What is the most promising job in China today?

October 2006 date, I first use Sogou input method, the office of a buddy was surprised to see: You also use Ah!

September 16, 2013, Sogou Wang Xiaoquan and Tencent cooperation, Tencent shares 448 million U.S. dollars for Sogou company 36.5% shares, in the words of the media: Sohu and Tencent holding hands in love.

I really admire Sohu's Charles Zhang, although he has been in a depression for two years, this has just come back, but in his dormant recuperation in the past two years, China's Internet two of the most bright spot of the cattle are his soldiers, one is the news client to do 100 million download the original Phoenix Satellite TV deputy director, now Sohu Vice President Chun, One is Sohu's independent company Sogou's CEO Wang Xiaoquan.

Aside from what the Internet professionals don't say, in the general public, know exactly what Sogou is a company, not many people know that his chairman is Zhang, CEO is Wang Xiaoquan, but you say that the lower right corner of the computer "S" type Input method, almost everyone knows, because Sogou method to market share of more than 80%, Absolute lead.

Rob Mobile internet era of the entrance, is the big Internet company's desk plan, in fact, I am using QQ Input method, but this does not delay my love for Sogou input method.

Tencent's Ma, this time no disappointment, he successfully from Baidu Robin Li and 360 weeks hung 祎 hand, grabbed the Sogou this important resource, did not give opponents any opportunity. Yesterday, Tencent shares the message of the Sogou, someone asked me: Tencent so rich why not wholly buy Sogou?

What can I say? Because my first reaction told me: This is a product manager between the two.

Wang Xiaoquan, one of the best product managers in China, was born in 1978, one year younger than me. The 1971-born Ma, though 7 years older than Wang Xiaoquan, but Ma was in fact one of the best product managers 15 years ago, and pony on Tencent Weibo with only two labels-"whenever", "surfing the Internet"-and he didn't write the most famous label, "QQ founder."

In recent times, the popularity of micro-letters has been heating up, but if you go to see the micro-letter founder Zhangxiaolong's profile will find that Zhangxiaolong before the micro-letter, the best product is actually foxmail. Zhangxiaolong has always been a best product manager, whether you know Foxmail, but Ma is particularly to take this matter seriously, before the micro-letter, when MA in to other people introduced Zhangxiaolong, always said: You know, the Dragon is the founder of Foxmail.

There used to be a "God-like product manager," citing six criteria:

1, understand the technology (statistics, machine learning, visualization, optimization), understand the market (marketing, products, customer behavior, channels);

2, understand the communication (colleague coordination, superior reporting, external presentation);

3, understand tools (SQL, Excel, SAS, PPT);

4, understand the company strategy;

5, always ready to bring team;

6, understand management.

If you have six standards, you may have the opportunity to replicate the success of these product managers, MA, Zhangxiaolong and Wang Xiaoquan; If you are short, you may be able to replicate the success of the capital-run Charles Chao, Shire and Charles Zhang.

Like Charles Zhang, he doesn't make a product himself, but he at least know to invite Daniel's product manager to do for him, and fully authorized, let product manager Wang Xiaoquan from 2005 Sohu Research Center, all the way to make Sogou input method, Sogou browser, Sogou search, become China Mobile Internet access to snatch war in the most important piece.

To remind you, success doesn't matter.

The success of the Charles every day depressed in his own everything but still unhappy so depressed; the success of the Chao depressed Sina's share price lingering in 10 billion U.S. dollars, and Tencent just one months from 90 billion U.S. dollars to grow to 100 billion U.S. dollars in the world ranked third of the Internet enterprises; Shire, He invests the project all to make money, unfortunately is a person to fail.

Therefore, in China, to be a product manager is the most promising.

The reason, I can think of is: China's overall product quality is too poor.

Because not many people are really want to solve the problem of consumers, determined to do a good product, and continue to do a great product, so you can only be a product manager Daniel will have the opportunity to become a big guy eventually.

Because everyone is eager to copy and paste to earn fast money, so you can 10 years as a day, grinding out a good cow coax products to get the world's recognition.

Because we have too many rotten products in the end there is no sincerity, blind good fooled about to cheat everyone's trust, no fear of the heart, so you can through a good product manager so that thousands of consumers like, and finally obtain psychological peace.

Because a lot of the big guys who are already glowing are product managers, if you do not try to make the big guys themselves feel very admire, they have lamented that they do not come out of the good products, the big guys are not going to invest in your company, in your limited life, You also can't get the enviable money and respect.

Okay, pro, to be a product manager, China's internet many large patterns have been stereotypes, many things have been doomed to escape from the palm of Bat (b=baidu,a=alibaba,t=tencent), so if you can do a dream and a fear of the heart of the product manager, Perhaps there is a chance, speculators can never be a lump of mud to help the wall.

Finally, when I consulted a big guy on this point, the big guy said, "Well, the company is the best product."

Well, he won.