Why half of product managers are in trouble | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google)

The skills that used to be really valued in product managers are changing substantially. It's gonna be chaos. Our industry is very much in stress. Nothing's constant. Everyone's in a state of alert. If you talk to product leaders three years ago, they're gay. was largely moving information. The information mover is essentially going to become a dinosaur. I just did this report on the job market. Interestingly, we have the most open PM roles globally in three Plus years. This is a complete renaissance for the product industry, but it comes with a lot of strings attached. In the next twelve to twenty four months, we're gonna see massive shedding of staffs. And then massive rehiring. You might see a company shed thirty thousand and hire eight thousand. But the eight thousand people are gonna all be AI first. The builders are gonna have the time of their lives. But if you don't love building stuff, you're in trouble. What are some things that people should do to thrive in this future that is emerging from you have to Find ability to increase pace. You gotta find that reserve. The next two years requires a lot of fire in the belly.

Today my guest is Nikel Singal. Nikkel is, in my opinion, right now The number one best source of career адвійс. For product managers and for tech people in general. He was a longtime exec at Meta and at Google, CPO at Credit Karma. He's also a four time founder, and he leads the best community out there for heads of product and chief product officers called the Skip Community. He also has a larger community for tech professionals called the Skip Coach.

And through these communities and his thirty years of building consumer products at scale, and also his podcast, which I've recently partnered with. He's constantly gathering and meeting with And speaking with top product лідерs around the world. about what's happening and what's changing in the lives of product managers and tech workers in general. And the answer is a lot.

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