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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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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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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower - Product Management

But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is! Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. Founder-Developer Gap How big is your startup’s Founder-Developer Gap?

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Web 3.0 Needs a Shared Vision and Greater Collaboration

The Product Coalition

I would never have thought that my role as a product engineer would include being a bit of an amateur historian. We make a living selling leaders and teams on what the future can look like, and then do our best to meet and exceed that vision. Technologists are, by our very nature, forward-looking optimists. The more I read about Web 3.0

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Crafting a compelling product vision | Ebi Atawodi (YouTube, Netflix, Uber)

Lenny Rachitsky

Known for crafting a strong, unified vision, Ebi empowers her teams to achieve outsized outcomes.

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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 Vision: Speak Language People Will Understand

The Product Coalition

It’ll describe some points divided as follows: Setting the product vision Getting people onboard (stakeholder management) to make it happen How to talk with other areas to get to this vision Why is setting a Product Vision important? Alice Product Manager”- Without Product Vision, any direction will be taken.

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