Working for 6 years with a monthly salary of 3W and a history of striving for one PM

since 2020 Since the outbreak of Xinguan epidemic in , near 3 The employment situation in is not optimistic , The booming Internet industry cooled overnight , The quota of social recruitment is closed 、 Senior citizens optimization 、Offer Pay has shrunk , The little friends in front of the screen are not only hard to find jobs , I dare not expect a raise or a promotion .

But in such a gloomy environment , There are still many product managers working against the current , Realized the leap of position and salary , With a melancholy temperament Joe Sir is one of them ,6 Years of touching, climbing and rolling , Finally, I joined the management post .

After the author's enthusiasm si love chan invite lan please da,Joe Mr. Li summarized the experience and perception of the product manager in the process of promotion , It's all hard core dry goods , I hope every product manager can benefit from it , Stand on the shoulders of giants and become better , At the end of the article, the welfare of fans is attached ！

Two 、 Text

（ One ） Mixed workplace 3 year , Why are you still standing still ？

My university was in Hangzhou , After graduation, I started a small well-known Internet company in West Lake District App End product assistant , The work content is to assist the product supervisor to sort out the needs of users' feedback 、 Pay attention to competitive product trends 、 Write the PRD file , Although in an Internet company , But basically 18 Leave work on time , And most of the students who graduated from college live like salted fish .

Hangzhou · Future technology city

The plain life lasted 2 year , Soon we encountered a bottleneck , In the same period, all the product assistants have become independent product managers , Some can even lead the whole year's product planning , But I'm still standing still , Seem out of place .

Unwilling, I took advantage of the night to make an appointment with my product supervisor K, In the barbecue stand surrounded by fireworks, he told his inner depression —— Why did I get a raise later than I did , A promotion ？ Is it possible that my hard work will not be seen ？

● Big K be taken aback , Chewed the delicious mutton kebabs , Gulped at the cold beer , Asked calmly ： Do you really pay ？

• ● When submitting user feedback , You have to think about whether the demand is reasonable , And give your own judgment and plan ？
• ● Pay attention to the dynamic of competitive products , Have you thought about their advantages that we can develop quickly , And included in the near-term plan ？
• ● writing PRD When documenting , Have you ever thought about making this function to the extreme ？ Consider all the possibilities and impacts ？
• ● When communicating with developers , Do you respect them and regard them as colleagues who work together ？ Or are they just your subordinates , Must obey you unconditionally ？

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Actually , You just take work as a means of making a living , Didn't really love this product , You have a good talent for making products , But lack of enthusiasm and responsibility for making products . If you were me , It is to promote people who have passion and talent , And a product assistant who has a good relationship with the developer , Or to promote product assistants who are only talented but do not want to be down-to-earth ？

I heard that , I was speechless , I want to argue, but I find myself powerless , People who are more talented than themselves work harder than themselves , There is no right to complain about injustice here ？

Some daily work

After that day , I began to devote more energy and time to my work , Push away unnecessary social activities , I will also work with the designer 、 Development 、 The tests are also integrated , Pay attention to their suggestions and ideas about the product , Gradually improve your professionalism 、 enthusiasm ：

• ● When collecting user requirements , I will take the initiative to make demands 、 Experience 、BUG The classification of , Tagged P0、P1、P2、P3 The priority of the , For serious BUG It will be tested , And arrange development colleagues to deal with it at the first time ;
• ● Pay attention to the dynamic of competitive products , I will write a detailed report and optimize the points , And synchronize it with the design within the team 、 Development , Explore the possibilities of the current field together ;
• ● writing PRD In the process of documentation , I have deposited my own template library 、 Product self check list （Check list） And popularize this set of working methods to the product interior , Unified the design specifications of the team , Optimized the working methods of product colleagues ;

During the year , My comprehensive ability has grown rapidly , It is also irreplaceable in the team , He was soon promoted to a qualified product manager , The salary broke through quickly 10K.

（ Two ） Product director , How to manage your team ？

Shenzhen · Nanshan Science Park

Stayed in Hangzhou 3 year , I am facing a new challenge , After receiving the year-end bonus, he was poached by a headhunter to Shenzhen . Compared with Hangzhou , The pace of work in Shenzhen is more compact , More stressful , Weekends and weekends , It is common to get off work in the cold evening wind , But the salary is better .

First year , I am more to adapt to the new city 、 New colleagues 、 New work rhythm , Refuse to fish in troubled waters , Be responsible to make everything perfect , During this period, I took advantage of the company's subsidy policy to take an exam PMP certificate , I applied for a training course on management ability after work , Begin to consciously expand their management ability , After all, no one wants to be an executor for a lifetime , Otherwise, the substitutability is really too high .

Opportunity always favors the prepared mind , With the expansion of the company's business , My immediate leader Mark Promoted to be the product director of overseas projects , Responsible for expanding overseas business , However, the number of product supervisors in the domestic business division is vacant , Evaluated the comprehensive conditions of several candidates within the company ,Mark Recommended me as the temporary product director who has a harmonious interpersonal relationship , The investigation period is 6 Months .

At the beginning of taking over , I'm so busy , Busy every day , Like ants on a hot pot , But I feel like I haven't done anything . Different from the product manager at the executive level , The pattern of product managers is more demanding 、 More responsibility , Be accountable to the team first , Evaluate and arrange the workload of colleagues , Secondly, we need to bear the burden of marketing KPI indicators , Balance business demands and user experience , Even make some concessions .

Fortunately, I am very familiar with the business , They also have management knowledge reserves , The progress of the work is also quite smooth , After collecting the opinions of colleagues and analyzing the disadvantages of the existing workflow , I have developed a new method within the Department ——“ project + Time + personnel + Bonus ” Four dimensional management method .

1、 project management ： According to the industry trend and company strategy , Made up 1 - 3 In the target , And hold a meeting to clarify at the first time , It is convenient for the team to understand the goal and value of the product , Unified work direction , It will not be aimless .

2、 time management ： Refine the established objectives into the monthly work plan , For this reason, I reduced the workload of development , Set aside more time to fix BUG, In this way, you can control the start time more flexibly 、 By the time 、 On-line time , Ensure that the corresponding functions are online with quality and quantity guaranteed within the flexible time .

3、 Talent management ： Continue to encourage product innovation , Differentiation is the competitive advantage of products , I never give applause and praise to my subordinates in public , Once a month 1 Yes 1 interview , Affirm the work achievements of subordinates and tactfully put forward points that can be improved , Understand the status of subordinates and share their gains and losses .

4、 Bonus management ： Thank you for your trust , Under my leadership , Our department was the first to cancel the monthly assessment and adjust it to the quarterly bonus , It eases the anxiety at the end of the month and provides the possibility of more income , For excellent head colleagues, I will apply separately 10-15% The allowance reward of , Give more substantial economic guarantee to the core backbone .

Experienced 5 Months of trial and error , This management method enables me to be promoted as I wish , It has been unanimously recognized by the team and direct line leaders , The salary increased by 20%, The monthly salary has officially broken through 3W, It also further strengthens the voice and leading position of the product manager in the R & D process , It has been used by other departments in succession .

（ 3、 ... and ） Under the epidemic , How to stick to the original intention of the product

The author ： Thank you very much Joe Mr. sharing , It can be seen that the product manager also has unknown hard work under the bright appearance , I hope every product manager can learn from Joe Benefit from Mr . Under the shadow of the epidemic , The future of the Internet is bleak , Just graduated product Xiaobai 、 Product managers who have worked for a long time breed anxiety , We also want to know Joe How did Mr. a alleviate ？

Joe sir ： The continuing epidemic has indeed plunged the entire industry into a downturn , It's also an opportunity , It means we have more time and energy to reflect on ourselves , There are really many things to do , In response to growing anxiety , I usually start with 3 Three aspects of adjustment .

1、 It must be lonely to learn to be used to making products alone , Because product managers need to focus not only on the present , You also need to look up at the stars , Explore the unknown possibilities , Design 、 Development 、 Testing is heavily dependent on product planning , This process is doomed to be lonely and full of responsibility , But please keep going , Continue to believe in yourself , Because every persistence will temper your mind , Make you indestructible , No fear of any pressure .

Looking up at the stars is lonely , But please believe in the future

2、 Love products rather than making a living. Making products requires talent and enthusiasm , It's important to be enthusiastic . Because of enthusiasm , So I am not willing to be mediocre , So keep polishing the details , Make the product to the extreme , End user 、 To the team 、 Give yourself a satisfactory answer ; Because of enthusiasm , So think deeply , Choose a new method or tool to empower your team , Our team chose ​ ​ Mock design cooperation platform ​​, Flexible workflow can greatly benefit the team , Many people review the prototype online 、 Design draft , So as to firmly control each node of the project from planning to development , It effectively improves the cooperation efficiency of the team .

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3、 Life should not be just work. The pace under the epidemic begins to slow down , The time at your disposal gradually fills up . Beyond work , I have enough time to spend with my family 、 Lover , Enjoy a good family life ; Of course , I will also pick up my hobbies , Lie on the snail chair and listen to a piece of classical music to relax your mind , At the weekend, I will have fun tasting delicious food with my friends , When our life is full and full , Worries and anxieties also disappeared .

3、 ... and 、 To everyone who is growing up PM

From product assistant to product supervisor , I spent a lot of time 6 Years of time , Bitterness and laughter coexist . I want to give up 、 I also doubted myself , But in the end, I insisted because of my love . Because making products is a great and proud thing , Good products not only help millions of users solve many problems , It also taught me a lot about how to behave , Benefited greatly .

I sincerely hope that every friend who loves products can make a step by step , To a higher level , Meet better yourself .