Vik Agarwal

Behind the Unlock: PM, Careers & Growth AMA

Amazon

Zynga

Electronic Arts

Machine Zone

PM leader in tech & gaming | Author | Mentor to 100+ PMs in 2024

Exclusive Q&A on PM, gaming, careers, or the book—ask Vik anything, no fluff.

🔥 Ask What You Can’t Google

Break into product, grow fast, and lead smarter—real tactics from tech and gaming trenches.

🚀 From Stuck to Supercharged

Bring your toughest career questions— and get practical, honest advice you can use immediately!

🎯 Live Mentorship, Zero Fluff

Build AI Assistants, become a Super-IC PM, and ship  AI Product Roles

AI Lead-built early Agents @Google, Meta

Google

Microsoft

Amazon Web Services

Mahesh Yadav

20+ years exp., Ex-Google, Meta Research, AWS AI | 10k+ AI Alums

 

Bootcamp 2

Bootcamp 3

Enroll at Full Price &amp; Get my $3000 Worth #1 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://maven.com/mahesh-yadav/genaipm">Agentic AI PM Certification Cohort Free</a> or Get $750 Off code with Code "SUPPORT25" PMs are required to be builders now. If you can understand how Claude Code works and make it work for you daily, you can 10× your impact.<ul><li>This course ensures that you not only use Claude Code, but also truly understand how they work under the hood and how you can build agentic AI using Agentic2.0 (agent loop).</li><li>We also combine this with MAANG/OpenAI/Anthrophic level interview AI PM interviews preparation, using a case-studies from real AI interviews.This course will build your AI product sense and execution muscle needed to succeed in AI space for internal and external jobs transfers.</li></ul>You will get access to our miniPM agents and my expert level AI PM <code>skills.md</code> to automate your PM grunt work for 3 months. Any doubts/requests? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://calendly.com/arjita-legalgraph/30min">Book a call</a>BONUS : Benefits worth $2230 as:• v0 credits • Rolestack.ai to automates job application and booking hiring manager calls for you • AI Role Interview Prep Material and Mock Support • Mahesh's Substack Premium access for 6 months

Crack AI Interviews | Build with Claude Code | Master AI Product Sense

Foundations:  Claude Code, Super-IC Mindset & AI PM Roles

Claude Code, Technical Depth towards Building (not just prompts)

How to work like an AI-native PM

Agent-Driven Prototypes & Technical Interview Thinking

Portfolio, Vibe Coding Interviews & Job Strategy

How to target the right AI roles, prepare with real substace

Product Managers who want to pivot into AI or lead AI-native products &amp; those with some AI/ML exposure who want to master agentic systems.

Engineers or tech-leaders wanting to move into product strategy for AI. Those aiming for AI PM roles at top-tier companies &amp; AI startups.

Anyone who wants hands-on build + portfolio + interview readiness, not just theory.

Become an expert API Product Manager and learn how to scale and manage an API portfolio.

Founder, Level 250 | 3x VP, API Products

Verisk

Moodys

Oracle

SmartBear

Precisely

Emmanuel Paraskakis

15+ years in APIs | Product Consultant for SaaS and API Companies | 3x VP PM

Cohort 7

Cohort 8

If you’ve shipped an API product already and want to level up your expertise, this course is for you. You’ll learn how to design and deliver API products that meet technical standards but also drive measurable business impact. We’ll go beyond the basics, building APIs that empower both developers and business stakeholders, while solidifying your role as an API thought leader within your organization.You’ll walk away with a practical toolkit for everything from rapid prototyping to scaling API products for high-volume use:Understand APIs at a deeper level, enough to earn the respect of peers, leadership, and technical teams• Drive business impact by setting measurable goals and KPIs for your API products• Build a clear path to product growth through monetization, internal advocacy, and advanced GTM strategies• Deliver a stellar Developer Experience with better documentation, security, and onboarding flows• Become the API champion who can confidently guide decision-making and position APIs strategically in your organizationWhen you complete this course, you’ll have the skills and perspective to deliver real value and confidently guide and scale the next generation of API portfolios.

Accelerate Your Career and Become the Go-To API Expert in Your Organization

Define a Winning API Strategy for the Future

The API Lifecycle: Understand How Great APIs Are Made

Drive API Adoption with an Effective Go-to-Market Strategy

Design and Build a Working API Using Best Practices

Future-Proof and Protect your API Portfolio

Network and Collaborate with your peers

Product Managers with some API PM Experience who want to take on more responsibility and become experts at shipping public and internal API

Product Managers who have shipped API Products but want to gain a deeper understanding and scale to an API Portfolio

Product Leaders who want to hire and manage a team of API Product Managers.

Walk away with the skills, the AI fluency, and the job search plan to break into product management in 5 weeks.

Cohort 3 May 2026

20+ YoE | 8+ Yrs Teaching | 5K Students 

Linktree

Kajabi

Expedia Group

Harvard University

Melbourne Business School

David Wang (Product Dave)

20 YoE PM | 8 Yrs Teaching | 5K Students | 300+ Success Stories | 

Cohort 23rd March 2026

Cohort 4 2027

This 5-week course is designed for Engineers, Designers, BA's, Analytics teams, Operations, and product-adjacent professionals who want to move into product without starting from zero.👉 This course teaches the PM Foundations first, then we'll use AI to execute.(This is a highly curated, 12-person course, not a 500-person class, where you get lost in the noise)What you'll learn:By the end, you won’t just say “I want to be a PM”.You'll walk away with a PM portfolio case study, reviewed by me, that shows how you think, how you make decisions, and how you turn messy problems into clear product work.You’ll work through the same artefacts product teams use in real companies: Customer Research, Market Dynamics, PRDs, North Star Metrics &amp; Product Roadmaps.You'll also build an AI Product You can use in your interviews.-What you'll get:<ul><li>Certification from Product Academy</li><li>5 x Weekly live workshops to build real skills</li><li>5 x 30 min 1:1 private coaching</li><li>Full Miro board of PM tools and frameworks</li><li>AI prompt library to speed up every step of PM work</li><li>Career Happiness Refund: If you're not happy, you'll get 100% refund anytime in your career.</li></ul>

Build the Product Thinking, AI fluency, and Product Proof to Land Your PM Role

Understand Where You are in Your PM Transition Path

Develop the Product Sense Companies Test for in PM Interviews

Make Product Trade-offs That Get Buy-In From Executives

Vibe Code a Real AI Product From Scratch in a Live Class

Land Your First (or Next) PM Role With a Networking Strategy

Product thinking needs real workplace judgement. This course promotes learning from each other's real-life experiences. 

Must be a Mid-Career Professional | 4+ Years of WORKING experience

We use real examples from tech companies and tech products; otherwise, you'll get lost in the concepts.

Must work in tech or tech-related products

Mid-Career Pros Hitting Career CeilingsPeople moving into PM who want practical product thinking &amp; real skills to show their ability

Unofficial PMs - Engineers, Designers, Program Managers, BAs, and SalesFolks who touches product work and wants to define WHAT to build

PMs who needs to stay relevant in the AI eraCurrent PMs who want to remove low-level work and use AI to operate with more impact.

Become the PM executives trust — earn approval for AI products that deliver business outcomes via the Product Explorer™ Methodology.

Creator of Product Explorer™ methodology

The Home Depot

U.S. Army

Cadence

Unilever

Stanford University

Rocky - ProductLedCEO

Led the $1.3B Product P&L at Home Depot | Created Product Explorer™ | CEO & CPO


March 2026

June 2026

AI is not replacing Product Managers. It is replacing the ones who cannot think.AI Product Builder — build a product using AI tools &amp; ship fast — is no longer a differentiator.So what separates the PMs companies fight to keep from those quietly replaced?Before you become a Product Builder, you need to be a Product Explorer™ — the ability to connect every decision to a business outcome that your executive is accountable for.A Product Explorer™ is given problems to solve, not features to build. That distinction changes how execs see you.That discipline is called Product Strategy &amp; Discovery — &amp; most PMs skip it entirely, accelerating the feature factory. Garbage in, garbage out, faster.The PM who survives develops 3 skills:<ul><li>Executive skills to set product strategy and earn approval</li><li>Inventor skills to run Product Discovery &amp; find solutions worth building</li><li>Operator skills to scope, frame ROI, &amp; deliver the business outcomes</li></ul>Over four Saturdays — 15 hours direct with Rocky (~$100/hr vs. $400–600/hr for comparable exec coaching) — you develop all three through the Product Explorer™ Methodology, build your own AI opportunity, &amp; a business case judged by Rocky.Not someday. Now.

Master the Executive, Inventor & Operator skills that make C-suite fight for PMs

Executive skill: connect every product decision to a business outcome.

Executive skill: set AI Product Strategy tied to mission and outcomes.

Inventor skill: run Product Discovery to learn what is worth shipping

Operator skill: build a Business Case that earns executive approval.

All 3 skills: pitch and earn Executive Approval under real pressure.

All 3 skills: measure success by Outcomes — not features shipped.

You've shipped at least one product or feature — this course builds on that foundation, not from scratch.

Basic product management experience

You've used ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini at work or personally — so we can skip the basics and go deeper.

Familiarity with at least one AI tool

Week 2 discovery prototyping sessions run on Claude (claude.ai — Pro plan, USD 20/month). You will need the paid plan to build and test it

Access to Claude's paid plan (USD 20/month)

PMs tired of shipping features stakeholders ask for — ready to deliver business outcomes executives actually fund

Mid to senior PMs who do solid product work but struggle to connect it to what leadership actually cares about.

Product managers feeling pressure to deliver AI results but unsure how to make it count at a business level

Agentic AI

Coding with AI

AI Workflows

Claude Code

OpenClaw

Vibe Coding

AI Evals

AI Transformation

RAG & Search

AI for PMs

AI for Engineers

AI for Designers

AI for Marketers

AI for Founders

Product Sense

Product Discovery

User Research

Prototyping

Growth

Analytics

Tech Foundations

Strategy

Influence

Leadership

Career Growth

Machine Learning

LLM Ops

Context Eng

Security

System Design

Figma

Design Systems

Visual Design

Design Strategy

Automation

Content Marketing

Demand Gen

Go-to-Market

Product Marketing

Positioning

Social Media

Brand

B2B Marketing

SEO & AEO

AI for Leaders

AI Governance

Communication

Management

People Operations

Exec Presence

Storytelling

Goal-setting

Personal Brand

Fundraising

Everyone

Operators

Data Scientists

Business Analysts

User Researchers

Customer Success

Project Managers

HR Professionals

Sales People

Lawyers

Finance

Investors

Real Estate

Educators

Creators

Introduction: Why I Wrote 'Achievement Unlocked'

Key Advice: Get Hired for What You Know, Not What You Want to Be

Defining the Product Manager Role and Its Variations

Learning from Customer Workarounds

The AERM Framework: Acquisition, Engagement, Retention, Monetization

Q&A: The Importance of Domain Experience for PMs

Finding Your Voice: Creativity, Boldness, and Taking Risks

Job Hunting Strategies: The Victorious Method and Interview Prep

Defining True Leadership in a Team

Thriving in a New Role: The First 90 Days

Mentorship Offerings, Future Content, and Q&A

Q&A: Three Key Career Lessons Learned

Q&A: Finding New Opportunities After an Initial Fix

Q&A: Standing Out in a Tough Job Market and Persevering

Q&A: Lessons from Sunsetting a Product

Q&A: Finding Virtual Communities and Final Wrap-Up

Product managers who drive strategy, development, and launch of products.

Getting promoted, navigating job transitions, and advancing to the next level in your career.

Behind the Unlock: PM, Careers & Growth AMA

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Vik Agarwal