107. André Albuquerque: Tech giants, luck surface area and becoming a PM in a month

In this episode, João was speaking to André Albuquerque, VP of Product at Kitch, founder of the One Month PM and one of the speakers of the first Product Weekend event, held in May. André has a vast and diverse experience. He worked at Google, created a course and community to help people build better products, helped grow Uniplaces from the ground up and now he's doing the same at Kitch. Besides being a VP of Product he is also a professor, a startup advisor, a surfer and a father to an 8-month-old dog. By the end of the episode, you have a lot of books, travel and podcast recommendations from him. I hope you enjoy the episode and learn as much as I did. Time notes: [0:15] Introduction of André [0:55] André's high school experience and career path [6:25] Landing a job at Google and the main learnings [12:00] Advice for young people in order to become great managers [15:40] Interviewing back on job interviews and digging deeper [19:29] Balancing between a hardworking student and a lazy path [21:40] Working at Google and at the NGO and advice on the path [24:30] NGO experiences and the doors opened by them [28:30] Working in product at UniPlaces, the main challenges and becoming the Head of Growth [33:25] Getting started in product management [36:38] What are the main differences between entrepreneurship and product management from the lecturer's point of view [38:46] Becoming an advisor for the first startup [41:50] Common sense is the key to product management and passing on the personal experience [43:10] What is Kitch all about and how this concept was started [51:55] Tour of duty in Kitch [57:00] The One Month PM idea development and implementation [1:03:30] Opportunities brought by One Month PM and newsletter [1:06:10] Prioritising the right activities, and hobbies and spending free time [01:10:35] 3 favourite books [01:14:50] 3 favorite podcasts PRODUCTION This podcast was hosted by João Moita from Product Weekend, with sound edited by Miguel Sousa and production help by Productized, André Marquet and Evelina Bogdiun.