<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Today’s guest was a stunned business analyst who, when he was invited to join a new product management group at a company, did NOT ask: what’s product management? Nope, his first question  was a lot more practical than that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Today’s guest is my friend and mentor, Kyle Jacobsen. Kyle has over 20 years experience in product management, from entry-level all the way up to head of product.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We cover a wide range of topics: what product management was like 20 years ago (spoiler: a LOT different than now), the non-linear path of success, how “product manager” is actually a misnomer , and more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kyle&amp;#39;s website: &lt;a href="https://www.kylejacobsen.me/" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://www.kylejacobsen.me/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Send me your success stories: &lt;a href="mailto:pathintoproduct@gmail.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;pathintoproduct@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/74962628/admin/feed/posts/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Path into Product&lt;/a&gt; on LinkedIn.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Support this podcast at — &lt;a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/path-into-product/donations'&gt;https://redcircle.com/path-into-product/donations&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Path into Product

Aaron Airmet

026: 20+ Years of Non-Linear Experience | Business Analyst to Head of Product | Kyle Jacobsen

MAY 15, 202433 MIN
Path into Product

026: 20+ Years of Non-Linear Experience | Business Analyst to Head of Product | Kyle Jacobsen

MAY 15, 202433 MIN

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Today’s guest was a stunned business analyst who, when he was invited to join a new product management group at a company, did NOT ask: what’s product management? Nope, his first question  was a lot more practical than that.Today’s guest is my friend and mentor, Kyle Jacobsen. Kyle has over 20 years experience in product management, from entry-level all the way up to head of product.We cover a wide range of topics: what product management was like 20 years ago (spoiler: a LOT different than now), the non-linear path of success, how “product manager” is actually a misnomer , and moreKyle's website: https://www.kylejacobsen.me/Send me your success stories: [email protected] Path into Product on LinkedIn.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/path-into-product/donations