Podcast: the 'Product Builder' role hiding in 12,500 job posts, with the full roadmap to land one
aakashgupta · x · 2026-10-25
The full episode and deep-dive behind the 10-step roadmap: Aakash Gupta talks with HelloPM founder Ankit Shukla, who analyzed 12,500 PM job posts to argue that "Product Builder" is a genuinely new role. Freshworks CPO Srini Raghavan predicts the title will replace engineer, designer and PM within 5 years.
The guide covers:
- Whether the role is real or a rebrand, who's hiring, and what it pays
- How to find AI problems actually worth solving
- How to ship a production app with Claude Code
- How to land a product builder role
Every prompt Ankit typed in the episode is published with the post. Free live class and newsletter guide included.
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