Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Be Clear on What a Software Platform Is. Different people have suggested different definitions for the term software platform. Let me briefly share mine: I view such a platform as a collection of software assets that are used by several products, as the following picture illustrates. But platforms come with potential drawbacks.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It is no secret that software engineering interviews are rigorous and extensive today. This is especially true given that many of the companies' exact hiring processes may differ, ultimately making it harder for you to know what to expect. Here, they will speak with at least one hiring manager at the company.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

by Rich Archbold, Senior Director of Engineering at Intercom. The same is true in software. We are all in a battle, multiple battles in fact, with a lot at stake: whether it’s the fate of the company we work for or for the product that we build. It’s hard to win a battle you don’t realise you’re in. Innovative startups.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A Code Review, also sometimes called a "Peer Code Review," is the software engineering process that involves developers looking over code for mistakes or other problems. In many instances, code reviews involve many different developers working together. Let's get to it!

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Product Management University

JULY 31, 2023

The career paths for sales engineers (SEs) and solution consultants (SCs) are wide open due to the blend of business and technical skills, sales skills and positioning expertise required to succeed in this role. Are Sales Engineers and Solution Consultants the Same? Are Sales Engineers and Solution Consultants the Same?

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2021

In today’s competitive business environment, technology is increasingly shaping the strategies that companies develop to try to outdo their competition. One of the main examples of this are the customized software applications that companies are rushing to develop to allow them to better connect with their users.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 8, 2020

We’d like to share some insights from what we’ve learned so far about software delivery and operations over the past few weeks of working from home during COVID-19 , and how we as an engineering team have adjusted to this unprecedented, unpredictable situation. New situation, new processes? What do we need to change?

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Product Talk

MARCH 13, 2024

Instead, they hand off work from team to team—the back-end engineers design the data model and system architecture, the front-end engineers build the interface elements, the mobile engineers work toward feature parity, etc. The company was facing several problems with their old approach.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? An engineering career can go in many different directions depending on your technical skill set and what you want out of a job. We've got your covered.

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Business of Software Conference

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Software, to the average person, is pretty boring. How to Write Copy for Your Software Company 1. Search Amazon for customer reviews on industry-related products or books. The results were both shocking and undeniable: The “test” copy resulted in nearly a 124% increase in clicks to sign up for the company’s emails.

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Split

APRIL 29, 2021

Companies that invest constantly in tools to help engineering teams reduce the cycle time show a higher degree of employee satisfaction, leading to less employee frustration and higher retention over time. The next tier down, the highly successful engineering orgs have cycle time at one week or less. Time to First Review.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 12, 2020

To help you make a better-informed decision on the next tech partner for your business, we have prepared this guide to hiring the best offshore software development company. Offshore software development has become a popular practice for businesses worldwide. It’s a cornerstone of an offshore software outsourcing bible.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.  OK, What’s A Company Strategy?   Did they have sufficient input?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Software Engineering jobs are among the most in-demand and highest-paying jobs on the labor market today. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that software engineering jobs will grow by 22% in this next decade. Individual SWE roles can differ dramatically based on the company. However, coding isn't everything.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Engineers are often reluctant to participate in discovery. This is only natural: Through years of bad habits, many of us have shown engineers that we only value them for the code they can write. But there are many reasons why engineers are one of the essential members of the product trio. And this is a good thing.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 18, 2022

Continuous improvement is a continual process to improve components of enterprise software?—?processes, Regardless of today’s software development aspect, increasing demand for new features in the products makes competitive advantage higher than ever. Changes can be large or small, which depends on the software projects.

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Mironov Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Product management doesn’t run Engineering; Engineering runs Engineering. And at least in public, Engineering and Product leadership need to be shoulder-to-shoulder , actively supporting each other at every turn. But there are some engineering team configurations that I see as problematic.  So

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 6, 2022

Security engineering interviews are some of the toughest in the tech industry. As a security engineer, your job is all about reducing risk for technical products by thwarting malicious behavior. Security Engineer Interview Stages In general, the security engineer interview has the following interview stages at most companies: 1.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 14, 2021

As a principal engineer, you can effectively be operating as a team of one – and that makes it a little trickier to manage your time. . At Intercom, we believe that a principal engineer should “set goals autonomously and at the level of scope and ambition usually associated with a team.” Engineering org needs.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 12, 2020

You’ve got multiple offers from startups engineering positions, but how do you choose which one to take? With so many factors to consider, this article aims to compile the most important factors into one easy-to-read resource for software engineers evaluating startup offers. It’s the wild west out there.

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Userpilot

MARCH 15, 2024

Is Appcues or UserGuiding the best tool for no-code growth? And is there a better in-app onboarding software that would better fit your needs? With so many alternatives on review sites, it’s a bit tricky to really choose one. TL;DR Let’s explore how Appcues and UserGuiding compare when it comes to enabling SaaS no-code growth.

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Mixpanel

AUGUST 18, 2022

At most companies, software engineers are in a constant state of rushing to get features and bug fixes out the door. This means product analytics can be seen as a burdensome afterthought for a lot of engineers —one that just adds more grind to an already packed schedule. Prioritize analytics in your sprint plans.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 26, 2020

There’s nothing to be nervous about once you’re confident in your skills and knowledgeable about the normal software engineering interview questions. This article will start by talking a little about the procedure of most software engineering interviews. The big tech companies (i.e.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 14, 2019

The market is saturated with hundreds of FinTech software development companies, so it can be challenging to choose the one that best fits your business. These companies will help you build a user-friendly software that allows you to manage your financial activity efficiently. The financial industry is not an exception.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For every company that’s executing the freemium model successfully, there are hundreds more that struggle and the tension it can create between sales, marketing, and product teams. Right off the bat, Kristen acknowledges that the freemium model isn’t a universal cheat code for winning sales. Let the product be your sales guide.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 5, 2022

With so many options on the market, it can be difficult for SaaS executives to find the best onboarding software for their product. What you need is a rigorous analysis of the top players out there, based on an understanding of the features that quality onboarding software needs to provide to be competitive. Secondary onboarding.

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Split

MARCH 30, 2023

Feature toggles—or feature flags or flippers—are a powerful tool software engineers use to enable and disable certain features within a codebase. We’ll explore how these tools have become essential to many development processes today, and discuss why they remain so important for software teams of all sizes.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

Review design. As I’ll explain below, the “why” and “where” form your product vision, and your product team (especially your engineers), not only want this from you, but need it in order to do their best work. Why does product vision matter to your engineers? Write code. Review sprint work in retro. Write spec.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As engineers, one of the fundamental things we have to learn is the extent to which we can break things – how do we get the right balance between shipping safely and shipping fast? Almost 3 years in as a product engineer here, I have changed my perspective. Shipping with such a setup changes how you think about building software.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2019

Here's a breakdown of how to consider a career in product management versus software engineering As a new grad, I was lucky enough to choose between product management and software engineering amongst other options. As an engineer, you’re responsible for building and shipping software.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 6, 2022

Whether we're talking about its world-famous search engine, YouTube, or one of its many cloud-based apps, millions of people use Google products every day. The software engineers at Google work on some of the most influential products in the world. In this guide, you’ll learn about Google’s Coding Interview Rubric.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2021

This article may help you find the right company. After investigating the top mobile app development companies on Clutch and The Manifest, as well as researching their service offering and client feedback, we have compiled this list of the industry leaders in Poland. It’s likely your mobile device.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. Yes, the Computer Science curriculum had several required Hardware Engineering classes. The idea of a code review or a design review?

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Sachin Rekhi

APRIL 5, 2020

Ada and I both had the privilege of working at two data-driven companies, LinkedIn and SurveyMonkey , led by two analytically rigorous leaders, Jeff Weiner , and the late Dave Goldberg. One practice that both companies established was weekly executive-level metrics reviews. Why metrics reviews matter.

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Modus Create

APRIL 5, 2021

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. Now imagine running an omnichannel retail company overhauling its bottom line by providing machine learning recommendations based on time series data.

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Modus Create

MAY 3, 2023

In engineering-driven organizations, product management can be very feature-focused. Engineering teams likely have a history of delivering features and delivering them very fast. Be honest: how do you think that kind of business proposal, coming from one person new to the company, would be received?

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Atlassian

JANUARY 13, 2022

AT&T, a US-based telecom company, faced a major crisis in 1990. They wanted to speed up long-distance calls, leading them to release a complex software upgrade. Later, they found that the software upgrade contained one line of buggy code, leading to cascading switch failures that ultimately snowballed into a huge problem.

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