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Why Your Engineers Are Hungry for Your Product Vision.

The Product Coalition

Let’s talk about how to define a product vision, and why the lack of a product vision is so detrimental to your team. 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.

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

On day one as Reddit’s new VP of Engineering, Nick Caldwell faced a dilemma. He had just spent 13 years at Microsoft, most recently as the head of 300 engineers. At Reddit, he led a team of 35 – none of whom knew how to manage other engineers. Here are five quick takeaways: Management and leadership aren’t one and the same.

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Alchemer CTO, Brandi Vandegriff, Receives CIO of the Year Award from Colorado Technology Association

Alchemer Mobile

Vandegriff recognized for exceptional leadership of technology and teams, positively impacting Alchemer customers LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, March 13, 2024 – Alchemer, a global leader in experience management and enterprise feedback technology, today announced that Brandi Vandegriff has won the Colorado Technology Association’s CIO of the Year Award.

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Algolia’s Sarah Dayan on what sets a staff plus engineer apart

Intercom, Inc.

When you reach senior level on an engineering track, you’re expected to be optimal in your hard skill set. Despite not having a formal education in engineering, Sarah landed a job as a developer in the French consultant Grand Manitou. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer.

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The recipe for developing your career as a product designer

Intercom, Inc.

Developing your product design career as an individual contributor. The other path, the one I’ll focus on in this post, continues along the journey of individual contributor : to mastery of the craft of design, to leadership without the need to manage, to above all else shipping great work. What about in five years? What’s next for me?

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Debunking The Myth: Engineers Don’t Hate Product Managers, They Just Hate You!

Pranav Khare

On one side, the engineers — the wizards of code, masters of the digital realm. Often at odds, but here’s the twist — it’s not the role of PMs that engineers despise; they just despise the approach of some PMs. The Tale of the Overzealous PM: Bob’s Blunder Meet Bob, a PM with a vision so grand it overshadows the sun.

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Product Leadership 101: What It Takes To Build Successful Product Teams

Userpilot

What is product leadership and how is it different from product management ? In the article, we’ll be discussing what the product leadership role entails and how it is different from the product management role. The product leader and product manager both work towards the same goal: developing successful products. Let’s dive in!