AMA product manager intern at a big tech company

thought u were some hot shot investment banker

i'm bored, it's 1am and I have 6 hours of meetings tomorrow so..

shoot.

Boy do I understand that feeling.

Are you working in London or elsewhere?
Do you have any other benefits such as flexi time, medical insurance etc. (Do interns get the same benefits as graduates at your firm?)
Are you enjoying the job so far?

I don't even know what that means.

Where did you find the internship?

recruiter emailed me

how does a person get a entry level job in product management without a degree?
How did you work you way into product management?

Where do they get your email? Other employers recommend you? or is it something like CV library

yeah, it's a bit insane. a huge part of the actual job is to be the interface or ("mini-CEO") of a cross-functional pod (or several) surrounding a product or part of a product. so much of your time is spent communicating with a bunch of people (which means hella meetings, hella presentations and hella emails).

yep, central.

get a lot events, free drinks, free lunches (not everyday/not in-house but like very frequently). work from home if you need to. discounts on plane tickets. discounts on gym. private healthcare if you want. free life insurance. bike to work scheme etc etc etc. matched contribution to a pension etc

I think we get the discounts, work from home etc but not the rest.

yeah, it is amazing. literally a combo of all the things i find interesting: strategy, business, design, technology, psychology, analytics.. it's been really cool. everyone is super relaxed as well

You've got yourself a good internship to be honest. I've considered the product management path it's actually really appealing for me but I seem to be on the Project Management leaning route at the moment. Sounds good, is it American? I also get private medical insurance which I didn't get at a large European company.

Bet you get paid fairly well too even though it's an internship.

I heard tech is quite relaxed in comparison to others such as your aforementioned banking. Judging by how it's going (not sure how long you've worked there) would you go back there?

linkedin and cv database

yeah, pretty chuffed with it tbh. can't complain at aaaaallll. yeah, american. they've just built a big HQ in Seattle (instead of Bellevue) that the people there are moving to.

project management is pretty decent but for me lacks the operating/strategy elements of owning a products ultimate success or failure.

yeah just got my signing bonus. pay is about 38k pro-rata. Blimey I'm jealous I work in a really formal office.

tech is soooooooo chill. like there are literally micro kitchens just stacked with snacks everywhere and pods/sofas to sleep in. there's also a retro arcade games room + a more modern console room. would only consider banking if it was top tier at this point (still wouldn't mind pursuing a path to fundamental hedge funds - *cough* future bobby axelrod *cough*).product people tend to go on to the C-suite, venture capital investing and founding startups pretty regularly so decent scope for my interests anyway.