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Product School is an online technical training provider that offers part-time product management courses. These certification courses are taught live online in small cohorts, and the schedule is designed to fit around a work schedule. Product School’s methodology features the hands-on experience members need to build digital products and lead cross-functional teams. Instructors for the courses are Product Leaders working at top Silicon Valley companies including Google, Meta, Netflix, Airbnb, Uber, and Amazon. Product School offers a community of over two million product professionals.
Product School’s career coaching is designed to get members a product management job or promotion. Product School has published the Amazon bestseller, The Product Book, and hosts over 1,000 free events per year, The Proddy Awards, and ProductCon, the largest multi-city conference in the world for product managers.
=== Overview ===
I would definitely recommend this class to anyone who wants to transition into Product Management. Remember though that: [ what you put in (effort + contributions) = outcome ]
I wrote this to the PM facilitating at the last day of class:
"Thank you again for all your contributions on the last day of class. It was really great having you there and coordinating everything with all the PM’s there. The last day was...
=== Overview ===
I would definitely recommend this class to anyone who wants to transition into Product Management. Remember though that: [ what you put in (effort + contributions) = outcome ]
I wrote this to the PM facilitating at the last day of class:
"Thank you again for all your contributions on the last day of class. It was really great having you there and coordinating everything with all the PM’s there. The last day was by far one of the most valuable days I had at Product School. I learned more in that day than I had in 6+ months searching for jobs in Product Management and studying online materials."
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Like any Product, Product School is actively testing hypotheses to ensure the curriculum is moving forward and engaging the students. Their success metrics are the number of students who move into a Product Management role and the feedback they receive for the course. However, what makes this so much better than taking Product Management at UC Berkeley Extension or other universities is that this course is taught by passionate, full time PMs who truly want to help you get a job as a Product Manager.
Josh Anon was the instructor for the weekend class I enrolled in and his was an amazing person. He always offered out his ideas, support, questions, and feedback. I had pinged him late at night and in less than 24 hours he had responded back. That seemed pretty amazing given his busy schedule—though I admit I didn’t start reaching out to him until week 3 or week 4.
Let me contrast the many positive things about this course with some of the negatives or rather concerns.
First off, this class had a large group of engineers in the course. This isn’t a bad thing since diversity is a great thing and helps with empathizing from different professional backgrounds. However our class tended to fall back onto their own roles instead of putting themselves into the mindset of a PM. This stood out and unfortunately there’s not much you can do about that if you have unmotivated peers.
Secondly, I had already spent a great deal of time studying and getting experience in Product Management. The first two weeks did not blow me away in the course curriculum and tended to bore me. If you’ve done your work, you may find yourself nodding off like I did. However, after about the third week, the material started to get “hearty”.
On my last gripe, there was a lack of materials to get people to collaborate as a group and tools/frameworks weren’t always discussed in depth. My peers would stay stuck on their laptops a lot of the time, which is unfortunate. The largest skills a PM needs are soft skills and you cannot develop those being glued to your laptop. As for the frameworks and tools, those were a mixed bag. Some were covered in great detail, which was wonderful, but others were glanced over.
Overall this course was wonderful! There were many opportunities to network and to learn from Josh and other PMs. Stany who is the Program Manager was coordinating job postings and offered many opportunities to us. The course did have us understand the role, the skills needed to succeed, and develop our soft skills as future Product Managers.
If you take the course, then take these two things:
I really enjoyed the course and felt that it was very worth the time. Shilpa was an excellent instructor and brings a lot of great experience and expertise to bear in discussions within the class.
I will only suggest that the ML parts of the course be spun off into a separate course.
How much does Product School cost?
Product School costs around $4,199.
What courses does Product School teach?
Product School offers courses like Artificial Intelligence Product Certification (AIPC)™, Product Leadership Certificate™, Product Manager Certificate™, Product Marketing Manager Certification (PMMC)™.
Where does Product School have campuses?
Product School has in-person campuses in Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Denver, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Orange County, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, and Toronto. Product School also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.
Is Product School worth it?
Product School hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 219 Product School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Product School on Course Report - you should start there!
Is Product School legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 219 Product School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Product School and rate their overall experience a 4.8 out of 5.
Does Product School offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
Right now, it doesn't look like Product School offers scholarships or accepts the GI Bill. We're always adding to the list of schools that do offer Exclusive Course Report Scholarships and a list of the bootcamps that accept the GI Bill.
Can I read Product School reviews?
You can read 219 reviews of Product School on Course Report! Product School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Product School and rate their overall experience a 4.8 out of 5.
Is Product School accredited?
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