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Why half of product managers are in trouble | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google) — Lenny's Podcast
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The skills that used to be really valued in product managers are changing substantially. >> It's going to be chaos. Our industry is very much in stress. Nothing's constant. Everyone's in a state of alert. If you talk to product leaders 3 years ago, their day was largely moving information. The information mover is essentially going to become a dinosaur. >> I just did this report on the job market. Interestingly, we have the most open PM roles globally in three plus years. >> Th
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Builder PM Framework
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