Product Management Unpacked

JANUARY 28, 2019

Today, she is the cofounder and CEO of Kit, a social recommendation platform where tastemakers share products they love. Answers vary – some product management careers are built on work experience alone, while others are driven by formal education or professional certifications. Product management is a cross-functional discipline.

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 3, 2022

The point is that some of these might be catchable by non-technical team members whose job it is to analyze the data, but a lot of cases could only ever be noticed by someone who understands how the implementation actually works on a technical level: an engineer like yourself. Keep the product folks technically up-to-date.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 16, 2020

There’s no way to prepare for it in an educational environment. Most product managers combine what they’ve learned during their formal education with their real-world experience. Compared to a candidate that only boasts a Bachelor’s Degree or has a Masters in a technical field, an MBA shows that you mean business… literally.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Suzie’s post both educates and entertains and is full of practical advice and, as Suzie says, its point is “to empower you and inform you about technical practices that are meant to be business-relevant”. Ramon Guiu’s post From Waterfall to Agile: A Product Manager Transition clearly chimed with many in the community.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 3, 2022

You need to synthesize all the data you can get your hands on into an educated prediction about the next step you and your team should take—which can often be to go get more data! He’s also given technical interviews to 1,400 software engineers who have gone on to accept roles at Apple, Dropbox, Yelp, and other major Bay Area firms.

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

Podcast listeners are not your typical American: they’re affluent, highly educated, and skew male. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. However, the gender gap has narrowed from a 25% gap in 2008 to 9% today.

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Andrew Chen

MAY 28, 2019

Podcast listeners are not your typical American: they’re affluent, highly educated, and skew male. NPR sells ads on its podcasts and has teams of designers, planners, and strategists, but is technically a non-profit media organization. However, the gender gap has narrowed from a 25% gap in 2008 to 9% today.

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