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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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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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6 Product Leadership Interview Questions and Answers

ProductPlan

Before hiring a product leader, you need to ensure that you understand the most essential product leadership interview questions that can help better inform your hiring decision. . 6 Product Leadership Interview Questions to Ask. Product leadership is about more than bossing around your direct reports.

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Words of Advice for Aspiring Product Managers

The Product Coalition

When you complete your product discovery work and have the work ready to be executed, you can’t always just expect engineers and designers alike to follow along with your desires. Designers have new proposals to your solution, which requires refactoring of engineering work. Nurture your Relationship with Leadership.

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When your product is your product team

Product Management Unpacked

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If The success of a product is reliant on strong, integrated teams that work together to bring the product’s vision to life. What I was looking at was a product vision and a roadmap and I was like I want that job. That’s the job I want.”.

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Two Powerhouses, One Vision: How Northpass and Gainsight Will Shape the Future of Digital Customer Education

Gainsight

Our team’s vision, focus, talents, and hard work were central to achieving this milestone. A few years later, in 2012, my company was acquired by SPS Commerce (NASDAQ SPSC), and as part of that acquisition, I joined their leadership team. So around this time last year, we revisited and sharpened our vision.

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How The Leadership Team Can Be A Driving Force Behind Product Culture Failure

Bain Public

But unfortunately, in many companies, the product leadership team can perpetuate a negative culture — setting up product managers to fail. In essence, the product leadership team are those with influence on the product roadmap. Product-led cultures elevate products to the highest levels of the company’s mission.