Chapter 2 Self-cultivation of product managers
After returning to school, Hu Ting looked at the pile of offers in his mailbox, and the bull's temper came up again, "Do I really have such water?" It looks like I have to go to this 61 to challenge myself. {with}{dream} щ{suimеng][lā}
turned on the prestige, and when he was waiting for a face at 61 just now, he joined a group with several candidates who passed the written test, including Liu Tianyi and Li Shengchun, of course.
"Human resources asked me to come back and wait for news, what about you", Hu Ting asked in the group,
"Me too", soon, Liu Tianyi and Li Shengchun both replied,
"What a terrible blow, what about you," Hu Ting said.
"I feel like I'm a pig", Li Shengchun said even more exaggeratedly,
"I'm okay, I haven't been hit much", Liu Tianyi said, it seems that the master is really different.
Let's put aside Hu Ting, Liu Tianyi, and Li Shengchun, as well as the other candidates who passed the written test and took one side, and these guys are anxiously waiting for the results of the side.
At the same time, when these self-regarded program apes were hit by the interviewer, the recruitment of several other offices and another important position in the 61 headquarters was also being carried out at the same time.
This important position is the product manager, how important the product manager is, you can just listen to me tell the story of two people.
The first story is about the Cardinal Master, who often claims to be the number one product manager of 61, and every time 61 has an important product, the Master will always go into battle in person, even paying attention to the color of the icon and the width of the border.
Of course, I think this happens to be an important reason why the 61 product is not particularly good, because the big boss is the product manager, so everyone doesn't use their brains, anyway, according to what the big boss said, it's right.
But the big boss is often very busy, and he is busy with other things after two days, so a group of people start to catch the blind, and the result of the blind is to do it blindly.
It is precisely because the leader claims to be a product manager that the status of the 61 product manager is still very high, and the project team often talks about the product manager, but there is a problem, in terms of salary, the program ape has higher requirements for professional knowledge, so it is more expensive.
A senior product manager has a monthly salary of more than 10,000 or 20,000 soft sister coins is already very remarkable, but it is not surprising that a senior programmer ape can get a monthly salary of more than 20,000 or even 10,000 soft girl coins.
As a result, there are often product managers with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, commanding a group of program apes with a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan to work.
The second story is about Rebus, although Rebus does not openly say that he is a product manager, but when he is working, he often does the same, and like the leader, he will also pay attention to whether the icons look good or not, and whether the borders are wide enough.
But one of the better things about Rebus is that he knows that his attention is just for show, and it is important to express that I am concerned, as for whether you do what the boss wants, who knows.
The product manager is simply the one who is responsible for what the product looks like as a whole, and there is one of the biggest mysteries in the history of the Internet that has not yet been solved, and I think it will never be solved.
That is, is a product manager really good?
For the program ape, the assessment level is very easy, okay is OK, no is not good, whether the problem can be solved, what is the quality of the solution, whether it is thorough, pull it out and take a walk.
The product manager is different, whether the product is good or not, no one knows until the end user's product is made. Even if the product is made and introduced to the market, how to evaluate whether the product is good or not, there are too many factors that affect whether a product is popular, market factors, promotion factors, and the preferences of users themselves, and even the general trend of the entire Internet, who can say clearly?
Therefore, when human resources encounter the recruitment of product managers, they are also confused, they can probably only weigh from two aspects, the school that graduated from is not good, it can probably reflect the basic quality of this person, how many things have been done, I have never eaten pork, I have always seen a pig run, even if it is the experience of failure, there are many failures, and the possibility of success will be greater, right?
Qi Feng is a failed entrepreneur, after working in Qiandu for a few years, he thought he was full-fledged, and he came out with a few buddies to start a business, and made an app for children's clothing, a bit similar to the buyer Sho's gadgets.
The people who came out of a thousand degrees still have a little bit of appeal, Qi Feng took an angel investment of two million soft girl coins, and the result was not surprisingly hit the street, with a success rate of less than 5%, which is not a joke.
Although the project is on the street, Qi Feng has gone through everything from idea to product design, development and finally to market, according to his mother, Qi Feng is also an entrepreneur who is more likely to succeed.
However, he didn't get a salary for several months, so he decided to earn some money before starting a new entrepreneurial project, after all, if you want to live in the imperial capital, you can't last long.
Seeing the advertisement of 61 recruiting product managers, Qi Feng decided to try his luck, but he was also a listed company that had just returned, and his appeal was not to be said.
The product manager does not have the written test steps of the program ape, and the human resources screen out the appropriate resume, and start directly on the side, think about it, how to get the written test paper out, "design a function similar to the prestige product"?
Qi Feng's interviewer is a well-known figure, it is said that Pepper used to be a product manager, of course, Pepper has changed more than a dozen product managers in history, and this is one of them, which is not surprising.
"I read your resume, majored in business administration in college, and then went to Qiandu to do software development, and when I started my own business, I was still EO", the interviewer said with a smile,
"You have a lot of experience, how did you come up with the idea of applying for the position of product manager?" ,
Qi Feng was obviously prepared for this question, "I think it is because of my experience that I am the most suitable candidate for the position of product manager".
"I studied liberal arts, and my thinking is more inclined to visual thinking, so that I can better understand the non-professional needs of users and understand what they want, rather than what the programmer wants to do," Qi Feng said.
"I've been a programmer, I've written code, and the level is another matter",
The interviewer interrupted Qi Feng's modesty, "No, no, you don't have to be modest, I believe that if you can do it for a few years in Qiandu, the level will not be bad."
"Finally, I've done EO, and I've experienced all aspects of the company, so I won't make some mistakes that apes often make, and develop products without considering cost and market factors."
The interviewer stayed for a long time, and the expression on his face was clearly written, "What you said is so reasonable, I am speechless."
"Very good, I want to recruit you to my project team, but this time all of you who pass will enter a special project team, you can wait for the specific situation to be notified, I don't have any more questions here", the interviewer seemed to be moved by Qi Feng, and uncharacteristically gave him a reassurance in advance.
Soon, the next afternoon, Qi Feng received an email and phone call to attend the second meeting at ten o'clock in the morning on Friday, but the strange thing is that the location of the second side is not the 61 headquarters located in 897, but the Dream Science and Technology Building next to the Imperial Capital University.
At the same time, Hu Ting, Liu Tianyi and Li Shengchun also received notices to participate in the second meeting.
Hu Ting came to the Dream Science and Technology Building in Guancun Science and Technology Park, this place is in a good location, just above the subway station, it is very convenient to go to work, but we are not applying for 61 company, what the hell is it to come here to the second side.
Hu Ting took the elevator to the 18th floor according to the instructions in the email, and as soon as he got out of the elevator, he saw an obvious sign that read, "Those who participate in the interview of 61 company are invited to the large conference room", and a big arrow indicating the direction was drawn.
Hu Ting came to the big conference room, and soon saw Liu Tianyi and Li Shengchun, the two of them were sitting in the corner chatting, the table in front of the conference room was full of fruits, drinks and various snacks, Hu Ting took a bottle of mineral water, and walked to the side of Liu Tianyi and Li Shengchun,
"What's the matter, don't interview at the 61 headquarters, what are you calling us here for", Hu Ting was a little puzzled,
"Yes, and so many people are together, it doesn't look like an interview", Liu Tianyi pointed around,
Hu Ting looked around, the conference room was not small, there were still more than ten minutes before the time of the notice, and there were already more than 20 people in the room, chatting in groups of three or five, and it was very lively.
It is said that the program apes should all be dressed casually and unkemptly, and how to sit in those suits and leather shoes over there is just like they are here for a blind date.
There are also two in the corner, with a scruffy beard and a shawl with long hair, this scene is inevitably too harmonious, if you just look at the two of them, you think you came to the 897 artist salon, what the hell is this?
One of the suits and leather shoes must be Qi Feng, as an EO, when he goes out to talk about something, he must be well-dressed, so when he goes out, Qi Feng habitually wears his only set of valuable suits.
Entering the large conference room, Qi Feng felt that it was wrong, this time he was not here to talk about business, the best thing to say was to apply for a product manager, to put it mildly, it was to give the project leader a hand, he was dressed so formally, and he was trying to steal the limelight from the boss, and others would ask you what you meant.
Of course, I wasn't the only one who made the mistake, Qi Feng walked over and started chatting with the other two men in suits, no need to ask, they must also be applying for the position of product manager.
Most of the people in the conference room were dressed casually, and most of the old men wore shirts, and those who wore shirts were already very formal, but what the hell were the two long-haired artists over there, Qi Feng found that he seemed to be in the wrong place, is this the two-dimensional OSPla conference?
The time soon came, and there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and the conference room slowly fell silent.
Accompanied by two men in suits, a very young, not tall, casually dressed guy walked to the blackboard in the conference room, two men in suits stood on both sides of the blackboard, the young man turned around and wrote something on the blackboard,
"Who is this, making it look like an underworld boss", Hu Ting muttered and looked up.
"David and Goliath," the young man turned around after writing these words.