or cash reward given to PMs on top of their base pay.
What is a bonus?
An alternative technical degree a PM might get to build software apps.
What is Computer Science (or Software Engineering)?
What a PM does when two different teams argue over what feature to build next.
What is prioritizing features? (Decision-making / Risk Analysis)
The key communication trait a PM needs to convince stakeholders of their plan.
What is persuasion / strong communication?
The entire cycle a product goes through from an idea to being thrown away.
What is Principles of Marketing?
The chief title given to the absolute top product boss in a major corporation.
What is the Chief Product Officer?
A course that teaches you how businesses advertise and sell their goods.
What is Principles of Marketing?
The action of testing a rough, early version of a product before full launch.
What is testing a prototype?
What a PM should do if their app crashes on launch day
What is initiate the incident response protocol?