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Software Engineering at Coinbase vs. Robinhood

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

If you're a software engineer interested in joining the booming fintech industry, you have undoubtedly heard of two of the current fintech giants: Coinbase and Robinhood. Both companies are actively hiring new engineers at the moment, but which should you choose? Let's get to it! What is Coinbase?

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Why I Became a Software Engineer at Modus Create

Modus Create

Little would my professor know that three years later I’d build and publish an iOS application on the App Store and would be interning as a Front End Engineer at Modus Create. I’m currently a senior double majoring in Finance and Operations and Information Management (OPIM) in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

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What 14 startup investors and advisors taught us about chasing (and finding) product-market fit

Mixpanel

It’s been a long-held notion in startup circles that lack of product-market fit will doom even the scrappiest of teams to fail. And beyond the anecdotal, an often-cited 2019 study CB Insights found that “no market need” was the leading reason most startups don’t succeed. ” Credit: The Lean Startup Playbook. In short, yes.

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Alternative Product Business Models

Department of Product

And whilst some roles in product require a background in software engineering, these are usually optional. We were recently inspired by the folks at Deel, a startup focused on helping global businesses hire global talent. Some roles prefer design clout but again this is optional. All roles, however, require business skills.

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The Passion Economy (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

Hi readers, Consumer startups have gone through many phases: Web 2.0, Startups like Uber, Airbnb, Instacart, and others have been able to find product/market fit and scale their businesses. Every startup is a Fintech. Facebook apps, Mobile (remember SoLoMo?), In recent years, the Gig Economy has taken over. Looking Ahead.

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Woven CEO Tim Campos on how to spend your most important asset

Intercom, Inc.

When a company is moving from the startup to the scale-up phase, there is the potential for productivity practices to be lost along the wayside. I don’t believe any of that, in large part because I have to develop software for this stuff. It would dramatically reduce the amount of software engineering activity we need to do.

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How Do I Become a Product Manager at IBM?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

In this Path to PM blog post, Kevin shares his journey breaking into a product role as a new grad hire at IBM. I studied mathematics at UCLA, worked 2 summers as a software engineering intern at a Series E AdTech startup, and advised Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) as the product manager for his social basketball app, Gradelo.