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.comDeepLearning.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.comLaws 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.comLatent Space Podcast + Newsletter – The sharpest AI x product insights out there.
latent.space