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Hear our panel discuss the answers to our Monday question - when hiring internally for a new product manager, what background do you look for? 

Hear why Steve may have biased our poll with his well-known opinion that Sales Engineers are the best background

Get our two-cents on the following questions:

• Which is harder for someone to learn, a specific industry/domain or product management?
• What are the most common reasons why someone new to product management does not succeed in product management?

And get our rapid-fire answers from every panelist on "What do you think is the most important attribute to look for when hiring someone new to product management?"

Check-out Jon's summary of our conversation on his blog at https://jonharmer.medium.com/another-week-another-excellent-product-growth-leaders-topic-of-the-week-discussion-8bf627e73602

This week we try some new technology for the recording, and Steve Johnson and Grant Hunter are again joined by Jason Vincelette, Gregg Fenton, and Jon Harmer the best background to look for when hiring product managers.