Austin VOP #103: Brian Rodriguez at realtor.com | Dual Product Management Career Path
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Brian is a future product leader that has wisdom beyond his years. I love his advice to be a lifelong learner. And learning not just for your professional role, but learning about your interests too. He also talks about what is unique about Austin’s product culture, the exciting AI work he is doing at realtor.com and how meditation makes him a better product manager.
Read more: Product Managers are Lifelong Learners
What I’m Reading
Ken Norton’s pair of articles about dual career paths for product managers have been making the rounds. He argues that like Engineers, Product Managers should have dual career paths so that PMs who do not want to go up the career ladder to manage people can take a parallel path to focus on product leadership.
This article resonated strongly with me. I have managed teams before and a few years ago I chose to go back to being an individual contributor PM. I enjoy building products more than managing teams that build products. I hope these articles lead to more opportunities for experienced product managers to continue what they love - building products.
It’s Time to Fight for a Dual Product Management Career Path
Austin Product Events
July 12 — The Product League
Think Like a Product ManagerJuly 29 — ProductHired Job Club
How To Spot The Right Culture Through Interviews
More events on the Austin Product Events page.
In The Community
Suhas Kelkar, CPO at CLEARdata, spoke at Products That Count about innovation in healthcare via tech. Read his interview: Product Managers Must Understand User Behavior and Psychology
Austin Product Positions
I share product positions posted by product leaders I know. Feel free to reach out to me for an intro or share with others.
Wheel is looking for a Head of Product for their Platform
Verb is looking for a Lead UX Designer for a 6-9 month contract engagement.
My friends Andrew and Jenny at BravePath (product consulting and talent recruiting) are working with some leading companies to hire the following positions. Happy to make an intro if you or someone you know is a good fit.
Yours in product,
Reza