Mixpanel

MARCH 3, 2022

Data has fundamentally changed how we design and develop products, but there’s a difference between simply reacting to data points and applying the level of analytic rigor needed to yield meaningful results. There’s an enormous amount of ambiguity when it comes to developing products. Here’s how. The wins are not synonymous.

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 3, 2022

As data-driven product development continues to balloon in popularity, so does the need for accurate and sophisticated implementation of analytics tracking in software products. From the perspective of many engineering teams, product analytics is treated as a second-class citizen. You can find many more examples here.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 18, 2022

Sarah Dayan is a staff engineer at Algolia , a “Search-as-a-Service” platform that helps developers build index and search capabilities into their own platforms through an API, and the host of two tech podcasts: Developer Experience and Entre Devs. Then, four years ago, in 2018, she got a job at Algolia as a software engineer.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

One of the challenges we've long acknowledged in the tech industry is how difficult the transition can be from a software engineer to an engineering manager due to the vast distinction in the skill set to be great at the new role. Shift your individual focus from design and execution to vision and strategy.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Much has been written about the process of creating product roadmaps, not least the six great articles written by my own team. I believe the actions of a product leader all too often are the root cause of a “bad” roadmap. I would define a good roadmap as one that the team understands and feels ownership over.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2020

By leading the creation and development of groundbreaking qualitative analysis products, Jared is dedicated to helping companies like Netflix, Sony, and Disney understand how their content impacts audiences everywhere. That’s Jared and his teams focus on identifying the core emotions that people use when they express how they feel online.

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. However, their (and all product team members’) superpowers and role in SaaS growth is invaluable! Activities of a Product Team Tactical activities Strategic activities Operational activities. Developing product vision.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 6, 2022

We often recommend looking up your interviewer on LinkedIn to understand them a bit better, and reviewing public vision documents produced by the company. View the Amazon Software Development Manager Guide here. Here are a few examples: Amazon loves to interview candidates using their core leadership values. Watch answer.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 2, 2022

Google Product Manager Interview Guide Google Engineering Manager Interview Guide Google Software Engineering Interview Guide Google APM Interview Guide Google Technical Program Manager Interview Guide Google Product Marketing Manager Interview Guide Does Google Ask Behavioral Interview Questions? Leadership.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 13, 2020

ML products also require us to manage relatively large technology risks – this is an area where, unlike in most other product development, technical limitations might render the entire design impossible. New software engineers quickly learn that a lot of complexity arises from error handling. Case study: Resolution Bot.

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Mind the Product

MAY 14, 2018

Like actors, product managers are seen as the lead role, when in reality there is an entire team pulling together. As product managers we could be talking to the legal team about our customers’ personal information one moment, and to engineers about whether we should use Native or React Native to build our app the next.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 12, 2022

The responsibilities of a technical program manager are a little more big picture than that of a software engineer. These kinds of questions evaluate your ability to think and work through technical dependencies, product context, execution strategy, and impact on a team. How do you earn the trust of your team members?

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. She coaches teams on how to collect meaningful customer input and use it to make product decisions on a daily basis. How to build an onboarding team. Plot summary.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

that demonstrate you’re desire to be involved in the space and to keep abreast of developments in the space. Usually companies are looking for culture fit and how you might resolve conflict within a team. Coordinate with other teams in your existing company. Be authentic. Don't be a robot and be truthful. They don’t listen!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Any advice on developing that elusive product intuition or product “spidey sense” ability? You'll notice interesting trade-offs in the products that developers and companies are building. It could be that you love working with people, and building rapport - a product role is all about being at the intersection of the entire RD team.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Businesses also win if, as a result of AI, teams are able to create more white-glove moments that turn users into customers for life. Here are five quick takeaways: Businesses focused on scaling need to think of customer support as a revenue team , not a cost center. For us, that first fit was with growing sales teams.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2022

As a solutions architect, you're the main technical resource for your company's sales team, and can provide a critical job function in a company's growth. We often recommend looking up your interviewer on LinkedIn to understand them a bit better, and reviewing public vision documents produced by the company.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

that demonstrate you’re desire to be involved in the space and to keep abreast of developments in the space. Usually companies are looking for culture fit and how you might resolve conflict within a team. Coordinate with other teams in your existing company. Be authentic. Don't be a robot and be truthful. They don’t listen!

Product Management 40

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Any advice on developing that elusive product intuition or product “spidey sense” ability? You'll notice interesting trade-offs in the products that developers and companies are building. It could be that you love working with people, and building rapport - a product role is all about being at the intersection of the entire RD team.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2019

The ultimate guide on how to manage young PMs in your team. Most of the young PMs in India either become a PM after their MBA (majority of the population) or after being a software engineer for a couple of years (seen often) or straight out of undergrad (path less traveled) or post-entrepreneurship (even less traveled).

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams. Typically, B2B issues can be more complex, require the collaboration of a lot more departments within the company, and are often in direct dialogue with the consumer, rather than a buying team or committee. And I thought it was all about the work.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Some developers want to work for the next “big thing” and you won’t be able to hire them but you will be able to hire people who’ve done it. This conference serves a great purpose to give a home to a more mature, understated-but-enormous part of the software industry. Title: Software Engineering Manager. Company: Medium.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Some developers want to work for the next “big thing” and you won’t be able to hire them but you will be able to hire people who’ve done it. This conference serves a great purpose to give a home to a more mature, understated-but-enormous part of the software industry. Title: Software Engineering Manager. Company: Medium.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

” Whitney O’Banner, Software Engineering Manager, Braintree. “‘ Focus In Action Is Great Leadership ‘ by Belinda Johnson White provided me with the most practical framework for developing as a leader in business.” ” Claire Lew, CEO, Know Your Team. Its a game changer for me.”

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 6, 2020

– NLP (natural language processing) another subset or field the AI there’s a ton more; there’s vision, there’s lots of things being done I won’t try to talk about all of them. spring and when things are going bad it’s an AI winter. There’s been lots of these ups and downs over the decades.

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