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Calling future software engineers: Learn about UL’s equity, diversity and inclusion scholarship, funded by Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

We’re excited to sponsor a new equity, diversity, and inclusion scholarship for students of the University of Limerick’s Immersive Software Engineering (ISE) course – valued at €10,000. Software engineering will play a crucial role in the future of business, society, and even our planet. Innovative course design.

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The Power of Opportunity Solution Trees: 7 Key Benefits Revealed

Product Talk

Opportunity solution trees are a simple way of visually representing the paths you might take to reach a desired outcome. Below the opportunity space is the solution space. This is where we’ll visually depict the solutions we are exploring. Below the solution space are assumption tests. Next is the opportunity space.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The same is true in software. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general.

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In Pursuit of the Checkered Flag: The Challenge of Developing a Driverless Race Car System

Product Management Unpacked

CMU Master of Science in Product Management program student Erick Valencia landed a PM experience of a lifetime as part of a student team developing a driverless race car system to race in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. His was one of six sub-teams all designing portions of the autonomous driving system. “I

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How to Evaluate Startup Offers for Software Engineer

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

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. Levels.fyi is a great resource for helping software engineers learn what a fair salary is in the industry. Still got questions? We’re happy to help.

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SaaS Product Management: The Central Nervous System to Product-Led Growth (PLG)

Usersnap

Every SaaS company, whether B2B or not, looks to get more intimately connected with their customers’ needs and pains to grow. In order to understand customer needs, get more customer feedback , and use it actionably, the rise and importance of SaaS product management within digital companies are “mooning” ??. Which one wouldn’t?

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The Power of Product-Led Growth Strategies for Cultivating Advocates

The Product Coalition

The competitive landscape is more intense than ever for technology businesses, particularly SaaS (Software as a Service) companies. Gone are the days when software is instantiated within an organization via a top-down approach. Here when product-led growth comes into play.