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Product in Practice: Introducing Opportunity Solution Trees at Texthelp

Product Talk

If you’ve been at your company for a while, you might get inspired after reading a book or attending a conference. Then when Tali moved to her current position, she brought her opportunity solution tree knowledge along and adapted it to the new setting. There are all kinds of ways to introduce continuous discovery habits.

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Build Strong Product Teams by Hiring Graduates

Mind the Product

Last October I took part in Digital Wave , a conference in Bournemouth that brings together over 1,000 young people between the ages of 14 and 19 to learn about the opportunities offered by a career in the technology sector. They have a healthy disrespect for the impossible, and are looking to make a positive impact on the world.

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Platform Management by Brandon Chu

Mind the Product

Brandon posits that looking for opportunities to create a product extension platform in your own product could have great impact. Platform product managers need specific skill sets in order to be excellent at their jobs: Software Engineering: With platforms, your product is code. Why Build Product Extension Platforms?

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How To Break Into Product Management—Sachin Rekhi

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

As an undergraduate at UPenn, I was originally planning to move into software engineering on graduation. Many top employers are looking for computer science or engineering graduates to fill PM positions, and this is an excellent route into the role. Listen to our podcast here, or read the transcription below!

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Women Making an Impact in Product Management in APAC

The Product Coalition

She started her career as a software engineer. Petra Gross has held many product leading positions and has been a speaker at WomeninProduct. Prior to Google, she has also held a position as Brand Manager at Skoda. Berry Yang started as an engineer, worked in BI for ebay and is Chief Product Officer at CreditX in Shanghai.

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What I’m Saying Yes to in 2020 (With 2 Big Announcements)

Product Talk

a product manager, a designer, and a software engineer with shared responsibility for a product). Over 300 students have taken the course and the feedback is overwhelmingly positive. Speaking at conferences has led to some bizarre experiences like when I was at Industry doing a Q&A session with B.J.

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#BoS2019 Speaker Interviews: What They Learned

Business of Software Conference

Each year at the Business of Software Conference, attendees hear insights from some of the smartest people in software, all willing to share their expertise with the community. These videos from a new conference came out on a forum and they were amazing. Title: Software Engineering Manager. Company: Medium.