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So we have a beach to think about because I live in Miami. Hey guys, welcome, welcome. Hey guys, this is Dr. Nia Sidi. Dr. Nia Sidi, a director product and featured in force. I have helped 100 people land a dream PM job offer in fan companies and unicorn startup and continue to get promoted as a product leader. If you're interested in product management course, please go to pmxrdu.io or docnancy.com and check out more specifically today. Our free training specifically is called pre event training tomorrow and Wednesday. We are having like webinar regarding how you're like layoff survival strategy how you're able to learn your dream plan means job during a recession. So this is a pre event training exclusively for people who are ready registered for the masterclass which is tomorrow and Wednesday at 830pm EST. And so before you go see me live in our live masterclass, we really want to give you some like foundations, you're ready to get ready to immediately take action from the top strategies we're going to share with you tomorrow and Wednesday. Okay, so specifically today, we're going to talk about how to become a product manager with no experience and tomorrow's masterclass is more focused on the execution. So in terms of how would you write your resume how you reach out to the recruiters, the hiring managers using a networking script and how you create your portfolio. Okay, so that's very in depth training so today is the foundation regarding what you need to do with the methodology you need to take especially doing this a crazy like recession say lots of companies announced like hiring freeze even last weekend's crazy so. Last week, two big news, Amazon talked about announced they increase the layoff. Okay, so originally they have 10,000 employees they decide to increase to 18,000 employees. That's one of the biggest layoff in the tech industry recently. Actually, the week before last month meta announced like 13% employee get cut off. So Amazon also right now is the increase to 18,000 and the second part is I believe Salesforce so Salesforce also layoff 10% of the employees as well so last Friday the news came out. Lots of crazy things came up in the entire industry so today specifically, I want to give you some foundation update regarding the market, and what should you prepare if you still want to become a product manager in during recession and then so that you're ready into our pre event training inside our masterclass and I've seen people hear let's say oh you cannot hear me. Oh you cannot hear the music. Oh, hold on. Why someone on YouTube can hear the music, but you can hear my voice right now right. Someone on YouTube can say yes can like Jessica, JJ said you can hear the music but someone else on LinkedIn cannot. Interesting. Let me let me figure out the tech issue next time but at least you guys can hear me, you can hear me come on the chat say yes. Come on the chat say yes. Okay, so now let's go through this main thing. Alright, and everyone else please make sure you understand this we go through the main point today. Number one is about currency in the tech industry. What's the leading market update are people still hiring, and if so what's the best strategy to become a product manager now let's focus on who is still hiring how to look for it. So first of all I do want to assure you guys it is true. The market became immensely competitive lots of companies like freeze hiring they they are people very very true like Salesforce last weekend and layoff 10% and Amazon also started to like increase the layoff now to 18,000 employees. Now what I want to show you is that how would you be able to find out the companies that still hiring and what's the best strategy. Number one is for people who still hiring. Here's a two type of companies that still hiring and also two different groups within the company. The number one type of companies that companies that already received a loss of venture fund in the past. For example, some companies they already received a loss of venture capital before the recession happened. All the entire market start to like jobs starting from like June, or as early as May that's when the crypto market start to tank. And but before that lots of company are very good in terms of financial situation. Some company already raised lots of funding. So those companies in general, they're still good. Okay, they raised lots of funding that's the best time for them to grow. I actually have a student who joined Falcon X, which is also one of the like, biggest and also richest crypto trading platform. Okay, so it's amazing when she interviewed with the company they already raised a closer funding with the funding run and on top of that actually they do not need any funding because they're cash flow positive the whole time. They never need investor fund funding. And when my student actually joined Falcon X, I think she joined in September, even in September when they had a conversation they're thinking about acquiring other companies making decision regarding how to grow long term strategically. So what does the story what I told you what I wanted to understand is some companies for example like this one Falcon X, they already raised lots of funding they have a high cash flow even the CEO said this is a quiet time right now is a quiet time. It's the best time to build and develop so that once they hit the next like growth outside of the recession the company will become the next Google the next number one company in the crypto trading space right so this methodology clipable to lots of companies any company already raised lots of funding. They are doing very well so you should look up and any for example tech crunch is where you're able to see the, the information of funding from different company let me go give you a quick demo. Okay, and then you know how to find those companies where to hearing your voice Oh really you cannot hear me you can. You can hear me, I see people. Someone said too much buffering probably hearing your voice someone said, I can hear your voice though. Okay, can people really hear me well this is very important for all of you guys on the center market update. Okay, so let me give you the YouTube link, maybe YouTube is better let me pop it over to YouTube. You can click the link. If you're on LinkedIn, I see people on LinkedIn having trouble hearing me. Okay, if you are on LinkedIn you can click the link hop over to YouTube. Okay, so now let me continue let me show you where to find companies that best website to find companies that raise lots of funding. Okay, so let's go to. Let me show you first of all go to Google tech crunch. Let me do this share my screen of Vista equity partners to acquire insurance software for what 2.6 billion dollars can you guys see my screen. This is crazy. Okay, so what I mean is whatever we see funding. They are good, or they are safer compared with other companies. Okay, this is crazy 2 point dark creek for 2.6 million dollars billion dollars this is crazy. Okay, now, another company also raised $7.5 million. This is latest news. Hey guys, this is January 9. I hope you guys can see my stream does this make sense to you guys go to tech crunch immediately. Right and then whoever raised funding. They are good, they must be hiring or at least they're not laying off people. Do you guys will ever raise funding is crazy 2.6 million billion dollars. Alright, so look all the latest news regarding who is like hiring people or who raised lots of funding. All those companies. Definitely whoever raised funding they are hiring. You can also check out like the ECS trend different things. So as an example those are type of company number one type of company. They are recently hired lots of people make sense to you guys come on the chat. If you think this makes sense say yes, come on the chat and so that you can use the the same strategy very very easy. Who's just like bought a company of 2.6 billion dollars they have their cash cow business makes sense to you guys okay so you to be better you can hear me. Some troubles really. Okay you can hear me well okay great great awesome awesome you hear me well okay so everyone jump to YouTube. Yeah go to my YouTube channel I can see you YouTube is also dark density. Okay just search my name dark density management you should find out my link okay so I also put in the link as well. So you guys have it. Okay so now let's come here number one thing makes sense to you guys. That's how you find those companies are still hiring lots of funding number two is that. The cash cow business cash let me define cash cow business, even if some company they don't need funding. But they're doing very very well because they have high cash flow from their existing companies. Okay, so through those conversation you have with different recruiters people inside a company or even read some news you can understand some companies, they are doing well in terms of they have high cash flow. They're generating lots of money, even if it's a recession let me give you some example. So for example for Amazon we know Amazon is laying off lots of people, but still today certain department within Amazon still hiring of course not everything Amazon majority Amazon cut off people. Inside a new so two department within Amazon the still safe are the following number one, any monetization department. Okay, so they are responsible for growing revenue for the company and the monetization department and we have seen join those monetization department within Amazon already. Number two is AWS Amazon web services of course not all AWS is like hiring massively some department within AWS, they are, they are still growing and some department within AWS right now because they're important customers think about how AWS was built is built based on how the existing businesses are running the operations on cloud. So who is going to immediately just cut off your server on the cloud, immediately no way right so those kind of businesses in general they're more recession proof, but doesn't mean that there won't be some smaller shift within the company my point is those companies, those kind of groups, they will be more recession proof compared with other seasonal businesses. I'm a big component of cloud once you get on cloud is ever, it's very difficult to offload yourself from the cloud. Okay, so as the example those two directions you guys should explore of course you look into other industries. The cloud is I built edge computing product I'm a pro in the cloud space so I understand how things work within this places you can also look into AI so right now chat GPT is very very hot. Look into those AI companies as well okay, whoever any AI company receive funding they're growing. Any AI company currently generating very high positive cash flow and then any AI company has very high walling of users, they're still growing as well. Okay, that's a direction you're going to look after. And some company for example into it. I personally like this company because the recession proof company who doesn't need to do text return and text return is coming up to refrain. So, unless they have management issue they don't know how to manage the people that they are people because management issue not because of recession. I want you to understand the differences between recession management issue right so in general those are the important directions I want you guys to explore of course when you have a conversation with this recruiters people inside a company outside you can ask them regarding hey what's the financial situation as we know this recession coming up. Some of my friends they got my best friend actually is a financial advisor she is basically she she managed millionaires billionaires money. All her strategy right now is they do not put any money into stock market, they hold everything in cash, because they believe that 2023 the market will continue tank, and then later on finally bounce back so the predictions going down I'm not financial advisor is your decision how to spend your money but my point is the when the entire market is shifting. I want you to understand what type of companies is doing well and you should ask them their financial situation. So when some are students join those cash cow business. The CEO of the company actually actually responded saying that well, they tell them that very confidently, they're the cash cow business, they have lots of cash reserves they're doing very well they also want to take a lot of time to grab the best candidate in the market, you know so like Google layer people like, I think the next one laying off people is Google personally prediction okay like Meta layer people Amazon layer people they felt well now I can get the best talent in the market is joining me to grow when nobody else is hiring. So when you have a conversation with a company it can tell, and they can tell you, they are in a very good financial situation those are type of companies you need to focus on. So it makes sense to you guys come on the chat if any questions and do you recommend any courses to become part of manager so now good question so Maria asks this question I'm a product designer and learn product management do you recommend any practical courses to become product manager yes, that lead to a second session of our free masterclass Okay, so yes we have a program we're called per manager accelerator which is on top of my screen right now. You can go to this website documents lead calm to learn more about our classes. And so right now to be frank, we already done very comprehensive content research. We have 15% of our students came from other program to our program, and we believe we are the best course regarding product management you can do your own due diligence as well talk to any our students, our course is actually the best out there. Okay, so now, let's talk about specific for people if you're interested in product manager accelerator go to this website documents lead calm to learn more and so what we teach you today is a pre event training so tomorrow is our free masterclass with tissue the recession proof strategy, and how would you able to land your dream PM job during the recession. Let me share you my screen so people, you just asked this question so let me show you the screen how to check out our free masterclass and courses. Okay, let me share my screen. Okay, so go to this website documents.com. Okay, so once you're here, you're able to see different kind of services we have was in our company, and the free masterclass is the foundation for everyone need to understand the lay of survival strategy to learn how to land your dream product manager job doing a recession, check the time that works best for you. Okay, so click the button and join and I'm going to see you live tomorrow and Wednesday. Okay, that's very key. So what we have today is a pre event training so before you even join the masterclass I want you to understand where to find opportunities and how to become part manager with no experience. Okay, so take this free training and also towards the end of masterclass where we're going to tell you more regarding pre manager accelerator program. You're able to see different packages and most suitable for you and who do we select to join the program. Awesome. So, any other questions common on the chat. Now, let me also continue the second part of the free training for all of you guys is specifically importantly, how would you become part of manager with no experience like some some of you guys I think was Maria and common on the chat regarding hey I don't have him experience and I'm a designer learning about management. How can transition into PM right so now specifically becoming a part of manager with no experience. Here's what you do. Number one thing very important. You need to learn from management skills and knowledge I think Maria you did very well so you are you automatically identify hey I'm not a part manager I need to learn about it was the best way to do it. Yes. Immediately to take some courses without knowing how exactly do it, you're getting laid off anyway. So even if you're lucky you get a job I don't know how to get in without experience but you get in first and then you don't learn how to do it you get laid off anyway so therefore reverse the order is important to learn how the product management work with a jargon how they write requirement how to work with engineer was the best methodology to like lead your team to create and rewarding program and product and that's actually doing a recession actually is going to drive revenue for your company. This is extremely critical. Okay, so that's something you must do before you actually become a part of manager. Number one, learn this number two. If you don't have experience is that you shouldn't look into a past experience and compare your past experience with the product management jargon the product management methodology. This end to a product management methodology which is starting from like voice of customer to answer the pain points and do market research and create your like solutions and design specific like for a feature bright user stories and requirements, and then communicate with the engineering team and all the way to GTM strategy go to market strategy and to learn everything end to end, and then you compare your past experience to the end to end product management experience to understand what the overlap, maybe a 50% overlap maybe 7070% or overlap maybe 30% overlap right. So whatever overlap you need to repackage your past experience and use product management language to describe your past experience. Okay, and also talk about your past experience how much contribute to the product management lifecycle. Okay, let's say you are designer as in your major your designer right so when you design product. Did you talk to customers I know lots of designers they do you are you X design. Okay, so when they do you are you as design that must already talk to customers on the same needs and pain point desire. That's for management perspective we call this like product management like voice of customer interview. So you have done something similar so which means you know the upfront the front end of customer engagement part of management. So it's very critical, you use those language ahead of time to make it happen. Okay, then someone's doing they are like marketing background also doing for marketing background or customer success background became a product manager same thing let's say your marketing background you talk about your past experience how much let's say you create marketing campaign but from a manager perspective is called driving user growth, your growth strategy is creating campaigns social media as campaign different campaign to drive user growth. So your language describing a contribution to the teams to come from the direction of what kind of managers is doing. And I gave you enough examples like same sense of customer success was doing for customer success manager become a manager so it's happening all possible different domains. All right now third part is, if you don't have a management experience you really need to create a product portfolio. This is very crucial during recession. Okay, so now, as we know, Amazon lay off 18,000 people sells for layoff 10% of the employees so like they all like people are very very competitive. So how would you stand out from the competition is very critical you must create your product portfolio to demonstrate your achievement, and also how much you're capable of doing a job before even starting a new job. That's critical. Okay, and then, once you're able to show the hey I know how to do the job how to start a new job. Here's my portfolio his achievement, and also helps you to build your confidence when you walk into interview. And on top of that, help you to bridge the gaps. Let's say as a step to I asked you to compare your past experience with a product management and you figure out you have 50% or what about the other 50%. Let's say you're a designer, you don't have the experience for working with engineers, but you have experience designing MEP that's great right so you don't have the experience let's say doing GTM strategy go to market strategy and then on your portfolio you create portfolio strategy actually you know how to create the GTM strategy. So everything and to and it's going to help you much more competitive that's how you become a product manager was no experience. Okay, follow the three steps, I guarantee you're going to achieve significant outcome. Okay, so in our master class we dive deeper tomorrow we have one hour together where I go through how you write your resume. Now it goes through networking strategy to learn more interview because we're going through recession applying for jobs online doesn't work I seriously tell you guys just applying for jobs online during recession definitely do not work because competition too strong that not not many jobs out there anyway. And then we'll also talk about product portfolio different type of product portfolios what goes into what a portfolio, we're going to cover more tomorrow during our live training at the master class, and also the. In the description of my YouTube video there should be a link to our master class and same thing as YouTube LinkedIn live let me double check I believe in the description of our yeah in the description of video of this video have the link to our master class you can directly register and say until the end where we have referrals to tick tock and also Google. Tomorrow okay great for let me see any other questions. And let me see questions and in the link of description you have both LinkedIn and YouTube has the same links and join our master class tomorrow. Or go to this website darknancy.com slash master class on the website should be able to find a master class very easily okay where we teach you layoff survival strategy how you're able to plan your dream plan manager offer during a recession. I'm going to answer a question and near any right any. The documents see as a fresher I've been hired as an intern a very small company which was, which has launched the product, which has launched the product. I mean has not or has. They have asked me to create a product roadmap being only PM. Any video to help very cool okay great cool you have any and if they have no product management experience before just theory theoretical knowledge okay great cool alright so congratulations and yes small companies can also give you opportunity to grow much faster personally speaking, especially during recession here thing we all know big tech companies are having layoff if small meeting company they're still hiring I still think there's a good opportunities for you to grow your career during the recession. Now, specifically, they are asked to create product roadmap in only PM any video to help us like creating product roadmap. And actually, we have lots of roadmap training inside a program manager accelerator the one I teach, you can join the three master class and stay until the end and check out more regarding our training. Now, on YouTube video let me show you some trainings that could help to do your job better and cool. Oh, you mean you have not. I will say yeah, which have they haven't launched a policy though so your fresher, the new start I haven't launched a product that asked you to create a roadmap. Okay great so let me go to my YouTube channel have some free trainings. Let me share my screen. So this is my YouTube video. This is my channel. Who looks like this now I think once I go live the layout is different. Okay, so how to become better for me and just specifically in order to do your roadmap. Here is what you need to do. Senior monitor. There are to this one. Google design sprint. Okay, so study this one. How does apartment, how does a Google product manager launch product using agile so this is one of collaboration I did with another YouTuber currently put a manager in Google. So this say watch this video he talks by end to an experience, how to launch a product different methodology he use they figure out the metrics different things to follow this is going to help me immensely okay let me share this video in the chat. Yeah I have lots of free training make sure to go watch the playlist. Okay. Let me put this in the chat. One sec. Feel free to put other questions. Okay, watch this one. It was, it's going to help you immensely how to do product management better. Yeah right now is also a radical learner you have and also do other training as well your first 60 days, different kind of skills you need to master yeah watch everything on this playlist. Okay, which I also make a new video about chat activities going to replace our jobs and not. Okay, so make sure to give it like this video and for all the video is this playlist. Okay, so the playlist is called how to become a senior product managers going to teach you more things regarding how to build your cool so now let me. Oh, someone asked question how to. Let me go to my channel someone's question how to where's a link to the master class okay let me. Let me do it here one sec. What's the link to the master classes in the description of the video let me copy paste you anyway. Go here. So now let me put the master master class link in the description you can join them or more. Next question. What are the lists of product management deliverables. Ah, good question now let me give an overview regarding deliverables or management. So that product manager and you'd be able to launch the product successfully okay we go backwards, your performance is measured based on how successful price which means that the users number of users you have and also the revenue generated from your product those two most important thing for all the product manager that's your key deliverables okay. Now, what's going back what are the different deliverables for manager you can take a look at this. For example, every time when you do product releases for a new feature lunch and the requirement, the day to day work basically the requirement written as part of the deliverables, and then also the with the customer interview outcome is also your deliverables all of those are deliverable but the most important thing is, once you launch your product didn't make money, your deliverable is based is measured based on the impact the product has brought to the organization but day to day you write requirement you do customer interviews. Okay, and you do the product roadmap that's part of the deliverables as well, and you really need to be able to communicate your roadmap was cross functional team. Okay, that's a key deliverables for the managers. It's a very good question maybe I should make a video to expand this further very good. Good question Jenny. I'm not enough coming from the APO background business analyst product owner background. I have an interview asked for a PM role and advice in terms of lacking areas such as go to market strategy are very good question okay. First of all, we have helped lots of students with her own a background or business analyst background become a product manager. So this happened multiple times was in PM except you can check out more here free training go to our website to learn more and also if you interest in our small group coaching you should stay until the end to learn more about PM except okay. Now, specifically with your background, if you're lacking some experiences such as GTM strategy, I really suggest you learn. Okay, number one thing is that you got to learn it so lots of time if you haven't done it. You at least you can talk about regarding I know all the strategies that the most important thing was most important thing the customer need to look for when they go out to like launch the product. Okay, number one things to learn it. Number two is actually on my YouTube channel video we have lots of training regarding point of management skills. Okay, go to my YouTube channel watch those playlists the senior PM playlist. Okay. Now, number two is, once you have those like knowledge, you should build a portfolio to show them Hey, this my knowledge. Here's an example of how apply this knowledge. Number two things is able to help you to advance your interview significantly and finally should also being able to talk about the battle card right so this clearly in the interview. The interview will challenge your hey you don't have experience at this and this and this like nobody had all the experience anyway before they become a product manager. So, you don't have those experience, you just being very clear my strength is this, even if you don't have GTM experience I already have knowledge about GTM experience experience I'm able to contribute immediately to a company by using my strengths. And then here is the knowledge and portfolio I can demonstrate I'm able to do enter into management training as well so you should have your battle card ready. And another thing I want you guys to set the change of mindset regarding 91% Okay, 91% of potential today their first job is not for the managers. So they're all business analysts, maybe software developer or marketer or designer, any any possible domain out there, 91% of that and then they become a product manager. Okay, just like you you have this is like an analyst background loss of like 80% of a student. They don't have product management experience right just like you you have different experience. And you just need to be able to make the connection this is my strength is how I contributed company this is how much past experience is relevant for management So inside our manager, except we teach them in depth regarding how exactly to better package your story and actually learn the core skills before you become a product manager so you can keep your job during the recession. Okay, so therefore, learning ahead of time and also build your product portfolio to demonstrate you can do the job to show your end to an experience is going to increase your success rate significantly. Okay, we tell you more things regarding how do you put up a photo in today's tomorrow's masterclass and inside a program manager accelerator as well. Feel free to go to our website to learn more. Okay, but that's the best strategy to use immediately if we are coming into this. So, such as go to market strategy we answer the yeah go to my YouTube channel playlist I have lots of free training on that topic as well. And here's that is PMX Center for someone who lives outside of US we can live in Istanbul, Turkey. Ah, what my favorite place to visit Istanbul. That was before the recession I was, I was crazy. So Istanbul is very fun, everyone should go, everyone should go Turkey very fun we also went to a place called a Lutonous is someone is a place famous place called a Lutonous is a like people go like paragliding that was in Istanbul was very beautiful everyone should go. This is a beautiful place. Well, after pandemic work, I think we're, we're getting out of it right now. Except China, China has lots of COVID right now but everyone else gradually getting on a pandemic should go to Istanbul okay so now. We have students globally we have students in Paris, London, Australia. Thailand, I've seen Thailand, I also have seen from VNM have student in Singapore, China, India, Canada. Okay, so all of the world. Yes, we help people also the US as well because you're learning from the best methodology how companies actually build and develop from management skills in the US by learning from my fan level skills so you master this and then you apply your home country is the same thing so actually, in the process of landing job in the US, even if the outside of the home like outside US right now in like in Thailand soon in Thailand as soon in Thailand, remote remote like CMO position in the US and getting paid like US dollars by working in Thailand so those will help student trying to do this kind of migration to the US through this methodology as well. Yes, it works for people outside the US as well. The next question. Can now, can now I am currently working as a business analyst for product related company. How can make transition to become a manager all very good question so number one thing is that first of all I want you to understand. Yes, business analyst can become a product manager and we have lots of people, lots of students with business analyst background become a product manager. So inside the PMXR community, once you join the program with any background you have we can match you with any mentors in the background or connect you with alumni who had the same same background who can help you to get there as well can you share your their experience with very strong mentorship program and also like strongest alumni communities might what I want to tell you is that yes you can for sure. Okay, with business analyst background by building proper photo different things we're going to share with you in the following steps. Number one thing you need to believe that hunger your fear regarding all I feel I don't have it. It's more about night what I said earlier if you listen to my talk already 91% managers today, their first job is not part of manager, they are business analysts developer designer marketer teacher, healthcare professional I have healthcare professional become part of managers by any, any possible things out there. Okay, so number one you should understand yes you believe that you can become part of manager number one thing mind session. Number two specific strategy is that you first of all need to learn. What does partner should do. How does permanent writing user stories, how do they write requirement, how do they communicate the roadmap with cross functional team, how to be a short term long term roadmap. All of those amass to learn because if you don't learn this, they're going to fail in the interview. Okay, even if somehow I don't know you get lucky you pass interview and now we're going through a recession. You don't know how to do a job well that they fire you right away and hire someone who's much more qualified and you to do the job better so therefore number one thing you got to learn how exactly put a manager do roadmap right requirement working with engineers design the strategy everything all packed together. Okay, now, the third part is after learning, you really need to understand that how would you build your portfolio put your past experience should show off your transferable skills. Let's say as a business analyst, this happened multiple times to our students as a business analyst, we have student, so Mia she joined into it as a part of manager she also become like, like senior level of manager not just the entry level she joined into it. Okay, so how does this work is that she put her past experience, compared to the past experience with enter and product management lifecycle, and to create a product portfolio to demonstrate hey, I already had experience doing this and this and this and those are very similar to enter and product management, and that's why you should hire me, and then on her part of portfolio to highlight her strengths, of course, for the part, you don't know, you must be like, Okay, for this, for example, GTM, you don't know right. And then part of portfolio should demonstrate this is your GTM plan GTM strategy, what the future plan you could work on in terms of helping the company grow their product. If you have a product portfolio you're able to increase your confidence and demonstrate your transferable skills is also help you stand out from computation significantly. Okay, so it's how you become a product manager with no experience with business analyst background. Jenny asked this question was PRD PRD means product requirement documentation which is your right requirement you put it in a PRD product requirement documentation. We have the specific training inside a product manager accelerate in module for a PM of our training inside a PM accelerator, and that's what we teach but in high level PRD stands for product requirement documentation. Okay, so, I graduate college 2019 have about two years experience a product analyst in the fintech company. I'm trying to break into big tech especially in the APM program in fan companies I was wondering if applying for APM program will give me a higher chance instead of aiming just entry level PM roles. Oh, very good question, I should. Okay, great. So, I do think product analyst has very good chance become a product manager is very relevant. It's extremely relevant as a product analyst. You must have done lots of work that's similar to management this overlap, whenever this overlap is something to highlight as a strength in your interview. Okay, first of all, congratulations. Now, number two is if you want to break into right big tech companies is APM program and other program to be frank. APM program is extremely competitive. So it's harder to to to join big tech company as APM compare with any other position because the volume of people applying for APM is higher and they have fewer opening for APM. So, if I were you I will apply for both. Okay, but I'm not going to hand myself up just for APM because as I said the chance of you doing like big tech company as APM is lower compared with entry level PM position. Okay, I will apply for both because application package is the same. Everything else is the same. Okay, that networking strategy is the same is the same strategy, but the chance is lower so I will go for both entry level PM positions or APM position for example we have several students. Oh, crazy. Actually, it's crazy. I had a student she's a master students Grima master students she joined opera one in September she graduated her degree in December right now January like two days ago she started her new job as a senior department manager in Massa card at the senior PM. Okay, and she's also recent graduate herself. So you know how the package prior experience you don't have to stuck as a PM position at all you can totally qualify for a manager position of course in her position because we know how to package her experience you also learn very hard on master all the PM skills was able to qualify for senior PM position herself. So my point is, you don't need to stuck with a PM. If you have two years experience, you can qualify that repackage the story show the transferable skills, you can qualify for entry level position, like, easily. Okay, so it's more about how we pack your stories I wouldn't hung out for a PM because it's harder but you should apply. You should apply for a PM anyway, probably they appreciate your background because you have related experience as an analyst. Okay. So do you have a template for building a portfolio, portfolio, Jenny asked this question. So with the templates only available for people inside apartment manager accelerator we don't give it for free out there but I have free YouTube training regarding how you're able to explore and build your portfolio on your own. So you can find this video for yourself and yeah, instead of PM accelerator review your portfolio will give you eight different kind of examples, not just template we had template but you also have eight different examples to build your portfolio. So that's more in depth training inside apartment manager accelerator you can go to the website documents.com slash muscle class to learn more okay step one to join the PM exam is actually attending the master class and learn about our selection process. The teaching is philosophy and who do we select to join the program what the community look like okay that's required you need to attend. The master class go to documents.com slash master class just go there documents that you should be able to find and register and gonna see you live in our master class. Okay, so now next part. Let me show you actually the several videos you can learn for free regarding how to build your portfolio. Let me show you my screen. Yeah, this has been documents.com slash muscle class right here to register for upcoming muscle class as a step number one to join our PM excursion if you're interested. Now, let's come to YouTube. The portfolio on video. Okay, come here. Oh, you can directly here. Okay, and then come to my. My product portfolio is in this playlist how to become a manager with no experience. Okay, so scroll down scroll down scroll down all the way to the bottom. I have lots of lots of training right here. Okay. How to become a partner manager without experience. So this is part of portfolio video regarding how to build a part of portfolio to succeed in partner manager resume and interview. Okay, so 906. 606 93 likes please make sure you like this video once you go there. Okay, let me share this video. Yes, the free training also has 13 different kind of project you can build on your own to create a proper photo as well. So let me post this video in the chat. Let me read is the chat box where is the chat box. Okay, let's product portfolio video. Next question. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. I am trying to find next question. You're welcome with Istanbul Nancy by a tourist guide here. Yes, I will contact you once I go. Istanbul is built a city and it's the only city who is in two countries Europe and Asia. Yeah, it is very beautiful. And then when you travel is oh I'm on the Asia side and then they don't know I'm in Europe side. Yes, what there is lots of people lots of people last time I visited it very beautiful. Yes, sir, Jenny. Yeah, part of requirement document documentation is PRD. Great. Thank you for answering the questions very good detailed documentation for new product ideas for update ideas. Awesome awesome. So super helpful. Asha super helpful. Thank you very much. Maybe I should make a YouTube video talking about the differences between APM and like intro PM people saw APM is easier. No, it's extremely competitive maybe. Two APMs per company maybe five when the economy is good. When you come in good they will have five, like under 10 is for those big tech companies are crazy when economy is not as good. Well, now the number is even like smaller so yes, that's that's a strategy. So, Asha asked another question. You mentioned not to apply on the internet as just so few openings in this case you try to connect professionals for example LinkedIn send code email get know them for referrals. Yes, you should use a networking strategies to open more doors, especially with doing research here is what happened. Hey guys, I went through two recessions one is 2000 2008 recessions crazy I came here for my PhD I was like no I didn't get a job I get a PhD I hate it. Okay, eventually I learned two jobs of my PhD. And then the second recession was through knowledge session I have been freeze was April 2020 that the beginning of the pandemic. April 2020 beginning of the pandemic is crazy. Okay, there's no job, everyone's doing hybrid free since it's actually worse than where we are right now. So you haven't seen the worst ever. Okay, and then now the key is for all of you guys is extremely important that you need to use a networking strategy when there are fewer job openings out there. So that you're much higher success rate putting your resume in front of hybrid managers. Yes, you should use LinkedIn to use to send messages to like people inside a company to get ahead compared with all other candidate applying for jobs doesn't work. Unless you apply for I don't know, 10s of 1000 jobs, you might get one or two a few interviews and still whoever had referrals. Their chance of learning offers also much higher because you already have endorsement was in the company. Okay, so we talked about networking strategy inside our masterclass tomorrow we go in depth as I said this is a pre invent training which pre masterclass training we already give you one hour free training already. So tomorrow we have more in depth regarding what script in the send to hybrid managers. Okay, we are to find those people like what's the process of reaching out and like how to reach out to people who you should reach out to. Tomorrow we will cover this in our free masterclass. It's right here. Let me let me put a link. Where is my website sharing my sharing the right thing. Yeah, this one go to documents that come slash masterclass you're able to register we cover these in detail tomorrow. So you will learn resume how then interview opportunities using networking strategy how to gain team experience how then job openings in job offers in fan company pay you over 200k this will be covered tomorrow. Okay, in our live masterclass. Let me put my link in the chat again for people who hasn't seen it you you missed it earlier. Oh, great. The link is also in the description of the video you should be able to find it easily. Let me see all the questions. I believe I believe I answered all the questions. Okay, if I miss any questions feel free to comment in the message and chat. Okay, so our team reply to all the questions you can also send us the dm and but you already put in the public channel channel we respond to you anyway. So our team answer all the questions and but I believe so far I answer all the questions if you miss any question feel free to email our team. Let me put a team email team PM accelerator die. Oh, this is my team email you can email them as well but I believe. I answer all the questions. Awesome. Awesome. Okay, great. Cool. And thank you for joining me guys. I wish all of you guys good luck with your upcoming job hunting session is crazy I know we're going through a recession but as I said earlier there's still opportunities out there just know where to find them how to pitch yourself with the most effective strategy okay you got to use the new strategies in this crazy like layoffs even. Okay, cool. Alright, so this is doctrine in CD and for people who already joined register for the masterclass going to see you live tomorrow. All right, so make sure you download the resume template once you register you there's a link for you to download the resume template to make sure you use a template to prepare your resume before coming to masterclass so that after the masterclass immediately you're able to apply for jobs and using the strategy I cover over there okay there's a lot of. Like, value pack knowledge and also you need to do your work without doing the work and I you are not able to achieve the result okay everyone. I'm going to see you soon you know like masterclass tomorrow to start the city from PM Accelerator and we'll see you soon. See you guys bye. Oh, make sure to share and like this video with any aspiring part managers. Awesome. Make sure like this video and share in common.