Jim Kuhr
Director of Product
Roadtrip Nation
Roadtrip Nation
Director of Product
I manage teams that develop products.
Most of my days are filled with meetings, I'm lucky in the fact that the meetings can be about widely varied topics which keeps things interesting. I get to discuss both high level strategic topics as well as more tactical topics around getting things done. The meetings are with smart and passionate people so the discussions are very interesting. The challenges change all the time so I'm constantly learning and researching new areas.
Here's the first step for high school students
These days you'll need to be very comfortable with technology in general and if you want to move into any product development role you'll really need an undergraduate degree for most large companies. I think it's helpful to at least experience working in a large company that can provide good role models for the areas of work you are most interested in. Then you'll have a framework for either starting your own company or helping a smaller company grow.
"In high school people said I wasn't very smart and couldn't do well since I wasn't going to go to college."