26. Series 1 | Ep 26 - Lessons and life as a Product Manager in B2B Tech with Thor Mitchell

With a product management career spanning the globe, from Sydney to Silicon Valley, I had the pleasure of speaking to Thor Mitchell about why product management should be a career you should choose.
Already in product management? Then enjoy as Thor talks about techniques, skills, highs and lows..

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Chapters

• 1:29 What I'd like is for you to talk us through your background experience and the lovely product management world you're about to take us into.
• 7:06 When you were interviewing candidates, what sort of key things were you looking for and what sort of questions were you asking?
• 9:43 How do you get from product exec, that role, to product manager, or what sort of advice would you give to people who want to go on that journey?
• 12:00 What would you say the main challenges are within a career within product management?
• 15:49 What advice would you give to your 20 or 30-year-old self now?
• 17:23 What technical skills are needed to jump to the director position?
• 20:40 How do you get involved in the board strategic decisions from a product management perspective or angle?
• 24:41 What's the best career advice you've ever been given or found for yourself?
• 27:02 Is there anything that you sort of miss from your years in Australia and San Fran? Where did you sort of enjoy living the most?
• 29:47 What advice have you received from your mentor that made the most impact?
• 34:17 What's the most valuable lesson you've learned in marketing or business or product management, and how did it come about?
• 40:23 What's the worst experience you've had working for someone?
• 42:33 What's the worst advice you've heard and why?
• 44:51 With pressures of general life, how do you manage the work-life balance, and how important is that in today's society?
• 49:25 What do you listen to when you need to focus?
• 50:21 What is the book you recommend the most for marketers or product managers or anybody really today?
• 51:28 What parting words of wisdom or advice would you share with our audience?