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Transitioning From IC to Management: Tips and Tricks for Engineering Managers

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

This is especially true for new EMs, who often previously worked as software engineers or developers before being promoted. EMs are no longer only responsible for themselves and their own workload, like the ICs on their teams. Now, of course, they are bound to their teams and must work through them, not through themselves.

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The Top 8 Tech Companies to Intern at in 2022

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

The BOLD (Build Opportunities for Leadership & Development) is meant for those business and marketing-related roles. This is not necessarily a bad thing by any means. Nearly all Facebook interns have the chance to ship code or help develop actual projects at the company within days of their programs.

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Everything we’ve learned about scaling sales

Intercom, Inc.

It’s no surprise that one of the key levers for growth as you go from startup to scale-up is your sales team. How quickly you’re able to accelerate growth depends on your ability to build a nimble sales org and develop a strong sales strategy. There were a thousand people in this seminar that he was doing, and it was just Q&A.

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Conducting problem interviews–and other innovation insights for product managers Oct 21, 2016 - The Everyday Innovator – Resources for Product Managers and Innovators

Product Innovation Educators

Inspiration for product teams – a better Amazon Echo in 3 months working part-time and distributed. A recent one-day seminar for the Audio Engineering Society showcased the work of a small distributed team who volunteered their free time over a 3-month period to prototype a bigger better Amazon Echo called Speak2Me.