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Evan Michner

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Welcome to our third episode of Product to Product—a podcast for / by product people. In this episode we have Evan Michner, Principal Product Manager at Atlassian—specifically for their chat tools, Stride and HipChat. Evan is one of those product managers who, as he describes it, stumbled into product. He went to school for creative writing and started his career in ad copywriting. After a few years of feeling meh about copywriting, he got invited to do “product-y stuff” for a new startup. Despite not fully understanding what that meant, he said, “Sure, why not?” and his career as a PM launched from there. My colleague Eleni, who’s also a former-writer, was curious about Evan’s transition from writing flashy headlines to working in product at a massive tech company. But more specifically, how he applies his creative background and writing skills in his day-to-day at Atlassian. With such a need for product managers to be ‘world-class communicators,’ Eleni and Evan’s chat makes the case for why writing isn’t just a nice-to-have soft skill for PMs, but a necessary tool for them. Plus: Evan’s experiences offer some concrete ways for PMs to keep scratching any creative itches they may experience. You can subscribe to Product to Product on iTunes, Google Play or Spotify, or get the latest episodes delivered to your inbox by subscribing here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our third episode of Product to Product—a podcast for / by product people. In this episode we have <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emichner" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Evan Michner</a>, Principal Product Manager at <a href="https://www.atlassian.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Atlassian</a>—specifically for their chat tools, Stride and HipChat. Evan is one of those product managers who, as he describes it, stumbled into product. He went to school for creative writing and started his career in ad copywriting. After a few years of feeling meh about copywriting, he got invited to do “product-y stuff” for a new startup. Despite not fully understanding what that meant, he said, “Sure, why not?” and his career as a PM launched from there. My colleague Eleni, who’s also a former-writer, was curious about Evan’s transition from writing flashy headlines to working in product at a massive tech company. But more specifically, how he applies his creative background and writing skills in his day-to-day at Atlassian. With such a need for product managers to be ‘world-class communicators,’ Eleni and Evan’s chat makes the case for why writing isn’t just a nice-to-have soft skill for PMs, but a necessary tool for them. Plus: Evan’s experiences offer some concrete ways for PMs to keep scratching any creative itches they may experience. You can subscribe to Product to Product on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/product-to-product/id1293415837?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Is7ibqzwhkqszuin6l2li7f3in4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play</a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4rbibgKTXCW3W1mWaEcuIF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, or get the latest episodes delivered to your inbox by subscribing <a href="https://roadmunk.com/product-to-product-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Why PMs need to be great writers – Evan Michner @ Atlassian