Does not matter where you come the end goal is what matters, be it Sales, Digital Marketing, Engineering, or some other domain of work altogether.
We all need some assurance now and then in what we are trying to accomplish. Here are a few good reads to help you get a sense of how some really good Product Managers have transitioned into the role from different backgrounds.
Shifting gears from sales to product management
How I Moved From Engineering Into Product Management - Mind the Product
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGWkuRZi_jE&feature=emb_logo
Finally, some quality insights from PMs and PM coaches on how to get into the role of a PM.
How To Land a Product Management Job Straight Out of College
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5S0IPTXWEmfs0ksfndOMGF?si=lT4qrbzHQ6KPy21PRmTazQ
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4TWxYZ4XwGvyNVSxFhy0D0?si=YKyh18rdSUq27-O15AQ_tQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9ihoDHLyGQ
Now that you know how to break into the role, you should know that to be a PM, a generalist, one is expected to have a variety of attributes.
Listed down here are a few common such attributes:
And so many more.