SVPMA Monthly Event - How to Get that Next Product Management Job with Shreyas Doshi, Google March 3, 2010

Organization: SVPMA - Silicon Valley Product Management Association
Topic: How to Get that Next Product Management Job
Speaker: Shreyas Doshi, Product Manager, Google
Date: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Location: Network Meeting Center at the TechMart - 5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara
Cost: Free for Members. $30 for pre-registered Non-Members. $40 at the door.
More info: http://www.svpma.org/meetings.html

Presentation Summary:
This presentation will introduce you to a systematic approach to getting a product management job that you will love and enjoy. You will learn actionable steps and tips on avoiding "product jobs that suck", standing out from the rest of the candidates, preparing for surprises during the interviewing process, and having effective interviews. Shreyas will share the things he learned from hiring PMs and from being a candidate for PM positions of all levels at large companies and start-ups in the valley - for example, what he found by A/B testing his resume. The presentation will also cover a few key tips for hiring managers and for aspiring PMs.

Speaker:
Shreyas Doshi is currently a product manager at Google, where he works on Google's key advertiser interfaces: the AdWords API and the AdWords web interface (adwords.google.com). Prior to Google, Shreyas was the Senior Manager of Product Management at Yahoo!, where he was responsible for the launch of Yahoo!'s OpenID and OAuth products, as well as some of Yahoo!'s biggest account security initiatives. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine and B.E. in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India. Shreyas occasionally blogs about product management at http://shreyasdoshi.typepad.com/

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