Product school instructors are practicing product management professional from top companies. Course is structured in interactive format and covers basic framework.
The external project does take time. On the downside I felt that personalized career hunt was lacking. Seemed that the instructor ran of time reviewing every students resume, perhaps another entity from Product school could offload the instructors and let them focus on core curriculum. Also student network dissipated after the sessions, it would be good for PS to organize happy hour to keep alumni and students networked after the course.

I took the Product Management class offered by Product School this spring. The course was comprehensive and touched upon all the phases needed to build a product. It was further enriched by our instructor Nima Shafiee's (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimas/) personal anecdotes, tips and advices. His vast experience in the field of product management and across various industries helped the students enormously. Nima was always encouraging, ready to respond to the students' queries and giving constructive feedback. After taking the class, the students came out with a holistic idea about the product management and more confident to make a career switch to product management.

The course curriculum could have been further enriched if we had more material on data analytics and how it influen...

Really enjoyed this course. It helped me feel very confident in my past learnings and helped open the doors to new ways of thinking. The teachers are absolutely A+++ and are very up to date in the tech world!

Could not recommend more!

If you are interested in understanding how products and services are successfully implemented on Mobile and web platforms , Product Mgmt @ Product School(PS) is the place to start.

Before PS, I had no clear understanding on how to Ideate, validate, build and publish a great product.

Ashok Bania (PM at Spotify), our instructor for April 2017 cohort, is a brilliant and pragmatic instructor, who along with PS tools and course material, efficiently translated concepts and best industry practices of Product Management.
He cited multiple real world challenges and solutions, which has been great add-on to my learning.

And, it was excellent class cohort, with almost all of them having distinct professional background. So their inputs enriched our learning process.

So, while the...

This is a review of my Product School instructor Joel Palathinkal. I highly recommend taking this course with this instructor. He has an easy going demeanor and speaks clearly. He knows what he is talking about and is always ready to help. He is quick to provide meaningful and relevant guidance. He keeps the class going and engaged. Sign up. Don't wait.

Having fun with the class.

I spent a reasonable amount of time comparing General Assembly and Product School for the Product Management course including Instrucutors, course content, etc. and am I glad that I chose Product School! Based on other reviews for Joel, I decided to sign-up for the weekend classes (since he was teaching that cohort only), even though it wasnt the most convenient time for me, but again, so glad I decided to do that.

Joel is very personable and goes out of his way to spend one on one time with the students, he supports all course content with real world examples (which are abundant given his experience) and does a great job of trying to cover anything there is to know to get ur career started as a PM. Cherry on the cake is that he even invites experienced PMs to class sometimes to sha...

Product School have bought so many ideas and potential opportunities which I didn't know exist. Joel, my instructor have bought introduce me to so many platforms/tools to help me to become a product manager. I feel that the course is very valuable/informational for people who want to become a product manager and am not sure how to. I also love the smaller class and the group work we do in class.

Very eye opening, and informative.

This has been a great class with many knowledgable people from very different perspectives, which helps enrich the entire experience! Our professor is a Senior PM at Google who really tells it like it is and offers very valuable insight into the Product Lifecycle experience. He also provides interviewing tips along the way, which has been very helpful. There's homework and reading and outside recommendations for other material as well, which can be a lot of work, but you get a lot out of it.

I VERY much enjoyed my time in product school. I forged some amazing friendships, networked and developed a relationship with a mentor that I know will be super helpful going forward with my career. The course information was well structured, the project goals were accessible, easy to follow and the support staff was very helpful.

I'd say this program delivers what it says it does, but sort of hides some of the downside of getting a job in product management. It's hard out there and as much coaching as is available through the classes, the mentorship and networking, it really depends on the individual taking the course and HUSTLING. That's not their job though, it's ultimately (like everything in this world) up to the person willing to put in the work. This job definitely draws a ...

Course: 8-week PM/Location: Santa Monica/Instructor: Gio

I just wrapped up the 8-week product course and am really happy with my decision. I had an awesome experience and would highly recommend it for anyone who is motivated to learn more and get a more formal framework/education for how to approach product thinking to advance their career, become more effective in your job, or transition into a product role.

Since product is really the intersection of design, business, and engineering let’s start there.

Business: If you don’t have a business background, Product School gives you a nice overview of some key frameworks that help you structure your approach to problems. You don’t go super deep but if you’re someone technical or just don’t have a formal education in business this i...

My experience with Product School was really great. I moved from Spain to San Francisco at the end of September. And figured out that I wanted to became a PM without knowing much about a PM role. After this two month intensive course I feel like I know all the I need to know to start my career in that direction.
My teache Ryan Black made everything seemed easy, so even though a few times I felt a little bit lost, he immediately explained everything with examples so I could easily catch up.
The content was great and the project it self it was the best. We got to develop our own feature for a product and a company that we chose for ourselfs which gave as a lot of practice and confidence in everything learnt during the course.

Product School was an amazing experience, as it gave me the opportunity to learn about Product Management in a structured way and learn hands-on from very qualified teachers.
I attended the school in San Francisco and really loved the fact that together with the theory about product management, every week there were assignments that would give us the opportunity to try and test our knowledge on real projects.
I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is trying to switch career path or wants to have a deeper understanding of product management.

The course is all about learning the best practices and insights from seasoned product manager. My cohort has a great instructor who would go out of his way and come up with more relavent materials to make sure he conveyed the concepts well. I believe the class experience rely greatly on the instructors.

The teacher was nice, but the material that we were learning could be learnt online. Most of the information the teacher was getting was online. Therefore, I didn't think the class was even that useful for me. Plus a girl in the class got a book to learn on her own and I think that people in the class eventually stop taking it seriously. You are only suppose to be absent once, there were people who were absence more than one time. I don't think it was really worth it.

Reason I attended: Long term, I would like to become a product manager. This course helped me build the confidence to apply to more jobs and gave me a project to spotlight on a website. With the support of the community, I finally felt motivated to create a live portfolio, write blog posts, overhaul my resume, and spotlight my work.

Pros: In person classes build a small community to support you. The coursework helped me assess my own skill-set and understand my strengths and weaknesses. For example, I have a design background, which is actually unique for the product management market and I can tailor my search accordingly. The teachers are very responsive and the Slack groups for discussions are very valuable - I'm still friends with a few people I met in class.

Cons: I woul...

I took a risk and moved to the Bay Area from the U.K without a job offer.

My plan was to solidify my PM knowledge, make sure I was using the cutting edge processes, Network and get a job.

Product School provided me with all of the above. Great mentor, high caliber of students and a jobs board that works.

Best risk I have ever taken

My instructor (May Allen) was an experienced PM who encouraged class participation and had the answer to any question we could think of. The class was engaging and I walked away with frameworks to execute a project and think through all kinds of challenging product decisions. I got lucky and already had a PM job going into the class, but there were some very helpful days towards the end of the course in which we learned the best ways to approach getting a product job.

Since graduating product school, I've successfully executed the biggest product launch ever at my company, and have a second product currently in development. Product School helped me thrive as a PM!

Pros:
Great exposure about roles & responsibilities of a Product Manager
Good for networking
The exercises helped in gaining practical knowledge

Cons:
None

Suggestion:
The class should have more exercises & from a new product perspective

I took the class in SV. Instructor was fantastic and has deep knowledge in the subject matter. It was very interactive class with homework and assignments. But time was an issue. It's not easy to do all the assignments on time which is understandable.

I think we all come here to take the course and also get a job. If they start bringing companies to hire, like carrier fair, I would give it a 5 star.

Excellent instructor Vic Parek. Very practical approach in teaching. Specially catered to preparing for the interview in smart ways.
Strategic planning and vision to reflect on strength and build skills that would position the class better.

Pro

- Networking 10 of 10 - I got very useful connection
- Good intro into PM for people with no experience at all

Cons

- overpriced
- too basic and too many general info (like public speaking etc)
- you don't make any real PM project

I became a product champion by accident. I was the one passionately pleading for the users and forcing real user stories and research into the development process. I was not formally taught, and while I was active in the community, I always felt like something was missing.

Product school bridged that gap. From the instructor to the guests and leadership, It was clear I was learning from people who were doing the job and had a great deal of experience and broad networks. We didn't just hear examples from the instructor's background; we heard examples from their friends, colleges and the talks and meetups they've attended.

The course wasn't pure theory or pure mechanics, it was a nice union of both - with a general "here's why you're doing what you're doing" and "here's a couple...

I had a great experience at Product School. My instructor was very well-versed and helpful in learning some PM techniques and concepts. The only downside is that the course is brief (8 weeks), but there is plenty of opportunity to learn and apply oneself.

Pros: I learned things which I had little knowledge of. The program is great and the instructor is awesome.
I used to attend the classes with lot of hopes everyday that today I will learn something new and I did.
I just love your program and also the the way it is taught. Before signing this program I checked with the person
think her name was cassandra and then Mark will I be helped with getting job placement. They said yes. That was the exact reason
even with no pay as I was laid off at that time I paid $3500 to enroll in this course so that I can achieve my dream to be a product manager.

Cons: There was just a resume workshop for 2 classes. Well that did not do any good for me. I need to be networked with a person who actually offers me a job or some intern position.
I rea...

Overall, this was an excellent course and well worth the money! My instructor was Taya Page and she was excellent. She is an experienced PM and she gave several real world applications to what we were learning. We also did several hands on exercises which really helped. The only cons I have is there was a bit of a lack of organization and preparation. There was no contact about class location until 2 days prior to class. The instructor also didn't seem to get much information about what materials were available to us. Also the room wasn't ready. There was a dividing wall that split up the class so we couldn't all fit well. It wasn't removed until a few weeks after class started. The course itself was great, but the prep could use a lot of work.

Pro's
+ Course material is great
+ Teacher is knowledgeable
+ Home works and in class assignments are practical and extremely useful.

Cons
- LMS system is unweildy and does not work as well as using Gdrive

Summary: You leave with a clear understanding of the role and practical skills using the tools and methodologies to execute the job

I finished the course Feb 2017 in Santa Monica with Dana Alibrandi instructing and had a great experience. I've learned a ton and feel more prepared in my career growth as a PM. I really appreciated the group projects/presentations and the camaraderie that our class developed by the end of the course. New students be prepared, the course moves through material and project work very quickly.

If I have one piece of feedback to Dana/PS team, some of the in-class exercises felt rushed or the structure left me asking questions in order to understand the goal and get the most out of the exercise.

As an organization, Product School does a great job of coordinating weekly presentations from Product Managers across big-name tech companies with valuable experience. The PS staff are good peo...

I had a great experience learning at the Product School. They have a hands on approach where I was able to apply the concepts in real time. The Product School created a great balance between theory, group work to individual projects that proved to be a excellent learning experience for me and allowed me to really get value out of the class.

My instructor, Ryan Black, was excellent. He experience starting his own tech company, working at Facebook and now a startup as a product manager gave me confidence that I can learn from him. He was able to provide the class with excellent real life stories to drive home all the concepts we were learning. He was able to give us a peak into the various ways PMs apply what we were learning. Ryan has a very flexible teach style, which allowed him to ...

Coming into Product School's Coding for Manager's course, I had little technical experience: I was an English major as an undergrad and most of my work in tech has been in marketing.

Considering that I wanted to get closer to the product in my day-to-day and how glaringly untechnical my background was, I decided that learning to code was the best first step.

Upon examining the syllabus, my expectation for this course was to gain a light but diverse understanding of the technical stack a typical PM should be familiar with. After speaking with a sales rep, I learned that this was indeed the intention of the course, as it introduces frontend development, backend development, and deployment/hosting all in a part-time two month program.

Despite such a fast-paced and hands-on curricu...