This is where spending some years in a big organization can be really helpful. You can find mentors who have managed major products. You learn from them, but at least as importantly, you have their contact info and these are people who answer their email when you have an interesting problem or question for them.
Doesn't have to be corporate. The high end of government has some really stratospheric talent executing high cost, high stakes projects.
Doesn't have to be corporate. The high end of government has some really stratospheric talent executing high cost, high stakes projects.