Austin VOP #96: Aditya Rustgi of Cision | How do you Identify a Product-centric Company
Austin Voice of Product - Building a stronger Product community
Austin Voice of Product
Aditya has great advice for product leaders: product management is a learned skill - so invest in training your teams and take time to mentor younger product managers.
We have to take the time to show younger product managers the craft, show them what is expected, what good looks like and to be a shepherd of their careers.
Read more: Your Responsibility Mentoring Future Product Leaders
What I’m Reading
I have been thinking recently about how I would identify a product-centric company when I look for my next role. I wrote a short piece on it:
How do you identify a Product-centric company: Patterns & Anti-Patterns
Thanks to great feedback via Twitter from Rajesh Nerlikar, John Cutler and Stephanie Leue - here and here.
And that Twitter feedback thread led me to this great article by Andrew Skotzko which helps you with interview questions you should ask. 💪
How do you know if you are interviewing at a Product-led company
Austin Product Events
Rajesh Nerlikar will be presenting at The Product League on Monday evening:
Using Vision Led Product Management to Build a Balanced Roadmap
More events on the Austin Product Events page.
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.
Molecula is hiring a Senior Product Manager to build their Cloud product
IFM Restoration is hiring a Director of Product to disrupt the single family rental industry.
Yours in product,
Cheers
Reza