PM RESOURCES

Summary

People often ask me how to break into product management or how to level up their PM skills. These are the resources I recommend — including many I use myself. One caveat: no amount of reading can replace the growth that comes from shipping real products. So absorb what’s useful, but build while you learn.

Product Thinking & Strategy

• Inspired by Marty Cagan – The foundational book on product discovery and building what customers love.

• Cracking the PM Interview by Gayle McDowell – Still one of the best intros for aspiring PMs.

• The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen – Practical, iterative frameworks that scale.

• Build by Tony Fadell – Insights from the creator of the iPod and Nest on product intuition.

AI & Data-Driven Product Management

• Marily Nika’s AI Product Bootcamp & Substack – Practical AI PM frameworks, examples, and career guidance.
  marily.substack.com

• DeepLearning.AI: Generative AI for Product Managers – Learn to build with LLMs, prompts, and use cases.
  deeplearning.ai

Engineering & Technical Fluency

• TechCrunch – Daily tech and startup news.

• "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" by Martin Kleppmann – A solid read for PMs working on infra, platforms, or APIs.

• Ask engineers at your company how they evaluate trade-offs, ship code, and interface with PMs — real context beats theory.

Design & UX Thinking

• User Onboarding Teardowns – Learn by seeing how great products guide new users.
  useronboard.com

• Laws of UX – Learn key cognitive principles that influence user behavior.
  lawsofux.com

Community, Networking & Experience

• Lenny’s Newsletter & Community – Weekly insights, benchmarks, and job threads for PMs.
  lennysnewsletter.com

• Latent Space Podcast + Newsletter – The sharpest AI x product insights out there.
  latent.space