Thanks Eric, I always enjoy reading your pieces, really great stuff!
While I agree there are many different areas when it comes to Data Products, they still all require people that are passionate about data and also come with at least some basic understanding of what Data is about. Being a Data Product manager is not yet as widely spread as what you'd normally call a product person. Because of that, specifically asking for a Data PM with a passion/past experience in the ML world, for example, can also lead to very little talent "pool", so that's a tradeoff to take when pinpointing to specifics in a job description.
Thanks Eric, I always enjoy reading your pieces, really great stuff!
While I agree there are many different areas when it comes to Data Products, they still all require people that are passionate about data and also come with at least some basic understanding of what Data is about. Being a Data Product manager is not yet as widely spread as what you'd normally call a product person. Because of that, specifically asking for a Data PM with a passion/past experience in the ML world, for example, can also lead to very little talent "pool", so that's a tradeoff to take when pinpointing to specifics in a job description.