Product School

I just completed the weeknight course at the NYC campus.    It was a great learning experience and a good "crash course" in practical skills and methologies used by product managers.

Pros:
- Learned a lot on product management
- Class work was immersive and hands on
- The weekly assignments leading up to the Final Presentation was very helpful in learning the process of how a real PM works through each phase of creating/enhancing a product
- Instructor was very supportive and made himself available to answer questions
- Access to workshops and continuing network of PMs

Cons:
- I thought there would be some kind of "career fair" where students get to meet potential employers at the end of the course, but there wasn't any
- Class work could be a more productive experience if the instructor demonstrates an example of the goal first.  Otherwise often we spent a big chunk of the allotted time just figuring out what the assignment wanted from us.

Overall a very worthwhile experience.

I attended the Product Management course in Product School -New York Campus. The best thing about this course is all the awesome connections you get, from experienced Product Managers to students from various backgrounds who take the class with you. The course was very informative is teaching what Product Management was all about and giving directions to the tools and skills you need to get that PM break. I am glad I took this course. I will highly recommend this course to anyone who is looking to transition to Product Management.

I had a wonderful experience in Product School. The program was fun and immersive. I really learned from the experience of going through the class. The best part was working with my classmates. I learned as much from collaborating in class as I did fromt he instructor and curriculum. 

Pros:
-Class work was immersive and hands on.
-Worked on interviewing and soft skills.
-Practiced frameworks to help in product thinking.

Cons:
-The course goes by incredibly fast and can be overwhelming.
-Some class resources could be better organized.
-No explicit job placement or assistance.

I recently completed the Orange County offering of the Product Management course and I'd definitely recommend it. I'm a PM who is new to the role and I wanted to learn best practices and methodology. The order of classes essentially walks students through the product lifecycle from an idea to implementation. While this won't necessarily map to a current PM's role on a one-to-one basis, it will provide PMs with an idea of steps they should be taken in order to better define, implement and release products and features.   Our instructor, Derek Tumulo was very knowledgeable and I found his experience incredibly helpful. He was able to provide concrete examples of his experience at a few marquee companies he's worked at did things. Honestly, if you were to take this course, I'd suggest taking it from him.