What books, courses, or certificates do you recommend for someone who’s looking to get into product management? I have a Tech Strategy background but no experience with products specifically. Not sure where to start so would appreciate tips from those of you already in the space. Thank you!

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I'm on a similar journey after 10ish years in consulting. Here are my impressions:
-there are no certifications/certificates/courses that are clearly recognized as points of entry for product management

-the best 2 options I have found are 1, to join product management directly at a startup who is willing to take a chance on you, then you can move to bigger firms over time. Or 2, join a larger tech firm in a product management adjacent role (like product marketing or product strategy) and try to transfer or job hop to product management later. An option 3 would be to apply to big tech (think faang) PM roles directly and hope for the best, but this is such a hail Mary (or is mostly feasible for somewhat rare pre-existing backgrounds) that I don't consider this a feasible path.

-that being said, a masters degree in CS could make you more attractive, as lack of tech knowledge often is a limiting factor for aspiring Product managers

-and even that being said, a 2 year MBA at a top school, perhaps combined with a CS masters or product certificate (Northwestern has a top 10 mba program and a new product management program) may be the clearest, shortest path to PM at a more established tech company, due to the robustness of established recruiting pipelines.

Hi, why do so many consultants what to change to Product Manager?

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