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> Eg. has your Head of Product worked as a PM at a FAANG?

The worst heads of product I've had could all answer yes. None of the best could.

Do you actually seek this out?



I had the opposite experience. The best Product culture / PMs I've worked with was at FB by a wide margin.


Those points aren't necessarily in disagreement. I've known a lot of people who thought they were ready for the next level or two steps up but weren't. So they went from an A+ IC somewhere solid to a C- "director" at a startup as soon as they got the chance.

(disclosure: former PM, current Head of Product, have almost certainly made this class of mistake)




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