Advice for aspiring, technical product managers
Based on a career in tech support, pre-sales, and 12 years in Product.
I'm a product manager for Oracle.
I build and help people use database tools and REST APIs.
I also like Crossfit, formerly obstacle course racing, beer, bourbon, travel, reading, and all that jazz.
This week I was invited to share my experience and advice for a Product Management Bootcamp with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati.
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My talk was about being customer-focused, and I threw in some career tips for getting started, and how best to "Live in the customer's shoes."
I don't know if it was recorded, but I do have the slides, and I thought I'd share them here.
If you just want to skip ahead to where I share my tips on Social Media, Blogging, YouTube, and sharing content - jump to Slides 22-24.
More resources
I've talked about career and product management stuff a good bit on the thatjeffsmith blog, you can find those posts here.
Most recently, I had a nice chat with Oracle ACE Director Rob Lockard on his YouTube series of interviews with Oracle folks. You can watch that here -
