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How Technical Should Product Managers Be?

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To do so, they interact with software engineers and data scientists on a daily basis. This means communicating the user's pain points and clarifying requirements to software engineers. That's what software engineers do. The PM does not need to code and in no way should the PM tell the engineer how to code.

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What Is Business Operations & Strategy (BizOps)?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Business operations could entail: Marketing, Sales Operations, Web development, Copywriting, Brand management, Amongst many many other business activities. Given the breadth of something like BizOps, it may feel a bit more obscure than a position like software engineer, for example. That's certainly understandable.

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Finding & Nurturing Top Talent | Elpie Bannister & Alex Yang | BoS Europe 2019

Business of Software Conference

Having worked at Google and Code Academy and having founded a startup on my own that has taught web development to over 20,000 entrepreneurs. Other organisations, like Google, offer fantastic learning opportunities and growth progression and we believe that most NGOs will also try to differentiate on their organisational purpose.