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How Technical Should Product Managers Be?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

To do so, they interact with software engineers and data scientists on a daily basis. This means communicating the user's pain points and clarifying requirements to software engineers. That's what software engineers do. You also want to get differentiated data. PMs build and manage technical products.

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A Conversation with Petra Wille: My Approach to the Continuous Discovery Habits Community

Product Talk

Product leadership coach Petra Wille became fascinated with the idea of Communities of Practice because in her experience, they were the differentiating factor between companies that had successful product orgs and those that didn’t. In learning and development circles, this type of community is known as a “Community of Practice.”

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What's It Take to Work at Google?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Those who are looking for a job in tech, whether it be in product management, software engineering, data science, or the like, have undoubtedly considered a career at Google. Although, the company itself tries to internally differentiate between the two. This is especially true for technical positions.

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Using Embedded Analytics to Drive Revenue

Mind the Product

Five years ago, including embedded analytics in an application was a powerful way for product teams to differentiate their applications, reduce customer churn, and charge more for their products. In the competitive software world, customers are always ripe for churn. Conclusion.

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Two Powerhouses, One Vision: How Northpass and Gainsight Will Shape the Future of Digital Customer Education

Gainsight

We’ve built a fantastic culture on our core values, won NJ’s Best Place to Work four years running, and became a sought-out destination for aspiring software engineers in Poland. We gained instant recognition from customer education luminaries who appreciated our refreshing and differentiated narrative in the market.

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5 Reasons Why Product Managers Have to Understand Data

The Product Coalition

Data Analysts, Senior Product Managers, Product Data Managers , Group Product Managers, Data Analysts, Software Engineers, UX Designers…the list goes on. Optimize Your Time Knowing data will help optimize your time by differentiating urgent things from other urgent things. Some people are naturally more data-centric than others.

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How to be the go-to engineer for product analytics

Mixpanel

Engineers are always looking for ways to differentiate themselves. As data-driven product development continues to balloon in popularity, so does the need for accurate and sophisticated implementation of analytics tracking in software products. Not only that, most don’t really care to learn.