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Become a Product Manager

From first user interview to shipped product. Every milestone proven with a public artefact — not a JIRA ticket.

A 52-week path for people moving into product management. One milestone is required: shipping a product from 0 to 1. The other four are elective competencies — user research, roadmapping, launch execution, and formal certification — that a PM develops in any order depending on their team's current needs. Most PMs spend careers avoiding the hard ones. This path requires proof of all of them.

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Path outcomes

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Conduct 50 User Research Interviews

Elective. 50 user interviews is the most high-leverage PM investment — it determines whether you build the right thing. Many PMs never do this rigorously.

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Build a Product Roadmap (Adopted by Engineering)

Elective. A roadmap that engineering formally adopts — not a slide deck. The adoption proof distinguishes a roadmap from a wish list.

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Ship a Product from 0 to 1 as PM

Required. Taking a product from 0 to 1 is the PM's defining proof. Idea validation → spec → build → adoption metrics documented.

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Run a Successful Product Launch

Elective. The execution proof. A launch with documented press, signups, and adoption targets requires the product to exist — not just a plan.

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Complete Product Management Certification

Elective. Formal credential for those seeking external validation. Not required — the ship milestone is stronger proof than any cert.

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Improve Cross-Functional Collaboration

Elective. PM-specific proof of influence without authority — shipping with engineering and design when you have no formal power over either.

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Improve Stakeholder Alignment

Elective. Named in every PM job description. Proof is a documented stakeholder conflict resolved without escalation.

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Free resources for this path

Every resource listed here is free. No affiliate links. No sponsored placements.

The best free PM content on growth, roadmaps, and product strategy. Read the archive before any other PM resource — the signal-to-noise ratio is exceptionally high.

Free 30-minute talk by Gustaf Alströmer. The canonical primer on user research interviews. Watch this before your first interview — it prevents the most common mistakes.

Free PM frameworks on prioritisation, influence, and working with executives. Shreyas posts dense, actionable frameworks that cover the real problems senior PMs face.

Free articles on product strategy and PM leadership from the author of Inspired. The articles on discovery vs. delivery and outcome vs. output are foundational reading.

Free launch case studies and playbooks from founders who shipped real products. Read 10 launch post-mortems before planning your own — the failure patterns repeat.

Growth Path Credential

Complete all 1 required outcomes to earn your immutable, publicly verifiable Growth Path Credential.

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