My experience at Product School was positive from start to finish. It began with an identified need for me to seek formal education in PM prior to interviewing for a role. With that in mind, I was presented two options for industry-leading knowledge providers...and I chose Product School. Why? Because from the moment I engaged with the PS team, I was presented with timely, accurate, and relevant information pertaining my anticipated role and how they could assist me in being better prepared. At no point did anyone there "guarantee" me anything - which was much appreciated on my part. The financial admissions process was straightforward through a third-party lender and I was admitted into the upcoming course within a few days. A flurry of emails went out within a few minutes of acceptance and on-boarding was completed digitally in minutes. Now to the important stuff - how was the actual course? In short, it was excellent and far exceeded my expectations. I was fortunate to be surrounded by incredibly capable and engaged fellow learners and led by Rocky Sharma as an instructor. During the five days we covered all of the basic level skills required to understand the PM role and Rocky routinely placed us into learning groups to validate our theoretical concepts. If this were a course that lasted another week, I'd gladly make the time. I feel a lot better prepared now for my upcoming interview as a Product Manager and am looking forward to seeing how and where my new alum network goes in life. It's been a great week and I would recommend this course to a lot of folks considering starting a company, all the way to the potential product manager role! read more

I had the opportunity to take Product Marketing Manager class with Kareen Okaka through Product School. The class helped me prepare for Product Marketing in the future as I am transitioning. Kareen was very thoughtful and helped answer all of my questions during the five day course along with providing feedback. Thank you Kareen and Product School for guiding me every step of the way. I really appreciate it. It helped create a space for me to grow as an individual as I worked through day by day. read more

Product School offers several course offerings for Product Managers at various stages in their career. I took the first of these, which I believe is the Product Manager Certificate, in July/August of 2020. The COVID-19 situation meant our class met virtually, I try to take that into account into my review. I feel like I need to separate my review into two parts, the instructor and the curriculum. First our instructor, Adithi: 5 stars, only because that's the maximum number of stars I'm allowed to give. From the beginning she has been incredibly generous with her time, knowledge, and resources. She's passionate about product management and eager to share that passion with her students. She also brought in guest speakers with extensive experience in the field, which added a lot to the conversations. I cannot recommend her highly enough. Second, the Product School curriculum: 3 stars. It ticked all the boxes for what I would expect from an introduction to product management--personas, product discovery, minimum viable products, roadmaps, etc. But it didn't seem to offer any value differentiation above reading various Product Management books, which I've done. Furthermore, the curriculum railroaded us into several pre-defined class projects. These were confusing and placed arbitrary constraints on our project development. And while I enjoyed working on this final project as a team, I also would have liked to build my own project from start to finish, for a real company of my own choosing. I believe Product School has recently overhauled its curriculum, and frankly I feel a little cheated because our group was one of the first cohorts to use this curriculum, which I don't feel is ready for prime time. I'm sure Product School will use this feedback to improve, but sadly I won't benefit from these improvements. Still, the chance to learn from Adithi and work with some amazing teammates still made the overall process worthwhile. read more

I finished product school class in January 2019 in New York. My instructor was Alex Vaughn. As for the instructor, Alex is very knowledgeable Product Manager; she gave us many examples from her professional experience. Also, she is very emotional and has a nice personality, so the classes we very interesting, and fun. I would strongly recommend to sign-up for her classes, as I believe she truly deserves to be teaching this class. I would rate her 6 out of 5! As for the organization, I would not rate it high, as I generally expected a better quality of materials, auditorium and general organization for the price. I would rate 2 out of 5. As for the content, classes were very content-heavy in the first part of the program. Was super intense and related to the real Product Management role, and something that will be beneficial to know while interviewing. But the second half was just about presentation skills, and preparation for the final presentation and listening to presentations. I think it doesn't worth the price to spend 50% of the classes making presentations. I believe it's enough to spend 1 or 2 classes on those, but not half. People stopped showing up, and it was easy to lose interest in the program. I would rate 3 out of 5. I didn't find a job as a Product Manager, and I don't think I have enough knowledge after this program to get a job coming from a very different background. They didn't help us to prepare the resume. We had the mock-up interview, but it was a group interview, so everyone just had around 5-10 minutes to practice. Honestly, I don't think I learned more than I learned in the online classes at Udemy. It's definitely much more fun to meet people, and learn it from a real professional. But if your budget is tight, I would advise spending more time learning yourself and trying to find a job via your network. read more

I decided to join Product School for the Product Management Certificate. Due to covid-19, I had to be part of a virtual cohort which may have affected my experience. Overall, the experience was good. Since I was out of a job and looking at Product Management as a career option, it was a good introduction to PM and since it was taught by an experienced industry professional - Adithi Sampath (Group PM @ Walmart) I got a lot of insights which I would not have been able to gather by reading books and other material or through informational interviews since I got to do a 8-week long course and receive personal attention due to the small cohort size (less than 20 people). Plus, the instructor brought in guest speakers and judges too who were experienced PMs from varying backgrounds which again was very valuable. The course content by itself wasn't revolutionary, I could have spent far less and got access to similar material. I believe that at a high level there was an expectation mismatch because I was looking for immediate help with recruitment whereas the course was more about getting an introduction to the job function which is something I already had. However, that may be my fault and misunderstanding. Since the syllabus had recently been updated, both students and the instructor had to adjust with the large quantity of concepts which meant getting less time to assimilate a concept but introduction to a large number of concepts and tools. This may be advantageous for some people but I would have preferred that Product School focus on the key concepts and go deeper rather than trying to check so many boxes and not doing justice to all of them. Most in-class exercises did not have any examples for people doing something for the first time, so working on some of these exercises during class time immediately after it was introduced but not understood felt like a waste of time. I believe the community is great and a lot of value will be realized over time and not immediately. But I would suggest that Product School should have some way of dividing students in groups based on their familiarity with the subject area and seriousness. Since we had a mix of people from different backgrounds, people who were far ahead would not get their money's worth when coupled with others. Finally, I believe the course is overpriced and the only reason I still enrolled was that I was desperate to find a job and felt like doing whatever is in my control that will help me find a job. Although in my case I eventually found a job before the course completion, so it didn't matter much, I would have preferred if I had learned how to get a job as a PM before I learn about how to work as a PM after I get the job. In that respect, recruiting related content should be covered earlier or in parallel rather than at the end of the course. Again, this was an expectation mismatch for which I too am responsible - I should have understood what I was signing up for but I wasn't thinking clearly due to the pressures of recruiting during a pandemic and a slow economy. All in all, I believe Product School is a good option for some people but not for everyone. So understand what they have to offer and whether it meets your needs before spending a bomb! read more

I'm switching careers to become a Product Manager, and after a good amount of research I decided to take Product School's Accelerated Product Management Certificate course. I took it over Zoom because of the COVID pandemic, and my instructor was Rocky Sharma. After the week-long, 40-hour course, I felt like I actually had the information I needed to do the job of a PM. Rocky did a great job of breaking down concepts and using group exercises to illustrate them, and also allowed the class to shape its own experience to suit its needs. Admittedly, one week is a short period of time to cover a fairly extensive topic, but I think I have all the tools I need to begin my new career. read more

I attended the product school at Santa Clara and would recommend it for all wanting to either explore or enhance the product management knowledge. The course curriculum is prepared keeping in mind the current market trend and requirements. The office staff at PS is very supportive. They also have a great alumni network and every participant is encouraged to reach out to the alumni. My tutor was Sana Arif and I found her to be very helpful and insightful. She brought a lot of industry experience and tied up every concept with practical and relevant examples from work. That helped us all grasp the concepts. She also brought in multiple industry experts as guest lectures. She brought us in sync with the actual product management practices from identifying personas to writing user stories and Go-To-Marketing plan. She helped us drive & gave valuable feedback for our final presentation of our product idea. She conducted an extra class with 1:1 resume and mock interview advice provided open networking opportunities. read more

The course was a lot of fun and was a great learning experience. My instructor Adithi Sampath was great. She had a lot of insights from the industry and is very passionate about product. The exercises were pretty help. However the course covered a wide range of topics superficially and didn't add a lot of value on its own. Thankfully we had a good instructor who helped us focus and prioritize on what's important. Overall take the course for the instructor. read more

I really enjoyed the course. The nuggets of information and past experience that our instructor provided were invaluable and interesting. I would recommend the course to anyone looking to formally get introduced to concepts in product management. read more

I attended Product School's Product Management Course in NYC and really enjoyed it. I come from a consulting background where I have had some experience working as a Product Owner for clients and wanted to figure out how to transition into a true Product Manager role. The course covered every aspect of Product Management from understanding a company's context and goals, identifying new product opportunities and validating them using both quantitative and qualitative analysis, how to bring ideas to life via the product development lifecycle, and how to effectively market a product. The course goes into the right level of detail for you to understand all the potential responsibilities of a Product Manager at different companies. The last week also focuses on the PM Job search process, which I found to be super helpful. Throughout the course you pick a company of interest to you and propose a new product feature or idea. All of the homework assignments build on each other and help you with your final project of presenting the product idea to the class. Outside of class, I would estimate that the homework assignments took me about 6 hours (on average). Alex V., my instructor, was incredibly helpful and professional throughout the entire course. She offered a unique perspective on Product Management, as she has experience as a PM at a large company as well as an early stage start-up. She made herself available outside of class to answer any questions about homework assignments, final project ideas, and the job-search process. This is definitely a great course to take if you are looking to understand the role of a PM better, get a feel for what it takes to be a successful PM, meet a lot of smart, like-minded people, and eventually transition into Product Management! read more

I absolutely loved this course. I joined this course in May 2020 and in this last two months period I got one new perspective for Product Management career. Even though I have not attempted any interviews yet but now I know how to prepare for the interviews, what all materials I should read, a new angle of preparation. This course is definitely useful for those who wants to be a PM but don't know where to start and how to prepare. I took this course under Krishna and I would rate him 5/5. He is very approachable and he always answered our question with patience. Although we had an online course but I never felt like we are just having an online lecture and we were always involved in one or two activities per class. I loved this course. read more

The take away for me from this course was to see if I can transition to Product Management career. I was able to get a good gauge what it takes to be a product manager from the structured curriculum. My instructor was Teesh Yalamanchili who was very involved during the class session right from the first class. He made the class more like a dialogue between the students and him. He was detailed in giving feedback for the in-class assignments or explaining the industry standards which are current. I enjoyed his class and did not mind coming at 9am on a Saturday morning. The resume review session was very helpful. I would highly recommend taking Tessh's class who wants to know what it takes to be a product manager. read more

Coming from a technical background I am looking to transition into product management. This 2 month Product school course has really helped me in thoroughly understanding the concepts of Product Management. Course was well structured going through different stages of product lifecycle. Our instructor Teesh Yalamanchili is a very knowledgeable Product Manager; he gave us many examples from his professional experience. He was very kind to review our resume and provide constructive feedback. His assignment reviews were detailed , it helped me a lot in completing my project effectively. I would give 5 stars to him for his guidance and enthusiasm. Overall this course has benefited me a lot and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking to understand the role of a product manager. read more

As a lead Business Analyst in a cross-functional team at an Insurance firm, I believe lot of my daily job duties are that of a Product Manager. I listen to podcasts about PM to develop some skills and techniques that I can apply within the team and Product School is one of the content creators I follow. This summer, as I was looking to transition into a PM role, I was looking around for resources and a 2-month course just for that sounded too good to be true. As a natural skeptic I followed up with couple of alumni of the course who only had positive feedback for the course and I enrolled to the June-July Silicon Valley product management course. What did I want from the course? - Frameworks and applications - How to go about job search and interviews And that is exactly what I got out of the course! Sameer Mehta, Sr. Director PM at Citrix was the instructor and he did a wonderful job during this 8-week period. As a person who transitioned from engineering to product, his personal experience resonated with a lot of us. He shared lot of his personal experiences both during his transition days, how he initially handled the PM role and what he does now. He set the right expectation of what we should expect from the class and what we can get out of the class. The course syllabus was well structured - go through different stages of a product development lifecycle from Identify to Plan, Design and Develop through Launch and growth. Sameer had his personal experience to draw from and explain in-depth what the general framework is and how he/ his team applies these concepts on the job. One of the things I think PS can do better is to structure the classes with more time to work on some of the class activities. The class activities were good to understand the concepts of product management, collaboration and presentation. As a bonus, Sameer was also able to bring some of his PM friends as guest speakers and it was interesting and inspirational to listen to each one of their journeys and get a sense of what worked and what didn't. Overall, I have a very positive feedback of the course and Sameer and to anyone looking to transition into PM, this course will be a good start with a caveat that have the right (reasonable) expectation from the course. Transitioning to PM and being a successful PM is a journey that we all should enjoy! read more

Great content for first-time product managers. Rocky is a top-notch instructor who is very passionate about product and cares about his students' success. read more

I attended Product School at Silicon Valley from 03/03/2020 - 04/23/2020. I am a Product Manager (PM) currently in a medical device company that has a suite of digital products. Through Product School, I was looking to learn two things - 1. Tools and methodologies that can be applied to manage the development of software products 2. Soft skills that are critical for a PM's success Syllabus - The syllabus covered everything I was expecting to learn with respect to tools and methodologies, which was great! However, I was struggling to find content related to soft skills especially around leadership skills, negotiating skills and strategic thinking. The first 5 weeks of the course was dense and thorough - lots to learn! However, the last 3 weeks with respect to content itself was disappointing. A lot of time was spent on presentations and public speaking which wasn't necessarily what I was looking for, but I understand that it may have been important to others. Instructor - Our instructor's name was Varun Bakhru. Varun has had over 10 years of Product Management experience at eBay and Salesforce which clearly reflected in his teaching. Varun made sure he covered the Product School content but also added in his own examples and exercises that made the course so much more fun and interesting! All his examples were from personal experiences and all his exercises were real life situations that PMs go through on a daily basis - which was what got me excited to go to class every week! After I mentioned to Varun about my interest in learning more about soft skills, he made us go through some exercises that required us to reflect upon those skills - I really appreciated that. Overall Varun's knowledge, energy and teaching methodology elevated my experience at Product School. Recommendation I would recommend Product School to folks who know that they want to be a PM (currently in a different function) or who want to learn how product management is done in a tech industry. If you're not sure about being a PM, I wouldn't spend $5k on this course. Go figure that out, and then enroll here to learn more! Overall a great experience! I'm taking away thorough learnings, great connections and a fantastic mentor! read more

I took PS during the Summer this year from June to August. I had previous experience working with product and had experience working in a tech startup prior to this experience. What I found to be most helpful about this school was it gave me a way to formalize my experience with Product, pick the brain of my teacher (Jeremy who was AMAZING) and make a few friends along the way. All in all my major takeaways are this: If you have had no prior experience in product or a product facing role, and would like a chance to have a program walk you through the steps of what it takes to become a succesfull PM, this course is for you. If you have had experience and are instead looking for something a little more technical and in-depth, this may not be a fit for you. All in all I enjoyed my experience, and look forward to using my new found PM skills! read more

I took PM certification class with Jamal Ehsan in April 2017 at Product School in Santa Clara. Before stepping into this program I didn't know such a thing,"Product Manager" existed, after the class I am more confident to tell you all about Product manager role. The materials that are covered are very helpful. Product school has best instructors with extensive knowledge. Jamal Ehsan is PM at google and he is one of the best instructor/mentor. I highly recommend Product School for those that want to be the mini CEO of their product! read more

I took the PM course at Product School and our instructor was Mala Rajendran. She brings with her an immense energy and lot of professional experience as a PM. She gave us lot of real world examples and how to deal with obstacles and keep the engine running as a PM. The cohort was amazing and everyone took part in discussions and showed great passion with the presentations. It was a mix of various levels of experienced students with few already working as a PM. This is a good course for those who want to venture into PM roles. 1 star less for PS to work on their shortcoming (course materials, more case studies). Would be better not to include videos(available on youtube) during class. Overall great experience. read more

I have completed my course recently with Product School. For someone like me who is from engineering background thinking of transitioning to Product Management, it's a great course. Our particular class had a privilege to get lectures from 3 different experts. Initially I wasn't sure how it will work out. But everyone were expert in their own way in their own areas and I think that has helped me the best. Some of the topics that helped me are: How to think while answering any interview question. What should be the thought process. Resume reviews. Helping in completing and reviewing my first ever PRD for my own product/feature idea. And ended with soft skills Would have been nice if We had chance to have some mock interviews. (We couldn't get it covered in 8 weeks). read more

I just wrapped up the 8-week product manager course and am really happy with my decision. I had a great experience and would recommend it for anyone who is motivated to become a product manager. This course is ideal for the people who wanted transition into a product role. Why Product School: - Hands on experience: Writing PRDs, Wireframes and presentations were really helpful. - Mentors: You will be working with Instructors who are industry experts. - Team: Collaborative thought process is really important while building a product and this place will definitely give you that experience. - Deep Dive: Frameworks, How and Why etc - Networking: Great place for networking. Some Qualitative KPIs from my experience: Instructor (5 Star): I had a really good instructor, Yenyi Fu a Director from a top tech travel company. She was very approachable to get feedbacks and was honest with her reviews. She had a deep product experience and sense. Curriculum (4 Star): I believe a real data for PRDs and presentation were missing. It may be helpful if the course has some tie-ups with startups for live projects. By this way, students will also feel motivated to see their projects are making an impact. There should be more deep dive into framework etc. Mock Interviews (4 Star): 1 session is too less if you have 12 students in a class. If you are planning to enroll for PS, it's really important to understand the background of your instructors. As a PM they might have specialization in something which you are not interested in learning, so before enrolling check out their Linkedin, Quora and blogs etc. If you have questions please reach out to me. I will help you find out if its right fit for you. Overall I had a great experience and would recommend it for anyone who is motivated to become a Product manager. read more

I completed the Accelerated Product Management course through Product School over a 5 day period. Prior to applying to product school, I had no practical knowledge of the best practices of the product management discipline. Through most touch points, Product School provides great customer service. My representative was very diligent about following up with me and making the process less intimidating than I expected. Over the actual product of Product School is great. The Accelerated Product Management course load is a lot to digest. But, my instructor was very helpful in explaining concepts and breaking the information into chewable pieces. In the course you cover the gamut of topics! If you're looking to get a great idea of what it means to be in product management and what approach works best for landing a job--Product School is a good place to look into. read more

I recently completed the 8-hour Software Product Management course at Product School (Silicon Valley campus). My instructor was Vivek Sundaram. Prior to this course, I have completed reading two product management books. Coming from a non-tech background, even though I'm fast in learning, a lot of the concepts I learned from the books stayed in the book. Attending the Product School gave me 3 things: (1) contexts of how to apply the concepts, (2) lots of great examples shared by the instructor and classmates (mostly from tech background), and (3) in-class exercises (small group project) that enable to practice the techniques we learned with peers and learn from each other. We ended the course with resume review and mock interviews on a variety of questions. It was very helpful. The Product Book published by Product School was a very good read as well. It is precise and clear with concrete examples. The book itself surely guided me for leading my tech startup. Special thanks to my instructor Vivek Sundaram. He has many years of solid experience in product management from big tech companies. He was friendly, helpful, fast in thinking, and keen on sharing. Value for money: 80% The course started with vigorously teaching a lot of materials for the first couple weeks. It felt great and I thought it was a great value for money! But then it went slower after the first few weeks and not much knowledge that was covered later required classroom teaching specifically. I didn't feel it as value-added as it appeared at the beginning. Glad the last class ended on a high note with career-focused advice and practice. Value for money: 80%. It will be a 100% if I land a PM job. I'll report that later ;) Area of improvement: Product School could definitely do better with their administration, organization, and logistics. E.g. Make sure the classroom is ready and on time. / One comment for their event and/or Facebook team: It'd be great if you can improve the quality of your Facebook Live video (e.g. provide SlideShare in advance because people commented every time about slides were blurry) Lastly, access to the events online can definitely be easier and more straight-forward. Information is all over the place on Slack, Facebook page, Youtube, Product School website... I had a hard time to locate the event every single time. Perhaps that is to quiz my PM skill. "What are user's pain points? What features to build?" read more

I attended the Product School curriculum in Santa Clara and really enjoyed it. It gave me a great gauge on what is an PM's role expectations, approaching a product role and some of the deliverables a PM should expect.Shout out to Fahad Siddiqui was our instructor who relentlessly nailed on the issue of problem first as my key take away amongst other odd pearls thrown here and there. I recommend this course to anyone who wants to get insight into good practices and a professional approach to evolving PM role. read more

It's a great place to learn about product management. They have a very well structured syllabus and class format. I attended Teesh's class and he was so amazing. He always makes sure that the class is very informative and interactive. He sincerely looked into each of our resume and gave genuine feedback and suggestions. It was very helpful. Also he made the class so interesting with his real experience examples. Overall I would say it's an excellent place if you are looking for career change to product management role. read more

I enrolled for an 8 week part-time Product Management Certificate and attended the first-week session but decided to withdraw from the course. Just keep in mind, they are very unsupportive (although understandable) when a student wants to withdraw. And it goes against fundamental ethics in Product Management. My advice to anyone wanting to enroll for any of the Product School Courses is Do your research very well before paying the tuition amount. I mean really well. Most of the reviews here are written by students who are made to write reviews after 2nd week and final week class. Topics taught in the course doesn't get you the job, not even a call if you are trying to transition into PM. Knowing concepts and a mock project is just like reading a book on swimming and mock project is your bath-tub. I withdraw from the course because, I strongly feel, this course makes more impact when you just transitioned to APM/PM Role from your current role or from school. Ask as many people as you can, read reviews not just written by Product School students but look for opinions on Blind as well. read more

I first stumbled upon Product School when I attended a Lean Product & Lean UX Silicon Valley meetup. Carlos, the CEO of Product School, was one of the speakers at the session. During the informative session, he told us the first 10 people to email him will get a free resume review. Of course, I obliged and that's when my interest for the school began. I'm currently a Product Manager, but I felt there were some skill sets I was lacking and wanted to get professional instruction on. The only option at the time was General Assembly, but we're talking about a $10,000 course. Waaaaaaaaay out of my price range. Being a natural skeptic, I did my own homework on the school by attending the info session and happy hours where I pretty much grilled the instructors and current students. All gave generally positive and real answers so I decided to give it a shot. In fact, I also learned that Carlos used to be a Lead Instructor at General Assembly. So I gave it a shot, I won't give you full on details, but I give a high-level synopsis of what to expect. It's an 8 week course that meets on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 6:30-9pm. The first couple of classes are general overviews of what Product Management is, for those that aren't as familiar. Then it starts ramping up. Rather than just sitting thru lectures, you're forced into group exercises that test your knowledge of the frameworks and processes you learn each week. Homework is due every week so you also have accountability to get things done. One thing I will emphasize is, the MORE you put into your homework, the MORE you'll get out of it. I mean, its not as expensive as General Assembly, but you're still paying a decent amount for it so get your moneys worth! Later classes cover UX as well as the best tools to use to be a PM. I've been using Balsamiq this whole time for Wireframing and it wasn't until this class that I built prototypes in Invision. You'll also learn a LOT of frameworks, and you'll start to change how you think about solving problems. Rather than trying to come up with the solution to a problem off the bat, you'll learn a framework as to how to arrive at the answer naturally.I highly suggest setting up a Pinterest page and pinning all the great stuff out there. The overall format is that each topic and exercise you go thru each week, will culminate into your Final Presentation, the representation of all the knowledge retained thru the course. You're tasked with choosing a product or feature, and presenting the whole flow on how you came about identifying the need, research, your wireframe/prototype, key metrics to validate the feature/product and the Go to Market strategy. This presentation can also be added to your portfolio and be used in future job interviews. In fact, I converted mine into a LinkedIn Pulse article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fitstar-workout-builder-product-school-final-presentation-kel-wu-1 From there, the classes focus on resume reviews, mock interviews, job search strategies, etc. They also have a community that can do company introductions with their network. I can honestly say that I've learned a lot in this class and I was VERY proud to show off my work and skills. As a bonus that have ongoing events and workshops that are free to students. read more

Product School certainly reinforced my passion for building great products and on pursuing "product" for my career. I was lucky to have a great instructor, Yenyi Fu, and a great cohort to work with. (CONFIDENCE) It gave me the confidence that I too have already acquired similar skill sets over the years in the product owner role. It also helped fill in the remaining knowledge gaps. Though this course is probably geared toward anyone who is new or with little product management experience, I was able to put in the extra efforts and to acquire deeper learning by taking my assignments to the next level. I was fortunate that our cohort also brought in interesting ideas and experience to share. (CAREER) For job seekers, the course is designed to provide useful, practical tips but with product management flavors. Everyone in class got first hand practices with presentations, resumes reviews, participated and evaluated mock interviews, and practiced and evaluated design and estimation assessments. (NETWORKING) This is a great place to network with others who share the same passion. Our instructor Yenyi Fu is the Director of Product Management from Tripadvisor who brought practical industry experience and wisdom. Where else can you spend 40 hours (over 8 weeks) with a PM veteran willing to help you learn? Even in an actual work environment, one may not feel safe or appropriate to freely ask any product or any career questions. She demonstrated many of the great PM qualities: leadership, openness to ideas, and great relationship skills on making everyone feel collaborative but guided. Overall I'm very happy to have spent 8 weeks learning from and making new friends with the same passion. Suggestions for Product School: (1) More "real-life" case studies - It would be great if we can learn from the network of the many instructors real-life experience. If we can try tackling their real-life examples, it would give us more hands-on experience to learn and "fail." (2) B2B vs. B2C product management - There are many nuances with the two disciplines, more information would help guide us choose wisely and understand how to get from B2B to B2C or vice versa. (3) Beyond basics - since everyone has different level of understanding/ experiences in aspects of product management, it would be great to provide "bonus points" questions or exercises and additional references for some of us who want to learn beyond the basics. read more

I would give 5 stars to Adithi Sampath for her guidance and enthusiasm in coaching us! She even took the pain to meet us on a long weekend to help with the behavioral interviews. She had external judges to give us inputs for our presentations. Will recommend Adithi for anyone who wants to join Product School. I give 4 stars to Product School for the overall content and the coursework. I thought it can do better with the group assignments and mock interviews, resume review. read more

Why Product School? -- Hands on experience -- Case-based teaching, Get to brainstorm with real-life experience -- Have an idea? Want to learn how to validate, monetize and ship it? Class-framework is well designed to support this. -- Learn your super-power and see what is needed to pivot to Product Manager role What it takes and ROI? -- Prep work: Go with an idea, feature enhancement for a company where you are dreaming to kick start your product management career! -- Be committed! The value you get is UN-explainable in words! -- About 6-8 hours per week of time commitment for 8 weeks. The time commitment is negligible in comparison of what class delivers. Almost felt like going to a crash course business school. -- Teaching professionals are strong Product Leaders from well known industries. They are very committed for your success you get from the Software Product Management course, up-leveling your skills, great mentor-ship! -- Great networking and learn from experience within a short period of time. Highly recommended! read more

I am a self-taught product manager for the past 4 years and I have been very passionate about what I do. However sometimes I doubt if the way that I do things is the correct way so I was looking for chance to networking with other product managers and improve myself. One day, I was exploring on meetup.com and found a product manager group. I was very excited and went for it. It was very nice and I found out that they also offer product manager class. I signed up without any doubt. In this class, we had chance to bring real projects and applied what we learned on it every week. The instructor would always be there to answer your questions. My classmates are from different companies who are already product managers or wanting to become a product manager. We share our experiences and help each other to grow. In the weekend, we even get together to do homework together. Besides what I learned from the teacher, I also learned a lot from other classmates and we keep connected after the class finish. I am also happy to find out that the way I manage product is correct. What I learned filled some gaps in my product management knowledge. This class is very good for people who wants to learn the product management process and get hands-on experience. You will gain knowledge and meet new people, get all your questions towards product management answered. read more

I recently finished my product management course at Product School. One of the goals for me was to understand what Product manager role entails and will I be able to enjoy it as a full time role.  Fahad Siddiqui was our trainer and he did a great job. He helped us understand what the role of a product manager is, what are the expectations, what it means in different companies and explained it with a lot of scenarios fr4om his past experience. Best thing about the class was - he didn;t make it feel like a classroom, he made the environment very comfortable and the entire batch pitched in with their POV. Thanks to him, I now understand the role better and looking forward to this role in the future. read more

I highly recommend Product School as a good way to break into PM if you are an aspiring one. I had the pleasure to learn from Sana Arif during the summer 2019. The course was tailored to reveal the true industry experience and deep dive into each of the product life cycle. Plenty of hands on experience during the course. Sana is a knowledgable, experienced PM, mentor. She's so nurturing which makes the daunting learning experience to be fun! She helps her students outside of classroom for career advice and job searching preparation. You won't regret the investment in yourself! read more

I recently finished product school program in silicon valley campus. I am happy with what I learned to become a PM. Fred Radford is a really awesome instructor with great passion, wide knowledge and deep insights. I would like to recommend PS to anyone who wants to get into the PM role. read more

What do undergraduate/graduate programs teach you about product management? Answer: nothing. So how does one become a product manager? Answer: unless you're already a PM, you have to get lucky, and break into the role with your existing company. Or alternatively, you can start your own company and learn on the fly. A pretty daunting proposition, to say the least. Some companies are getting smarter, and grooming associate/junior PM's early. But for the most part, there is really NO training out there on how to become a product manager. And school doesn't prepare you for it either. Product School is trying to change the game. It's a modern day, mini boot camp style trade school just for product managers. As an entrepreneur, I already had a grasp of how to rapidly prototype a product, spec it out, and launch. But I wanted to take their course to see if I could fill in some knowledge gaps. It was an eye opener, to be sure; we had in-depth conversations ranging anywhere from managing Scrum teams to using PM-centric tools like Trello, Jira and Xtensio. PMing is done differently at every company, and PS's goal is to equip you with the tools to become a solid GENERAL product manager, so you can step into any role and adapt quickly to the job's requirements. Early on, you are forced to reflect on who you are, what you're good at, and weaknesses that you need to shore up if you're to become a competent PM. While there are several mini simulations on things like data analysis and feature ideation, I got the most value out of our individual projects. For your projects, you share your project/work on the big screen with the entire class and explain/defend your thought process. And you're forced to strip down and open yourself up to critical feedback not just from your instructor, but from your peers as well. Definitely humbling, and in a strong way, very indicative of the life of a PM. Overall, I had a blast in the class and met some great people, whom I'll keep in contact with for a long time. Can you learn about many PMing aspects of your own? There are certainly tons of resources out there. But if you're thinking about making the leap into product management, forcing yourself to get into real, simulated work done in an environment with other people, stepping out of your comfort zone, and making some great connections, it's hard to find better value than PS. read more

I definitely recommend Adithi Sampath for Product Management course. She is a very knowledgable PM and an excellent storyteller and answered every question we had. She is very good at engaging students throughout the course. Appreciate her guidance with resume preparation. I learned a lot from her and it's a pleasure to connect with Adithi read more

Product school is a great 8 weeks boot camp to start your career as a Product Manager. The success of this course mainly depends on who is your instructor. Fortunately, I had great mentor Surbhi Dangi, Product Manager from Alibaba who explained us each concept with a real case study and explained in great details how to create Product requirement document or mock-ups for the demo. I also learned new frameworks to create and validate opportunity hypothesis. At the end, of course, we got a chance to demo our product and learn presentation skills. Product school also provides a lot of learning resources such as workshops, webinars, Ask me anything(AMA) slack channel where you can ask questions to Product Managers from different companies. I have recently completed this course and have received my Software Product Management certificate which is a great add-on in my skill-set. read more

I recently completed Product management course at Product School (Santa Clara Campus). My instructor was Jamal Eason. I always wanted to learn about product management, coming from Engineering background, I always wondered how product manager work, how all the project planning come together, and how we translate what customer wants and how it reaches to customer. Jamal is an excellent teacher, he summarized course very well, very thorough on what he is teaching, course material is very good. Also, he checked the homework very thoroughly, which gave motivation to do homework on time. Course summarize the entire product management very well, it helped me to gain the experience on day to day life of product management, Jamal also helped with interview questions and resume preparation. I would definitely recommend this course to someone who wants to learn about product management. read more

Completed 8 weeks of training at Santa Clara. IMO, it was good experience. Definitely lot to improve on training and logistics. * Most of the time facility is not well equipped with resources. Projector not working, cables/adapters missing. * Trainers should be trained for training. Initial few weeks, trainer was lost and I was questioning myself - "Am I in right place or did I choose right school"? I was not communicated on trainer till last moment. * More practical sessions need to be added - Make it may be 10 week course. * Quality of training material has to be improved. Still lack of many critical sections. Lastly, consider providing at least water for late evening sessions :-) Folks come directly from work and dont carry water bottles always, it would be nice to have school providing water, light food, notepad-pen to take notes. read more

I took the PM course and totally loved it. The course content fused with hands on application accelerated my learning. Our instructor, Will, is a seasoned PM professional and shared real world experiences that made the class relevant, fun with lots to learn. Great job guys! I recommend this course. read more