Product School is an online technical training provider that offers part-time product management courses. These certification courses are taught live online in small cohorts, and the schedule is designed to fit around a work schedule. Product School’s methodology features the hands-on experience members need to build digital products and lead cross-functional teams. Instructors for the courses are Product Leaders working at top Silicon Valley companies including Google, Meta, Netflix, Airbnb, Uber, and Amazon. Product School offers a community of over two million product professionals.
Product School’s career coaching is designed to get members a product management job or promotion. Product School has published the Amazon bestseller, The Product Book, and hosts over 1,000 free events per year, The Proddy Awards, and ProductCon, the largest multi-city conference in the world for product managers.
Joining Product School to learn Product Management is the best decision I have taken for my career. Carlos, Hamid, Stany, Pratik, Mike, Bryce, Eduardo make a wonderful team and they are all extremely helpful. Hamid is an amazing teacher who is passionate about product management and enjoys teaching. The course is well structured, the small classroom size helps a lot. Like other positive reviews, there is a lot more to this course than just PM concepts. I am glad I joined Product School and...
Joining Product School to learn Product Management is the best decision I have taken for my career. Carlos, Hamid, Stany, Pratik, Mike, Bryce, Eduardo make a wonderful team and they are all extremely helpful. Hamid is an amazing teacher who is passionate about product management and enjoys teaching. The course is well structured, the small classroom size helps a lot. Like other positive reviews, there is a lot more to this course than just PM concepts. I am glad I joined Product School and I am very thankful for the help I have received.
Product School is an excellent introduction to product management for those wanting to break into the field.
The course encompasses the core functionalities of a successful PM - understanding design, marketing, A/B testing, metrics, and the product development cycle. You'll be exposed to both the higher level theory as well as practical, hands-on examples. Outside of class, you can sharpen the skills you've learn...Product School is an excellent introduction to product management for those wanting to break into the field.
The course encompasses the core functionalities of a successful PM - understanding design, marketing, A/B testing, metrics, and the product development cycle. You'll be exposed to both the higher level theory as well as practical, hands-on examples. Outside of class, you can sharpen the skills you've learned by working on your own personal project. The class highlights exactly what it takes to become a great PM, helping you figure out what strengths and experiences you can leverage in a product position -- as well as the areas where you need the most improvement. The value you get out of the class reflects the work you put into it. If you're willing to hustle, Product School will give you the knowledge, support, and tools you need to kick off your career in product. Other Perks:I had a great experience here at Product School. Alan was my instructor and he provided lots of insightful knowledge on what it takes to be a great PM, Carlos, Michael, and Stany were also helpful during my time there.
Pros
- Homework was great and best of all applicable to our resume/portfolio
- Received a lot of straight forward feedback
- Helped me to improve my soft skills such as public speaking, interviewing
- In class pro...
I had a great experience here at Product School. Alan was my instructor and he provided lots of insightful knowledge on what it takes to be a great PM, Carlos, Michael, and Stany were also helpful during my time there.
Pros
- Homework was great and best of all applicable to our resume/portfolio
- Received a lot of straight forward feedback
- Helped me to improve my soft skills such as public speaking, interviewing
- In class projects revolved around real features and real companies
- I was able to receive help, feedback, or advice from Alan whenever I needed
- Extra perks were and still are helpful for me - books, onemonth courses
Cons
- I wished for some of our projects to be more in-depth. This is personal for me - I learn best by doing - I wanted more activities where I could get my hands dirty
- Maybe a bit more focus on how to approach technical issues as a PM, although not all PM's are technical - many PM positions require some technical knowledge
After over 15 years in the technology industry as a front end developer / web application engineer, I wanted to make a change — to tack to starboard and sail on a different course. I wanted to have a much more significant impact on the things I work on. I love building things on the web for a wide variety of customers, in a huge spectrum of languages. After some investigation, I decided that product management was a good direction to explore. As a product ...
After over 15 years in the technology industry as a front end developer / web application engineer, I wanted to make a change — to tack to starboard and sail on a different course. I wanted to have a much more significant impact on the things I work on. I love building things on the web for a wide variety of customers, in a huge spectrum of languages. After some investigation, I decided that product management was a good direction to explore. As a product manager, I'll be able leverage my experience, passion, and talents, while learning and applying entirely new skills.
To make this course change, I investigated various options until I discovered San Francisco's Product School. I applied for their eight-week product management course. My cohort started in September and met on Saturday mornings until early November. We were taught by Teo, a senior product manager at a health care startup.
The course is well-crafted and has no expectation of specific prior experience (many people are engineers, but some had other backgrounds). The exercises proved relevant and directly applicable to product development work. In fact, after my primary project for Product School, I'm using the homework assignment templates to frame my thinking on a couple of side projects that I'm working on.
I enjoyed the course, got a lot out of it, and would recommend it to others.
What I really enjoyed about the course:I attended the 8-week(Fall 2015) product management Weekend course in San Francisco. The course is very valuable for people looking for transition from Engineering to Product management. You need to keep up with technology, homework and articles in order to get the most out of it. Carlos is knowledgeable, very friendly and really very good in teaching(esp. Public Speaking) really did a great job giving students the confidence boost they needed into looking to become Produ...
I attended the 8-week(Fall 2015) product management Weekend course in San Francisco. The course is very valuable for people looking for transition from Engineering to Product management. You need to keep up with technology, homework and articles in order to get the most out of it. Carlos is knowledgeable, very friendly and really very good in teaching(esp. Public Speaking) really did a great job giving students the confidence boost they needed into looking to become Product Managers.
I would Highly recommended especially if you don't know much about Product management, this course will cover all the basics.
I am a new Product Manager, so I took the class to gain a deeper understanding of exactly what a PM is responsible for and how to work together with all the other teams in the company. It's helpful if you have a background in software engineering, but I came from Marketing so I'm continuing to study some programming on my own so I can talk to developers. The material is fantastic, but your experience will vary depending on the instructor and number of students. The course was geare...
I am a new Product Manager, so I took the class to gain a deeper understanding of exactly what a PM is responsible for and how to work together with all the other teams in the company. It's helpful if you have a background in software engineering, but I came from Marketing so I'm continuing to study some programming on my own so I can talk to developers. The material is fantastic, but your experience will vary depending on the instructor and number of students. The course was geared toward people who were just getting started in their career and who wanted to be a PM.
Product management course from Product School is a must needed impetus for all engineers thinking about product management career. Before I joined Product School, I had tried very hard to move into product management on my own and had encountered only failures. Product School provided me much needed rebranding of my profile. I not only learned new concepts in product management but also used those concepts in my side project. I came in touch with product managers from various c...
Product management course from Product School is a must needed impetus for all engineers thinking about product management career. Before I joined Product School, I had tried very hard to move into product management on my own and had encountered only failures. Product School provided me much needed rebranding of my profile. I not only learned new concepts in product management but also used those concepts in my side project. I came in touch with product managers from various companies and they gave me feedback on my side project, on my resume and on my overall profile for a PM role. Product School completely changed my resume, LinkedIn profile and other online profiles (Blogs, About Me, Quora). I started getting calls. I started hearing this from many recruiters - “your profile is really highlighted and hiring manager is really interested in talking to you”. Product School also prepared me for interviews. I practiced a few mock interviews with actual product managers and that really helped me. Carlos, the founder, is really very friendly and helpful. Within a few months I had 3 offers in my hand. And now, I’m a product manager.
I'd recommend Product School to people who want to transition into software product management. The program provides industry knowledge, hands-on project experience and a product manager network.
=== Overview ===
I would definitely recommend this class to anyone who wants to transition into Product Management. Remember though that: [ what you put in (effort + contributions) = outcome ]
I wrote this to the PM facilitating at the last day of class:
"Thank you again for all your contributions on the last day of class. It was really great having you there and coordinating everything with all the PM’s there. The last day was...
=== Overview ===
I would definitely recommend this class to anyone who wants to transition into Product Management. Remember though that: [ what you put in (effort + contributions) = outcome ]
I wrote this to the PM facilitating at the last day of class:
"Thank you again for all your contributions on the last day of class. It was really great having you there and coordinating everything with all the PM’s there. The last day was by far one of the most valuable days I had at Product School. I learned more in that day than I had in 6+ months searching for jobs in Product Management and studying online materials."
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Like any Product, Product School is actively testing hypotheses to ensure the curriculum is moving forward and engaging the students. Their success metrics are the number of students who move into a Product Management role and the feedback they receive for the course. However, what makes this so much better than taking Product Management at UC Berkeley Extension or other universities is that this course is taught by passionate, full time PMs who truly want to help you get a job as a Product Manager.
Josh Anon was the instructor for the weekend class I enrolled in and his was an amazing person. He always offered out his ideas, support, questions, and feedback. I had pinged him late at night and in less than 24 hours he had responded back. That seemed pretty amazing given his busy schedule—though I admit I didn’t start reaching out to him until week 3 or week 4.
Let me contrast the many positive things about this course with some of the negatives or rather concerns.
First off, this class had a large group of engineers in the course. This isn’t a bad thing since diversity is a great thing and helps with empathizing from different professional backgrounds. However our class tended to fall back onto their own roles instead of putting themselves into the mindset of a PM. This stood out and unfortunately there’s not much you can do about that if you have unmotivated peers.
Secondly, I had already spent a great deal of time studying and getting experience in Product Management. The first two weeks did not blow me away in the course curriculum and tended to bore me. If you’ve done your work, you may find yourself nodding off like I did. However, after about the third week, the material started to get “hearty”.
On my last gripe, there was a lack of materials to get people to collaborate as a group and tools/frameworks weren’t always discussed in depth. My peers would stay stuck on their laptops a lot of the time, which is unfortunate. The largest skills a PM needs are soft skills and you cannot develop those being glued to your laptop. As for the frameworks and tools, those were a mixed bag. Some were covered in great detail, which was wonderful, but others were glanced over.
Overall this course was wonderful! There were many opportunities to network and to learn from Josh and other PMs. Stany who is the Program Manager was coordinating job postings and offered many opportunities to us. The course did have us understand the role, the skills needed to succeed, and develop our soft skills as future Product Managers.
If you take the course, then take these two things:
I am glad that I enrolled for Product Management course at Product School.
I am happy with the training I received and my trainer was experienced product manager.
He was well organized and understood where his students are coming from. I am thankful to Product School for providing
perks and additional resources to continue learning product management.
I have been recommending Product School to my friends ever since I started. I am currently a PM and used this class to learn where I needed to improve my skills. The pace was perfect for this! The curriculum is high level enough for me to get a refresher on certain topics, while letting me hone in one other topics that I need to learn more about. If there was something I wanted to learn more about outside of class, I got access to tons of online classes for FREE.
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I have been recommending Product School to my friends ever since I started. I am currently a PM and used this class to learn where I needed to improve my skills. The pace was perfect for this! The curriculum is high level enough for me to get a refresher on certain topics, while letting me hone in one other topics that I need to learn more about. If there was something I wanted to learn more about outside of class, I got access to tons of online classes for FREE.
I do think they need to work on improving the job placement part of the process. I didn't get much help from there there, but I think the skills I learned are still worth taking the class considering the price and duration.
My purpose for attending Product School (PS) is to prepare myself as a day-to-day product manager (PM) in an interactive setting, improve upon my strengths and weaknesses as a PM, and to network. Let me unpack that:
My purpose for attending Product School (PS) is to prepare myself as a day-to-day product manager (PM) in an interactive setting, improve upon my strengths and weaknesses as a PM, and to network. Let me unpack that:
A PS classmate said it best: “Product Management is a mindset put into execution.” I agree with this wholeheartedly because it encapsulates the essence of Product Manager. We live by Agile, and we are humble, collaborative, empathetic, and so much more.
How much does Product School cost?
Product School costs around $4,199.
What courses does Product School teach?
Product School offers courses like Artificial Intelligence Product Certification (AIPC)™, Product Leadership Certificate™, Product Manager Certificate™, Product Marketing Manager Certification (PMMC)™.
Where does Product School have campuses?
Product School has in-person campuses in Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Denver, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Orange County, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, and Toronto. Product School also has a remote classroom so students can learn online.
Is Product School worth it?
Product School hasn't shared alumni outcomes yet, but one way to determine if a bootcamp is worth it is by reading alumni reviews. 220 Product School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Product School on Course Report - you should start there!
Is Product School legit?
We let alumni answer that question. 220 Product School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Product School and rate their overall experience a 4.8 out of 5.
Does Product School offer scholarships or accept the GI Bill?
Right now, it doesn't look like Product School offers scholarships or accepts the GI Bill. We're always adding to the list of schools that do offer Exclusive Course Report Scholarships and a list of the bootcamps that accept the GI Bill.
Can I read Product School reviews?
You can read 220 reviews of Product School on Course Report! Product School alumni, students, and applicants have reviewed Product School and rate their overall experience a 4.8 out of 5.
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