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Insights from the CDH Benchmark Survey: How Are Teams Adopting Discovery Habits?

Product Talk

I asked who was involved in choosing outcomes and was surprised to see that such a large percentage of teams said both their team and leadership were involved. In an ideal world, outcomes should be set by both the product team and executive leadership. of respondents said that their Head of Product (e.g. said their team was involved.

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Best Countries To Outsource Software Development: Why India Reigns

Arkenea

Look to India, where an elite ecosystem of developers delivers world-class results at a fraction of domestic costs. However, when comparing all potential destinations, one country consistently emerges as the definitive leader: India. In 2025, US businesses face unprecedented challenges finding affordable, quality tech talent.

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The Chocolate Cake Problem

Mironov Consulting

 And there’s no ongoing maintenance without a separate service contract.  If we train up an external consulting group on our API and architecture and implementation model, we can then toss that work to folks who want it.  And From this side, we see the world one account at a time.  Sequentially,

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? Soft skills, such as communication, conflict management, and leadership, play a more vital role than hard, technical skills. Freelance or Contractor Finally, software engineers can also choose to go the way of freelancers or contract workers.

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What is the Role of a Technical Program Manager?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

For example, imagine that a CTO is looking to develop and bring to market a software product. Along similar lines, domain expertise is also a crucial piece of successful strategy definition and execution. Leadership And last, but certainly not least, TPMs must have strong leadership.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

Userpilot

of leadership roles. Also – a study by Paychex from December 2018 found that 33% of women in technology have considered changing careers because of male colleagues. I wanted to learn more about what challenges are deterring women from entering leadership career paths in tech. Again…Why? Else : “Yeah absolutely.

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What is Product Management, exactly?

BrainMates

See Parity Consulting’s 2018 Product Management Salary Survey. ). Sometimes, the CPO or VP of Product also plays the role of CTO, overseeing Engineering , in addition to product and design. Product Managers (PM) are responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition of a product or product line.