Product Manager Memes: AI, Growth, Marketing memes

Sometimes, you have to laugh at yourself. Being a product manager is not easy.

For a few months now, I’ve been sharing product management memes on our social media channels every Wednesday. I thought it would be fun to gather them all in one spot, so you can easily find a laugh whenever you need it. 😄

This meme list constantly gets updated.

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Burnout = Prioritizing Stakeholder > User needs

I am so burnout after including everyone into the product roadmap 😫

Engineer accidentally getting added to the Signal group chat with other Product Managers…

Product Manager 1: "Can we launch this feature tomorrow? The CEO wants it ASAP!"

Product Manager 2: "Wait, I thought we were scrapping this feature for the new roadmap?"

Product Manager 3: "No, no, we need to add 3 more integrations before launch."

Product Manager 4: "Actually, let's rename it and position it for a different market."

Product Manager 5: "What about the user feedback from last quarter? Shouldn't we address that first?"

Product Manager Memes: Studio Ghibli edition

CEO: Let’s add chatbot, AI, and blockchain this week!

Product Manager: “uhh… It’s only a MVP right now.“
(thinking: do you know how much more work we need to do that? Jeez)

Product Manager: “I guess I have to re-do the whole Q2 roadmap tonight.”

Fixing tech debt sounds like it's gonna take a while. Let’s just live with it 🙂‍↕️

Product Calls

You get an email introducing you to a promising SaaS tool that seems like the perfect solution for your team. Excited, you dive in, only to find yourself stuck in a cycle of sales-led motions—multiple demos, repetitive sales calls, and no clear answers. Frustrated, you abandon the process altogether.

Ever been excited about a promising SaaS tool, only to realize you're stuck navigating endless demos and sales calls? This meme perfectly captures the feeling. Sometimes, the sales-led motion just isn’t worth the hassle. Squidward gets it—do you?

When all you wanted was to try the product, but instead you get CC’d into a 12-step sales process. 😩

During a company meeting, the CEO insists on aligning the product messaging with the latest industry trends. Reluctantly, you as the product manager declare, “We’re AI-first,” knowing it’s just another buzzword. The room erupts in applause, but you can’t help but cringe internally.

This classic Simpsons meme captures the corporate buzzword fatigue. The CEO is not satisfied till the product manager says the line, "We’re AI-first", an overused tech jargon.

Product Manager: Can we get investment for our data science team?

CEO: No

Product Manager: Then, are we an AI-first company?

CEO: Yes, now put it on our website.

As a product manager researching competitors, you notice every B2B SaaS company is branding itself with the same AI-related terms: "AI Copilot," "Gen AI," "LLM-powered," and more. It feels like everyone’s offering the same thing, leaving you wondering how to differentiate your product in this crowded space.

The Spider-Man pointing meme hilariously illustrates the current state of B2B SaaS marketing. With terms like "AI Copilot," "LLM," "Gen AI," and "AI-powered" flying around, it’s hard to tell them apart. No one knows what the customers like…

“Which word should we use on our landing page?! 🤔” - your marketing team

You’re presenting your product roadmap to stakeholders, trying to explain how all the pieces fit together. With diagrams, sticky notes, and detailed explanations, it starts to feel like a conspiracy board. By the end of it, everyone is confused—and so are you!

This meme perfectly encapsulates the product manager’s struggle to explain their roadmap. With diagrams, charts, and endless sticky notes, they try to make sense of it all—only to end up looking like a conspiracy theorist.

When the Product Manager is tasked with updating the landing page…

Even when PLG is working… you will always find the company hiring more sales reps… 😅

Gotta get that T2D3! 🙃

Me, doing Growth: Living the PLG dream... until the Q4 numbers hit

Also me… : nervously checks MRR daily 😰

CEO: "Cool product analytics dashboard. Now show me the sales pipeline dashboard."

“Fine. I'll do it myself.”

It’s actually the way I prefer, lol 😉

AI's Coming to Town 🎅🤖

Oh, you better watch out,
You better not cry,
Better not pout,
I'm telling you why:
AI is coming to town!

It's making a list,
And checking it twice,
Gonna find out who's efficient and nice.
AI is coming to town!

It sees you when you're slacking,
It knows when you're on track,
It knows if you've been bad or good,
So be good for goodness' sake!

Oh, you better watch out!
AI's Coming to Town

After I get that job, I am totally on the right 😜

This is pretty common:

Where is my PLG commission??? 😡

I know as a PM, I welcome another PM… they can go deep and own a product-line

Maybe a marketer would rather hire an agency who do their work… then the company to invest in another marketer — I could be wrong…  😂

Even with ChatGPT, wow I got other stupid updates and product documents I have to write at 1am… 😭

Ever since using ChatGPT, I have been thinking of what to ask.

It’s getting to a point where I am not* even asking questions anymore. I am just saying all my frustrations, anxiety, and problems in life and letting ChatGPT become my private therapist and coach.

While creating this meme, it got me into a rabbit hole…

According to some research, 85% of ChatGPT mobile users are men.

In regards to the Product Led Growth, I wonder if that is the same % distribution as paid ChatGPT users vs. free ChatGPT users?

Giving out 5 ⭐️ G2 Reviews… is you get that $25 gift card for semi-lying 🤑

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I am Gary Yau Chan. 3x Head of Growth. Product Growth specialist. 26x hackathon winner. I write about #PLG and #BuildInPublic. Please follow me on LinkedIn, or read about what you can hire me for on my Notion page.