Product Management, a different creature!

Doubling up on my Data Scientist role, I did a stint as interim Product Manager for our product team. Here are my thoughts on Product Management and my observations on what it takes to succeed in high uncertainty environments (aka startups). And the million dollar question: how to hire a good Product Manager?

A Data Scientist’s roundtrip to Product Management

Startup life can be quite unpredictable. I hadn’t imagined when I joined as a “Data Scientist” 1.5 years ago that most of my time would be spent doubling up as Product Manager. Particularly, when in all truthfulness, I didn’t understand what kind of value a Product Manager ACTUALLY brings.