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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? I don’t know.

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Developing a Test Strategy for the Agile World

Centercode

How does your strategy conform to different development methodologies? Can you give us a preview of how test strategy relates to the development methodology used by each organization? You must have a review session to discuss the points of the strategy document. In Waterfall, this can be done as part of the official QA review.

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How we use Slack at Slack

The Product Coalition

2000+ people from 18 offices, across 10 countries, are all currently working remotely There’s no such thing as too many channels I’ve been working in and leading tech teams for a long time, and bringing people together and aligning them around a common goal is always one of the biggest challenges. Slack uses Slack to stay connected?—?2000+

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How Levels.fyi Brought Salary Transparency to the Tech Industry

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Jacob interviews Zuhayeer , co-founder of Levels.fyi, to discuss careers in tech, launching MVPs, and negotiating salaries. We quickly realized crowdsourcing information was the only way we could scale and grow. What advice do you have for people who are considering careers in tech? Anyone can do it! Check out Levels.fyi !

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Crowdtesting – all you need to know

Usersnap

You have developed your product sparked by brilliant ideas and are ready to go-live. Let’s look at the primary “Crowdsourcing” concept first. Industries are being disrupted by digital technologies today. Due to this disruption, traditional ways of innovation are insufficient. Crowdsourcing happens online.

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The Most Under-Appreciated Product Management Skill

ProductPlan

The skills are wide-ranging, from ruthless prioritization, the ability to build consensus with stakeholders, metrics-based decision making, and a host of other business and technical skills. Crowdsourced Picks. Assess your development team’s maturity and adjust your approach accordingly. I’m sharing their top picks with you.

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Business model first–and other innovation insights for product managers Aug 19, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. Should product managers be technical? Some stress technical skills and even engineering or computer science degrees. increase the number of right products developed.