{"id":1901,"date":"2013-11-11T10:23:25","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T10:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:03:24","slug":"want-to-get-into-product-management-watch-this-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/blog\/want-to-get-into-product-management-watch-this-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Want To Get Into Product Management? Watch This Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>About a month ago I jumped onto a Google Hangout with Jason Shah, product manager at Yammer, to talk to him about &#8220;How to get into product management&#8221;. See above for the recording of the live stream and check out some of Jason&#8217;s other interviews if you&#8217;re interested in a career in product management!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:1280px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_p9Ubfv5v2i8\"><div id=\"lyte_p9Ubfv5v2i8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fp9Ubfv5v2i8%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/p9Ubfv5v2i8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fp9Ubfv5v2i8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:1280px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-get-into-product-management-keep-the-customer-front-of-mind\">Get into Product Management &#8211; Keep the Customer Front of Mind!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jason also blogs on <a title=\"Jason Shah Product Management blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.jasonshah.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/blog.jasonshah.org<\/a> and if you want to learn more about how to get into product management, sign up for the Udemy course &#8220;You&#8217;re Hired: How to Get a Job in Product Management&#8221; here: <a title=\"Udemy course product management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/how-to-get-a-job-in-product-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/how-to-get-a-job-in-product-management\/<\/a>.<br><br>As I explain in the interview, my first steps were along the age old tradition of &#8216;learning by doing&#8217; and remembering that it all comes down to the user being happy. In that sense, my early experience as a customer support agent were extremely helpful as they really allowed me to engrave this principle in my way of working.<br><br>And of course, using the right tools (like ProdPad!) will make you follow the right process and ask the right questions &#8211; feel free to give it a whirl on our 14 day free trial and let me know what you think on Twitter under <a title=\"Janna Bastow Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/simplybastow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@simplybastow<\/a> or <a title=\"ProdPad Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ProdPad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ProdPad<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago I jumped onto a Google Hangout with Jason Shah, product manager at Yammer, to talk to him about &#8220;How to get into product management&#8221;. 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