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Data thinking vs. product thinking

Mixpanel

However, if we built an event funnel in our product analytics, one that examines what users are doing several steps before potentially reaching the chat feature, we might find that the engagement drop-off was actually happening a screen or two earlier, maybe due to a poorly designed series of buttons or UI flow. Create counter metrics.

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How to be the go-to engineer for product analytics

Mixpanel

The point is that some of these might be catchable by non-technical team members whose job it is to analyze the data, but a lot of cases could only ever be noticed by someone who understands how the implementation actually works on a technical level: an engineer like yourself. Keep the product folks technically up-to-date.