Women in Product

What kind of product would you work on, if you could work on anything? I would love to work in fragrances, but I have no health and beauty experience at all lmao, I work in tech.

What's your college degree in? I'm a sophomore in college and I know I want to work in product but I'm not sure what degree to pursue. I don't really know what I like, I just read the … more

Happy Holidays! Does anyone work in finance (banking or mortgage lending), fintech, or real estate tech? I would love to speak with you about your role? My top career goal for 2022 is transitioning… more

Hello ladies! Let's hear your new years resolutions!

Is there an achievement from this year you want to continue/make better or just some new goal altogether! 🥳🥳🥂

Merry Christmas! I really appreciate all the advice and help this group has given me this year. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and a happy new year! ❄️

I suck at networking! Twice now I've been in rooms with people I'd love to network with or add to my network and all I've had is questions. I can't seem to take it past asking for advi… more

What are some ways to get better at seeing the needs of the product beyond right now? Got some feedback that I need to be better at roadmapping things long term, I tend to think of things in 6-12 mont… more

Has anyone worked with a career counselor or coach who specializes in helping people pivot to product manager roles? I'm currently a PO, and I want to pivot to a PM role next year.

I have 20+ yea… more

I was unexpectedly out on disability due to a car accident this year. With performance reviews coming up, I’m struggling as to if I should bring this up in my self-evaluation. I don’t want to look lik… more

6 years of project + product experience in SaaS companies. Currently making between 120-140k USD. Got offered a senior PM role for 200k (base + equity) from a company based in NY (fully remote). I liv… more

What is the best way to show your potential as a female product manager? Totally fine if the tips are gender neutral as well, I start a new position at the end of January as a PM for the first time an… more

Any reviews on Product management training courses out there? Most of them are targeted at folks trying to break into Product career rather than Product veterans.
I was checking Reforge va general as… more

What's the best way to find out if your male coworkers are making more than you for the same role? I'm scared to just ask, and have no ability to determine whether or not they tell me the trut… more

I’m so tired. I hold 3 roles on my team right now (same company, same manager, not 3 different jobs). I am a PO for 1 team and work as an analyst for 2 other teams. I often have to be in 2 calls at once. I … more

End of year celebration: share an achievement/success you’re proud of in 2022!

A new guy joined our team last week and I'm having trouble working with him already. Trying not to be biased because he replaced a woman I really loved to work with, but already communication is m… more

How much testing are you completing as a PM or PO? The amount of testing that I complete as a PO is killing me. I also function as an SME for a business unit. Testing, meetings, research, daily que… more

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This is so AWKWARD. We had our holiday party last night and everyone was drinking (open bar) a group of us went outside to grab cabs together and go home, everything was cool. Tell me why once I got i… more

I may be reading too much into this so tell me if you think so. I'm the only woman on a product management team for a smallish company. We're having a holiday party next Tuesday night, and my … more

Senior PM with about 6-7 years of product experience. Transferring to Texas remote. How much to expect for comp?

Hello experts, I am used to collecting user fredback in excel spreadsheet and using that to log features/bugs in backlog. Now the feedback seems to be blowing up and I am finding excel entries becoming tedious &a… more

How do you explain what you do to friends and family? I love hearing from my sister and brother in law what my niece tells people I do, apparently a few months ago she told people at school my job was… more

Better to take a small pay cut (10k) to work with people I know mesh well together at a smaller start up, or stay on at a larger company with higher pay but a team that has absolutely no camaraderie a… more

Do you feel like you faced any discrimination or prejudice based on your gender when you were starting your career in product, or do you face any now? I feel like product as an industry is fairly woma… more

Who's feeling the imminent imposter syndrome during performance reviews this month? I rated myself very high, wrote out all tangible examples to defend my rating, and still feel like i'll get … more

How to deal with mom/family guilt at the holidays? I'm working a ton this month and I'm missing a family event with my in-laws plus some kid time. I feel terrible about it but I also know that… more

Hi ladies, I have been working in London for the past 12years and I would love to attempt to get some experience in the US.
Does any of you have the experience with making that kind of move or would you hav… more

What the best online social media marketing accreditation including boosting posts and advertising that you have come across that has a recognised certification

Hi Folks!
Looking for study suggestions. I am planning add AI/ML skill to my product management experience. I have enrolled for Data Science courses as well. But to me it seems a bit of challenge to schedul… more

What technical skills should product managers have?

Hi All, I am a Product Manager in a Canadian Financial Services company and my total compensation is close to ~140K CAD considering all benefits of being a Full Time Employee. I try to study more on the pro… more

If you make $100k+ a year working in product, what would you say are the largest factors that helped you get where you are today? What has your career trajectory been like so far, and what are your pl… more

Advise: I currently dislike my current position - I am not gaining any skills, I have lost my passion for PM and my team/manager are only out for themselves. I interviewed for a much smaller company a… more

For career growth in product is it better to try and work at a larger, big name company? Or find someplace with good people regardless of size? Money obviously factors in here too.