How I Transitioned Into People Management Twice
Becoming a manager, particularly in PM, can be difficult. I made the move from individual contributor to manager twice. Once at a series C/D startup, and then again at Meta. Here's how I did it.
People management is one of those circular logic problems that is super frustrating to break. It’s difficult to get a manager job (particularly a PM manager job) without having managed before. There is such a thing as a “management checkbox”. And yet, how do you get management experience if no one is willing to give you a chance to manage?
I grappled wi…