I have taken this resources from notion doc (forgot the original link). I will try to keep this post updated:

Common Paths for breaking into PM Space:

Product Analyst/ Product Associate — → Associate Product Manager → Product Manager → Sr. Product Manager

Alternative ->

Effective business analyst/ engineer -> Associate Product Manager –> Product Manager → Sr. Product Manager

Others:

Be good at what you do, have high agency (read Shreyas Doshi’s definition of this), and keep hustling to learn & reaching out to folks proactively for opportunities. (Alex Banayan’s book — The Third Door talks about this)

• Easier to try and switch in your own org (You won’t get if you don’t ask)
• Build body of work (portfolio, case studies, your own products etc.) if trying to switch to other orgs. Display/Showcase your intent

Organizations to Apply for (India):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1WeeLcZEFAbkzt11_WuJiwHdHv218nqrxpEDUi_2DaGc/edit#gid=0

Resource List by other teams/ Individuals:

• https://zerotopm.info/
• https://learnpmwith.me/[PM resources site by The Product Folks]
• https://www.helpyourpeers.com/resources [PM resources site]
• https://www.sachinrekhi.com/top-resources-for-product-managers
• https://trello.com/b/ns4rSykg/producthoodcom-learning-resources-for-product-makers
• https://medium.com/product-popcorn/the-ultimate-list-of-free-online-classes-for-product-managers-for-2018-e89a03a6faf7

Also check out

• https://www.insurjo.club/
• http://apm.producttankpune.com/
• https://community.pmschool.io/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/theproductree/
• https://productleague.com

Product Hunt (to check what people are working on)

1. Multiple creators creating awesome stuff — https://www.producthunt.com/
2. Another one –https://yourstack.com/ (shows what popular products other professionals love to use)
3. Owwly.com → Discover Products

PM Think Tanks/ Individuals

A. Mind The Product (https://www.mindtheproduct.com/)

B. Marty Cagan (https://svpg.com/articles/)

C. Stratecherry (https://stratechery.com/)

D. First Round (https://firstround.com/review/find-vet-and-close-the-best-product-managers-heres-how/)

E. Andrew Chen — https://andrewchen.co/

F. Ben Horowitz — a16z.com

G. Black Box of PM — https://blackboxofpm.com/mvpm-minimum-viable-product-manager-e1aeb8dd421

H. Shreyas Doshi — https://twitter.com/shreyas

I. Ravi Mehta — https://www.ravi-mehta.com/

People I know about and who write (list can be much longer, will keep adding, in no specific order) –

• Lenny Rachitsky — https://twitter.com/lennysan
• Karthi Subbaraman –
• Shreyas Doshi — https://twitter.com/shreyas
• Naval (Philosophy) — https://twitter.com/naval

Follow folks on Twitter https://productschool.com/blog/product-management-2/experience/leaders-in-product-management-follow-twitter/

PM Video/Audio Resources

A. ProductHood https://www.producthood.com/ (https://www.producthood.com/courses/) (https://www.producthood.com/pllconf/)

B. Product Folks — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnL1OWS0OXEUKAoFdaEFlQ

C. https://mastersofscale.com/

D. https://www.maharajasofscale.com/

E. NASSCOM: https://nasscom.in/skill-dev/ [Multiple webinars over Product]

PM Learning

A. Pragmatic Leaders (Youtube 9 part free virtual PM Course — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pgagr76VNY&list=PLsWLOWjMiEPoJIasoaweRK6RQntJ98hSu)

B. https://pmdojo.teachable.com/courses/accelerated-product-learning [Organized course, Free to Access]

C. [Free access to audit course, pay for certificate] https://www.edx.org/course/product-management-fundamentals

D. [Free access to audit course, pay for certificate] https://www.edx.org/course/innovation-leadership-2

PM Case Study Practice

1. https://pmschool.io/case-study-solutions-1 [Good for assignments]
2. {FREE} https://www.producthood.com/courses/
3. https://www.productmanagementexercises.com/
4. https://dailyproductprep.com/
5. https://thepminterview.com/?ref=producthunt
6. http://hackingpm.com/
7. https://medium.com/@sushantkr17/4-practice-case-studies-for-your-product-management-interview-f30e5adadbfe
8. Behavior Interview: https://productcoalition.com/17-real-product-manager-interview-questions-and-answers-c5cf451a5c40
9. https://www.kennorton.com/essays/productmanager.html
10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db8u5wURIVU [By Shreyas Doshi]
11. https://uxhack.co/ (UX case studies)

Learning SQL

1. https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/sql
2. https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/sql
3. https://mode.com/sql-tutorial/

Learning Google Analytics

A. https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6367342?hl=en

Use Google Analytics’ demo account to play around

A. https://neliosoftware.com/blog/learn-google-analytics-a-real-example-from-google/

B. https://www.bounteous.com/insights/2016/08/03/experiment-and-learn-google-analytics-demo-account/

C. https://online-metrics.com/google-analytics-demo-account/

PM Case studies

A. https://bytes.swiggy.com/story-of-how-swiggy-pop-was-built-773e34d4ff87

B. https://bytes.swiggy.com/the-swiggy-delivery-challenge-part-one-6a2abb4f82f6

C. https://onezero.medium.com/how-google-earth-mapped-98-of-the-world-7cf0445690ae

D. https://onezero.medium.com/why-google-failed-4b9db05b973b

E. https://growthhackers.com/growth-studies

UI/UX case studies

A. https://growth.design/case-studies/

B. https://uxdesign.cc/when-to-use-user-flows-guide-8b26ca9aa36a

D. https://uxdesign.cc/developing-the-zomato-design-system-438357188904

E. Zomato Gold –https://uxdesign.cc/building-zomato-gold-design-process-challenges-learnings-from-designing-a-subscription-fcf7cdf5ae17

F. https://blog.uxfol.io/ux-portfolio-template/

G. https://www.casestudy.club/journal/ux-designer-portfolio

H.https://medium.com/@lucy.c.coker/an-app-to-simplify-landlord-and-tenant-communication-ux-ui-case-study-5a7b3a529c98

I. https://medium.com/designers-of-mmt/taking-the-seat-selection-experience-from-regular-to-a-dapper-fit-for-makemytrip-buses-b121d5ec68e4

J. Don Norman’s Design of everyday things (Also on Udacity for free)

K. Product Design exercises by Artiom Dashinsky

L. https://uxhack.co/ (UX case studies) [Also listed above]

Product Growth (Scaling users)

A. hackinggrowth.com (https://growthhackers.com/growth-studies)

B. Book by Sean Ellis (Hacking Growth)

C. Growth Catalyst by Deepak Singh https://deepaksingh.substack.com/

D. Elad Gil (High Growth Handbook)

E. https://www.damansoni.com/blog/categories/growth

F. https://openviewpartners.com/blog/the-ultimate-product-led-growth-resources-guide/#.X3kyR2gzbIU

G. https://www.reforge.com/blog

H. https://www.trychameleon.com/blog/product-led-growth

I. https://firstround.com/review/drive-growth-by-picking-the-right-lane-a-customer-acquisition-playbook-for-consumer-startups/

J. https://www.growthengblog.com/

I. Readings compiled by Anshul Khandelwal (Head of marketing, Ola and prev. UpGrad) https://bit.ly/32JrnVt

J. Growth without ads — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrKPlo3yMSw

K. https://marketingexamples.com/

Product Strategy

A. https://sriramk.com/strategy [Collection of resources]

B. https://notboring.substack.com/

C. https://manassaloi.com/2019/08/27/learn-business-strategy.html [Collection of resources]

D. https://melissaperri.com/blog/2016/07/14/what-is-good-product-strategy?ref=https://product-frameworks.com

E. https://medium.com/@gibsonbiddle/intro-to-product-strategy-60bdf72b17e3

F. https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2/19/status-as-a-service

G. https://cxl.com/blog/economic-moats/

H. https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/business-moats-competitive-advantage/

I. Value Chains — https://www.conordewey.com/blog/value-chains/

J. https://medium.com/swlh/product-strategy-a-guide-with-examples-and-best-practices-868ee0c2341f

J. Books — Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt, Understanding Michael Porter by Joan Magretta

K. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-product-strategy-approach-nitin-julka/?trackingId=ka508635o5kJ2ej1VQdQCw%3D%3D

L. https://store.hbr.org/product/can-you-say-what-your-strategy-is-hbr-bestseller/r0804e?sku=R0804E-PDF-ENG

M. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-balance-customer-delight-profits-gibson-biddle/?trackingId=pII0i2CehCU8tTAZYAhV9Q%3D%3D

For Tech Understanding (reqd., after you know the basics of above):

A..https://medium.com/@divyadhar/how-to-prepare-for-googles-product-management-technical-round-when-you-are-not-technical-474de3ee01b3

B. https://www.departmentofproduct.com/blog/technology-skills-product-managers/

C. https://www.pmtechlessons.com/

About People and You!

A.https://medium.com/@ashokbania/hang-in-there-little-product-manager-57640054ce3

B. https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/how-to-talk-about-yourself-in-the-best-possible-way-fd1eaf484748

C. Book — Product Management in practice by Matt Lemay

D. High Agency PM — https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1276956836856393728.html

E. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db8u5wURIVU [By Shreyas Doshi]

G. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/theoryofchange

H. https://producthabits.com/my-billion-dollar-mistake/

About Problem Solving

1. https://medium.com/swlh/product-management-is-the-art-of-problems-not-solving-fda73549adc3
2. https://hbr.org/2017/01/are-you-solving-the-right-problems
3. https://neilkakkar.com/A-framework-for-First-Principles-Thinking.html
4. https://fs.blog/2018/04/first-principles/
5. Resources for First principles thinking — https://fpt.guide/

Business & tech Readings:

• The-Ken, Inc42
• Medium Articles
• Follow folks on Twitter https://productschool.com/blog/product-management-2/experience/leaders-in-product-management-follow-twitter/

Product websites to Follow to keep updated with latest trends:

A. Product Hunt (multiple creators creating awesome stuff) (https://www.producthunt.com/)

B. Tech Crunch http://techcrunch.com/

C. Dribbble (for design inspirations) https://dribbble.com/

D. https://yourstack.com/ (shows what popular products other professionals use and love)

E. https://www.indiehackers.com/

F. www.owwly.com

Why Startups Failed

• https://www.failory.com/cemetery
• https://startupgraveyard.io/

On Experimentation:

https://hbr.org/2017/06/a-refresher-on-ab-testing

https://thesnippet.substack.com/p/a-tiny-experiment

User Research

https://writingisthinking.in/the-mom-test-notes/

https://www.intercom.com/blog/3-rules-for-customer-feedback/

https://cxl.com/blog/customer-interviews/

https://www.hotjar.com/blog/user-feedback/

Usability Testing

• https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/
• https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/running-usability-tests.html
• https://www.userreport.com/blog/usability-testing/
• https://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-you-only-need-to-test-with-5-users/

PM Frameworks

https://www.product-frameworks.com/

Resources for founders: https://www.occasionallyuseful.com/

Recommendations received from folks:

Checkout libgen.is if not in a position to purchase the below:

A. Lean Startup Book (PMing works similar to establishing a startup)

B. Lean Analytics Book — Shares what metrics you could look into

C. Y Combinator videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVJ9ovLxrKM&list=PLQ-uHSnFig5PjfCy7mE77XMGhgky9HV3o)

Also — https://www.ycombinator.com/library

D. Marty Cagan’s Book — Inspired, Nir Eyal’s — Hooked, Yuvah Noah Harari’s Sapiens (for understanding humans)

E. Product Management in practice by Matt Lemay (Day to day challenges of the role and, managing yourself as a PM)

F. Interview Prep: Cracking the PM Interview (Jackie Bavaro, Gayle), The Product Manager Interview (Lewis C Lin), Decode and Conquer (Lewis C Lin), Secrets of a PM Interview (Lewis C Lin)