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How to be the go-to engineer for product analytics

Mixpanel

One of those niches that’s become more valuable in recent years: product analytics. 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. Spearhead a slick analytics implementation.

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Solve a Hard Problem (Tinder). Chapter 8 of my upcoming book, The Cold Start Problem

Andrew Chen

The Cold Start Problem , as the book is called, is about the secret that drives many of tech’s most successful products. It’s the story of how messaging apps, marketplaces, workplace collaboration tools, multiplayer games, all share a common thread of being products that connect people with each other. The question is, how?

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Behavioral Data and the Modern Data Stack: Privacy, Building Your Stack, and What’s Next

Indicative

Behavioral data enables companies to build better products and experiences for their customers. That starts with the cloud data warehouse (CDW), which serves as the center of the Modern Data Ecosystem and opens up a broad range of use cases, including Product Analytics. Are they analytical, for example, or data products?

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

I’d be interested in other products that tap into the trends around AirPods, Alexa, voice assistants, etc., It could create a strong advantage around paid marketing if a product has high subscription retention or ARPU, allowing them to make higher bids in the various ad networks. but may not directly sound like podcasting.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

I’d be interested in other products that tap into the trends around AirPods, Alexa, voice assistants, etc., It could create a strong advantage around paid marketing if a product has high subscription retention or ARPU, allowing them to make higher bids in the various ad networks. but may not directly sound like podcasting.