Over the past decade of advising, managing and mentoring PMs, the most common piece of advice I’ve given is simple – don’t change teams, yet. I’ve found that sticking power is one of the things most directly impactful on my success and believe the sweet spot for PM roles is about 4-6 years in an area. I see many PMs want to change teams after 1.5-2 years though, which I believe is too early. I think you can gain a lot by spending another few years in an area. Why is that? Let’s explore how staying in an area can help build your PM muscles. Reps Take Time A product rep generally takes 12-24 months, so if you don’t stick around a while, you won’t get to do a full one. What is a rep? The cycle of identifying a problem, learning about it, coming up with some hypotheses of