Favorite Parts Of Being A Product Manager At Bukuwarung
Garima, a Product Manager at Bukuwarung, most enjoys the creative problem-solving inherent in the role, describing the process as "exhilarating" because it transforms "ambiguous problems" into tangible solutions through iteration and feedback. The satisfaction of this "creative process," from initial idea to final product, is what makes the role so rewarding for Garima.
Problem-Solving, Creativity, Ambiguous Problems, Product Development, Performance
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Garima Yadav
Product Manager
Bukuwarung
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India (graduated in 2017)
UCLA Anderson School of Management (Full Time MBA, current student)
Engineering - Electrical
Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
Product / Service / Software Development and Management
International Student
Video Highlights
1. Solving ambiguous problems and using creativity to find solutions.
2. The process of developing ideas, pitching them, and iterating based on feedback.
3. The satisfaction of transforming an ambiguous problem into a tangible solution and presenting it like a performance
Transcript
What do you enjoy the most about your role?
Something that these are ambiguous problems, like you would get random feedback. For instance, "I wish that I didn't have to go through five steps to get to the final product. I wish I could do that in one step." It's hard to do these things.
But that's where you can use your creativity to come up with parallel solutions. These are things that may not directly impact the one feedback you've got, but you can use other methods to tackle the same problem. This requires a lot of creativity.
Personally, I enjoy that aspect a lot. I get to take this problem and sit back and really mull over it, coming up with some ideas. Then you can pitch it to different people. Usually, it gets toned up completely, with feedback like, "This is wrong with your idea, that's wrong with your idea."
But that process, that creative process, it's very exhilarating. Because once you finally get to the solution, it's very satisfying. For me, it's almost like putting up a show on a stage. You work so hard; you have this ambiguous thought initially, but you put it into an act, a performance.
You go back and forth, you improve. It looks really bad initially, but finally, when you put everything together with the lights, with the sounds, and you have your entire performance ready, it just feels so satisfying. For me, that creative process of taking the ambiguous problem into something that's actually tangible is very satisfying. So, I personally enjoy that part a lot.