PM + Software Resources

About Me

David An ✍🏻 - I recently graduated with a degree in Mathematics at the University of Illinois and also currently work as a software engineer! I have past experience in creating material directed towards undergraduate recruiting and early stage careers. I am passionate about online branding, creating communities around different ideas and digital storytelling.

Recruiting Resources

• https://kristina.substack.com/p/how-to-write-a-rockstar-resume-free
  • in general, make sure to always quantify impact where applicable. estimates are ok too
  • resume should be easy on the eyes as recruiters usually spend less than 30 seconds reading them.
  • when saving your resume, always save it as a pdf: First LastName Resume.pdf
• https://careersprep.io/
• https://simplify.jobs/
  • chrome extension to make applying easier

Before an interview, I usually read past interview experiences on Glassdoor, Reddit, and Blind to get an understanding what to expect beforehand. Also, there’s some Youtubers that talk about their recruiting processes for [X] role at [X] company that I found valuable

Job Boards 💼

• https://apmlist.com/ → Main place for PM postings
• Linkedin Jobs
• https://researchpark.illinois.edu/work-here/careers/
• https://github.com/SimplifyJobs/Summer2024-Internships
  • PITT CSC List is always a go to for computing/tech related roles as well
• https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs
  • Y Combinator site for startups!

Online Communities 🌐

• https://www.linkedin.com/company/productbuds/
• https://www.lewis-lin.com/blog/2018/7/8/lewis-c-lins-slack-community
  • good place to do PM Mock Interviews and resume reviews
• https://rewritingthecode.org/
  • women in tech community but I’ve met a lot of Marketing / Business folks here who are in Product Management. anyone can join!
  • very welcoming place and they have a lot of professional development sessions with their corporate sponsors
• https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/
  • Rand’s leadership slack is a great way to meet some like minded people and find cool online communities
• https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com
  • Gergely has a great set of blog articles to explore that relate to a career in software.
• https://www.writethedocs.org
  • Write the Docs is a global community of people who care about documentation.

PM Knowledge 🧠

Product Management Interview Prep

• https://github.com/keianasnell/pm-interview-prep
• https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-PM-Interview-Product-Technology-ebook/dp/B00ISYMUR6
• Mock Interviews for PMs (scroll down since there’s a couple): https://www.youtube.com/@tryexponent/playlists
• interview guides for specific companies: https://www.tryexponent.com/guides

Understanding what the field is about

• https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRED-Create-Tech-Products-Customers/dp/1119387507
• https://medium.com/product-buds

Being in the product mindset

• Building Products for the Enterprise - Blair Reeves
• The Product Book - Prospect Schoool
• https://medium.com/@noah_weiss/50-articles-and-books-that-will-make-you-a-great-product-manager-aad5babee2f7
  • I’ve [David] been making my way thru this article and all the resources offered too!

Software Knowledge 🧠

• Software Interview Prep
  • https://www.techinterviewhandbook.org/software-engineering-interview-guide/
    • Wonderful guide about how to crack a software interview
  • https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-developer-culture-test/
    • Culture in software engineering
• Understanding what Software is about
  • Designing Data Intensive Applications - Martin Kleppman
  • Fundamentals of Software Architecture - Neal Ford, Mark Richards

People to follow on Linkedin 🗣️

• https://www.linkedin.com/company/bobatalks/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvngyn/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/graceyg/
  • Founder of Product Buds, graduated in Marketing from Northeastern and has experiences in Product Management @ Salesforce and Assosciate Product Marketing Manager @ Google
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jalonniweaver/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-wonsulting/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/skylerbasco/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-a-young/

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follow campus recruiters and program managers in companies you’re interested in as they usually post when they’re hiring + good opportunity to reach out to those folks

On your linkedin profile to tailor job preferences:

• job titles → ‘product management’, ‘product manager’, ‘product marketing’
• location types → whatever you prefer
• employment types → internships, part-time, contract
• visible to recruiters only