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Algolia’s Sarah Dayan on what sets a staff plus engineer apart

Intercom, Inc.

When you reach senior level on an engineering track, you’re expected to be optimal in your hard skill set. Despite not having a formal education in engineering, Sarah landed a job as a developer in the French consultant Grand Manitou. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer.

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A Tale of Two Roadmaps?—?And Why You Can’t Succeed With Only One

The Product Coalition

The first was a precise set of tasks, milestones, and deliverables for the diligent civil servants tasked with building — the engineers, designers, and product managers. In the product team’s, err, I mean civil servants’ headquarters, the roadmap was a living document, evolving like a dynamic organism. The fallout was immediate.

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Successful Roadmaps Avoid One Thing: Drift

The Product Coalition

Product managers and their teams start with enthusiasm, hit the ground running, and create a solid roadmap. The whirlwind of change, driven by intense collaboration with design and engineering, was short-term focused — almost to a fault. The same is true for your roadmap — it takes more than diligence. Take a breath instead.

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Treat Your Career Like you Treat Your Products by Adam Warburton

Mind the Product

We all treat our products with care, respect, and diligence. Developing a long-term relationship with someone who can act as your mentor and provide advice and direction can help to get around this. Just as with a product, you should start with a vision. It’s our job to make good decisions. Find a Mentor.

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10 Reasons Your Product is Hurting Your Sales Team

The Product Coalition

I try to help product and sales teams succeed under the mantra “Easy to Sell, Easy to Renew.” Yet most of the product community’s dialogue centers around the relationship with product and engineering. I’ve struggled to find many examples detailing how to bond product and sales teams ( Antonia Bozhkova offers a good perspective ).

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391: Product VP of Wyze uses community for product innovation and you can too – with Steve McIrvin

Product Innovation Educators

We help external engineers understand the product requirements and user needs and rely on their expertise. We’re pushing the boundaries of computer vision and machine learning. 8:00] Tell us more about how you’re developing your core capabilities, especially AI visual recognition. When we came out with the $19.99

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Fifteen Rules of Great Product Leadership

Ronke PM

Hire from diverse communities so your teams and organization can represent your customer segments. You must have exceptional communication skills to bring your product strategy and vision to fruition. Therefore, product managers must be empathetic, diligent, and proactive in meeting customers' needs. Always say thank you.