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Chapter 6: Gaining Experience Without a Job Title (1,200 words) .............................. 60

Internships and Apprenticeships .......................................................................................... 60

Why Internships Matter .................................................................................................... 60

How to Approach an Internship ....................................................................................... 60

Startup Experience ................................................................................................................ 61

Why Startups Accelerate Learning .................................................................................. 61

What You Learn in a Startup ........................................................................................... 62

Freelance Product Work ....................................................................................................... 62

What Freelance Product Work Looks Like .................................................................... 62

Why Freelancing Is Valuable ............................................................................................ 62

How to Start ........................................................................................................................ 63

Volunteering for Nonprofits .................................................................................................. 63

Why Nonprofits Are Strong Learning Environments .................................................... 63

Skills You Develop ............................................................................................................. 64

Building Your Own Mini Product ........................................................................................ 64

What Is a Mini Product? ................................................................................................... 64

What You Learn from Building Your Own Product ..................................................... 65

Start Small .......................................................................................................................... 65

Shifting Your Mindset About Experience ........................................................................... 66

Turning Experience into Evidence ....................................................................................... 66

Final Thoughts ....................................................................................................................... 67

The Career Switch Playbook into Product Management by Nkeonye Akumah - HTML preview

Chapter 6: Gaining Experience Without a Job Title (1,200 words) .............................. 60

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