Janie Lee: Early-Career PMs Excel at Only One Core Skill
Janie Lee · Janie Lee: Three Core Skills that Make the Best PMs | E1165 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jun 14, 2024 · at 12:01
Janie Lee, Head of Product at Loom, discusses how product managers evolve their toolkit throughout their careers.
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“Early in your career, you don't have a ton of tools in your toolkit. Most PMs are typically really great at one thing, something like execution or something like writing a doc. And I think people expand their toolkit over time.”
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