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SUMMARY:Grounds for Discussion - The State of Hiring and Recruiting in Product Management
DESCRIPTION:The numbers are moving in the right direction. So why does it still feel so hard? \nPM job openings are up\, AI-related roles are multiplying\, and tech hiring is showing more life than it has in over a year. But if you’ve been job hunting lately\, the disconnect is real: more openings don’t always mean more interviews\, and “strong signals” don’t always translate to offers. So what’s actually happening out there? \nJoin us for a candid conversation about the state of the PM job market in 2026. We’ll dig into what’s changed\, what hasn’t\, and what hiring teams are actually looking for right now. No fluff\, no platitudes\, just an honest look at where things stand and what you can do about it. Bring your questions\, your frustrations\, and your job market war stories. \nThis is a working session for PMs navigating the market\, thinking about a change\, or just trying to understand what the data means for real people. \n3 Attendee Takeaways\n• What the latest hiring data actually tells us (and what it doesn’t)\n• Why more job postings haven’t translated to easier interviews\, and what’s really slowing things down\n• Practical moves you can make right now if you’re actively looking or keeping your options open \n\n\nThis event is included for free with a Product Coffee Premium membership. If you aren’t already a member\, join today! \n  \nRegister
URL:https://productcoffee.com/event/grounds-for-discussion-the-state-of-hiring-and-recruiting-in-product-management/
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SUMMARY:Prioritization in 2026 - When Shipping Gets Faster Than Deciding
DESCRIPTION:For years\, the scarcest resource in product development was engineering capacity. You prioritized ruthlessly because you had to. There were always more good ideas than people to build them. \nThat scarcity is shrinking. Rapid prototyping\, vibe coding\, and agentic software development are making it faster and cheaper to ship working software. Engineering velocity is climbing. And that creates a new problem: if your prioritization process doesn’t keep up\, you become the bottleneck. \nThis session is about adapting your prioritization frameworks to this new reality. Not throwing them out. Adapting them. Because the old models assumed engineering capacity was the constraint. When that assumption breaks\, your decision-making needs to move upstream\, get sharper\, and operate at a different speed. \nIn this session\, we’ll dig into: \n→ Why traditional prioritization frameworks start to fail when engineering velocity outpaces decision velocity\n→ How to move prioritization upstream without turning it into endless debate\n→ Where your career growth as a PM lives in this new environment (hint: it’s in decision quality\, not just saying no) \nThis isn’t about replacing frameworks with vibes. It’s about understanding which parts of your prioritization muscle still matter when shipping gets faster than deciding. \nThis isn’t a webinar. It’s a global community meetup of product folks who love bringing great innovations to market. \n\n\nThis event is included for free with a Product Coffee Premium membership. If you aren’t already a member\, join today! \n  \nRegister
URL:https://productcoffee.com/event/prioritization-in-2026-when-shipping-gets-faster-than-deciding/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Product Coffee
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SUMMARY:Atlanta Product Happy Hour - May 2026 - Battle & Brew
DESCRIPTION:ProductCamp Atlanta\, BPM Product Community\, Atlanta Women in Product\, and Product Coffee are back at Battle & Brew in Sandy Springs for another low-key happy hour with Atlanta’s product community. \nNo talks. No slides. No forced mingling. Just consoles\, drinks\, and the kind of conversations that happen when product people actually relax for once. Whether you want to crush someone at Street Fighter or just grab a beer and decompress after a long week\, you’re in the right place. \nFirst time joining us? This is the easiest entry point into Atlanta’s product scene. Show up whenever\, leave whenever. Strike up a conversation with whoever’s next to you at the bar or jump into a game that’s already going. You’ll meet product managers\, designers\, founders\, and builders from all over metro Atlanta. No one’s checking credentials at the door. \nWhat to expect: \n🎮 Free games! (Battle & Brew’s got the setup)\n🍺 Full cash bar and food menu\n🤝 Real conversations with Atlanta product folks\n🎯 Zero networking pressure\, maximum chill\n👋 Friendly faces whether you’re a regular or brand new \nBring a teammate. Bring a friend from another company. Just don’t bring your roadmap. \nSee you in Sandy Springs. \nThis event is included for free with a Product Coffee Premium membership. If you aren’t already a member\, join today! \n \nRegister
URL:https://productcoffee.com/event/atlanta-product-happy-hour-may-2026-battle-brew/
CATEGORIES:Happy Hour Event
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SUMMARY:Customer Conversations Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Steve Johnson’s Customer Conversations: A Product Manager’s Superpower makes the case that talking directly with customers isn’t just research. It’s a core leadership behavior that builds your credibility and sharpens your judgment. \nThe book demystifies the whole process. It shows why secondhand intelligence (sales reports\, support tickets\, analytics) can’t replace direct conversation. As Johnson puts it: “A direct conversation lets you hear context\, feel hesitation\, and notice what triggers emotion. That’s not trivia. That’s strategy.” \nThere’s also a sharp chapter on AI’s role in product work. Johnson’s take: if you use AI to free up time for more customer conversations\, great. If you use it to avoid those conversations\, you’re building on sand. \nWhy join this series? \nWhen you avoid customer conversations\, you outsource judgment. This book removes the mystery and helps you build a habit of making customer insights your source of truth. It’s practical\, not preachy\, and it gives you a framework for conversations that reveal what customers actually need instead of what you assume they want. \nGet the book: https://amzn.to/4tSfNCX \nJoin Bookclub for Invites
URL:https://productcoffee.com/event/customer-conversations-book-club/2026-05-22/
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SUMMARY:There and Back Again- From PM to Founder and Back
DESCRIPTION:What happens when product leaders cross into founder mode\, step into the venture world\, and come back with a different lens? \nJoin\n– Hari Gopal\, Director of Corporate Insights at Engage\,\n– Kent Keirsey\, Director of Product Management at Adobe\, and\n– Steve Engdahl\, Head of Product at Systech  \nfor a candid conversation about what carries over\, what breaks\, and what changes when you move between product\, startups\, and investing. \nKent has lived the operator-to-founder-to-product-leader path\, including building a company that was acquired by Adobe. Hari brings a PM-gone-VC perspective from the Atlanta startup scene. Steve has seen the product journey from just about every angle: venture-backed\, public\, privately held\, and his own startup. \n✅ What product work actually prepares you for founderhood\n✅ What founders learn that can make them sharper\, more decisive PMs\n✅ What surprises both sides\, and how those lessons show up back in the day-to-day work \nThis is not startup mythology or polished career advice. It’s a real conversation about the skills\, tradeoffs\, and perspective shifts that come with building from different seats. Join product people from around the world who care about building what matters. \n\n\nThis event is included for free with a Product Coffee Premium membership. If you aren’t already a member\, join today! \n  \nRegister
URL:https://productcoffee.com/event/there-and-back-again-from-pm-to-founder-and-back/
CATEGORIES:Weekly Product Coffee
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SUMMARY:Customer Conversations Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Steve Johnson’s Customer Conversations: A Product Manager’s Superpower makes the case that talking directly with customers isn’t just research. It’s a core leadership behavior that builds your credibility and sharpens your judgment. \nThe book demystifies the whole process. It shows why secondhand intelligence (sales reports\, support tickets\, analytics) can’t replace direct conversation. As Johnson puts it: “A direct conversation lets you hear context\, feel hesitation\, and notice what triggers emotion. That’s not trivia. That’s strategy.” \nThere’s also a sharp chapter on AI’s role in product work. Johnson’s take: if you use AI to free up time for more customer conversations\, great. If you use it to avoid those conversations\, you’re building on sand. \nWhy join this series? \nWhen you avoid customer conversations\, you outsource judgment. This book removes the mystery and helps you build a habit of making customer insights your source of truth. It’s practical\, not preachy\, and it gives you a framework for conversations that reveal what customers actually need instead of what you assume they want. \nGet the book: https://amzn.to/4tSfNCX \nJoin Bookclub for Invites
URL:https://productcoffee.com/event/customer-conversations-book-club/2026-06-05/
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