# Why half of product managers are in trouble | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google)

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Podcast: [Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/lenny-s-podcast)
Published: 2026-04-19T12:31:44+00:00
Episode link: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/why-half-of-product-managers-are-in-trouble
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## Resource

Nikhyl Singhal is the founder of The Skip, a community for senior product leaders; a former product exec at Meta, Google, and Credit Karma; and a many-time founder. He’s also one of the most honest, unfiltered voices on what’s actually happening in product management right now. In our in-depth conversation, we discuss: 1. Why the next two years will be the most chaotic period in product management history 2. Why half of current product managers are at risk, and what separates those who’ll do well 3. Why you need to find your “moments of joy” with AI 4. The “smiling exhaustion” he’s seeing across the product community 5. The psychological barriers that prevent people from reinventing themselves 6. Why your resume’s fancy logos matter less than ever, and what matters now 7. His prediction that companies will shed 30,000 people and rehire 8,000—all AI-first — Brought to you by: WorkOS —Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs Vanta —Automate compliance, manage risk, and accelerate trust with AI — Episode transcript: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/why-half-of-product-managers-are-in-trouble — Archive of all Lenny's Podcast transcripts: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/yxi4s2w998p1gvtpu4193/AMdNPR8AOw0lMklwtnC0TrQ?rlkey=j06x0nipoti519e0xgm23zsn9&st=ahz0fj11&dl=0 — Where to find Nikhyl Singhal: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhyl • X: https://x.com/nikhyl • Podcast & Newsletter: https://skip.show • Skip Community: https://skip.community • Skip Coach: https://skip.coach • Skip.help : https://skip.help — Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com • X: https://twitter.com/lennysan • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/ — In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Introduction to Nikhyl Singhal (02:25…

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