Do you find Product Management fulfilling? Or is it just a job like anything else? Or some combination of both?

I recently started my first PM job. So far it's been a lot of stress but there have been some rewarding moments. Just curious how others who have been doing it longer than me feel about it.

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Product management is probably the least stressful job I’ve had! That being said, I’ve had some terrible bosses before that made things more stressful than they needed to be because they were terrible delegators / leaders, but that had nothing to do with the job title.

What exactly makes you stressed?

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Yeah, a bad boss will ruin anyone’s experience, but that’s not a Product Management related issue.

I do. Nothing better then the go live day :) like with any job I don’t like some aspects of it, but overall it’s very rewarding precisely because of how hard it can be.

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Yes I like shipping stuff that hundreds of millions of people use daily and recognize

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