How To Get Into Product Management | Benji Portwin - ex-Spotify, ex-Monzo, AccuRx Head of Product | by Exactimo
January 2, 2021
Want to get into Product Management? Benji Portwin, a product leader who has worked at Spotify, Monzo, the Government Digital Service and AccuRx reveals practical tips for anyone considering a career in product.
The Getting There Show is about helping you get to you where you want to get to. We speak with brilliant people and unpack the key influences and decisions that have helped get them to where they are today. You’ll get the books, the mental models, inspirations and all the steps in their journey, to help guide you on your own path.
Want to get into Product Management? Benji Portwin, a product leader who has worked at Spotify, Monzo, the Government Digital Service and AccuRx reveals practical tips for anyone considering a career in product.
The Getting There Show is about helping you get to you where you want to get to. We speak with brilliant people and unpack the key influences and decisions that have helped get them to where they are today. You’ll get the books, the mental models, inspirations and all the steps in their journey, to help guide you on your own path.
Timestamps
00.00 - 2.57 Introduction
2.58 - 18.59 Benji’s journey so far
19.00 - 24.09 What does AccuRx do?
24.10 - 28.25 How do you get into Product Management?
28.26 - 35.42 Importance of personal brand
35.43 - 36.55 Significance of Personality Tests
36.56 - 40.36 Behavioural Economics on Product Management
40.37 - 44.08 Favourite Quotes
44.09 - 47.30 Best interview questions
47.31 - 49.41 Differences in Product Management per industry
49.42 - 52.37 Great Covering Letters
NOTES
Kanban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_(development)
Scrum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development)
Government Digital Service: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service
Emergn: https://www.emergn.com/home-2/
AccuRx: https://www.accurx.com/
Why Product Management is Being Like a Janitor (Article): https://medium.com/all-things-product-management/product-manager-you-are-664d83ee702e
Google APM program: https://careers.google.com/programs/apm/
Spotify want employees to move around (Article): https://www.theobservereffect.org/daniel.html
Benji’s doc - “Things about me that aren't ideal…”: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OrhcP-AIIYB1n3Y98rp18-jWlBgfzHvKDzvNrvADkIM/edit
Tobi Lutke on Enneagram (Article): https://medium.com/@digitalleader/why-the-enneagram-personality-system-is-being-used-by-top-tech-ceos-and-how-it-can-help-you-83227a18e815
Thinking Fast and Slow (Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0141033576
Predictably Irrational (Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/0007256531
Exactimo's Digital Audit course: https://exactimo.com/digital-audit-course-for-business/
The Getting There Show is about helping you get to you where you want to get to. We speak with brilliant people and unpack the key influences and decisions that have helped get them to where they are today. You’ll get the books, the mental models, inspirations and all the steps in their journey, to help guide you on your own path.
Timestamps
00.00 - 2.57 Introduction
2.58 - 18.59 Benji’s journey so far
19.00 - 24.09 What does AccuRx do?
24.10 - 28.25 How do you get into Product Management?
28.26 - 35.42 Importance of personal brand
35.43 - 36.55 Significance of Personality Tests
36.56 - 40.36 Behavioural Economics on Product Management
40.37 - 44.08 Favourite Quotes
44.09 - 47.30 Best interview questions
47.31 - 49.41 Differences in Product Management per industry
49.42 - 52.37 Great Covering Letters
NOTES
Kanban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_(development)
Scrum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development)
Government Digital Service: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service
Emergn: https://www.emergn.com/home-2/
AccuRx: https://www.accurx.com/
Why Product Management is Being Like a Janitor (Article): https://medium.com/all-things-product-management/product-manager-you-are-664d83ee702e
Google APM program: https://careers.google.com/programs/apm/
Spotify want employees to move around (Article): https://www.theobservereffect.org/daniel.html
Benji’s doc - “Things about me that aren't ideal…”: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OrhcP-AIIYB1n3Y98rp18-jWlBgfzHvKDzvNrvADkIM/edit
Tobi Lutke on Enneagram (Article): https://medium.com/@digitalleader/why-the-enneagram-personality-system-is-being-used-by-top-tech-ceos-and-how-it-can-help-you-83227a18e815
Thinking Fast and Slow (Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0141033576
Predictably Irrational (Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/0007256531
Exactimo's Digital Audit course: https://exactimo.com/digital-audit-course-for-business/