Izenda

JULY 28, 2020

We all want to go beyond our current position, work hard, get promoted, and move up the proverbial ladder. Engineers live in the product, spending the majority of their time building it, fixing it, and taking care of it. And if any position could be re-named “owner of the product,” it’d be the product manager. It’s human nature.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 20, 2019

As the first and most senior PM, I recognized the need to clarify vision, formalize processes, and set a proactive agenda moving forward. They need to shift their focus to leveraging teams to execute their vision and it is up to you to help with this transition. Start at the Top. In most companies, this process is ongoing.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

In this talk, Leah will show you: How to leverage PLG to navigate challenging markets and position yourself for success. Positioning. About the author – Yoel Eilat With over 15 years of career experience, Yoel has held several leadership positions in top companies. Her core expertise includes: Positioning and messaging.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

designing screens, writing code, running tests), product management is a broader concept that encompasses strategy , vision, and product-market fit. You need a range of disciplines to bring a new product to life: Product development team: Your software engineers play an important role.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Purpose, Vision, Mission and Strategy. As a product leader, you may be involved in defining the purpose of your company, or be responsible for the vision for the product, or it may even be something that is already set. What is your role? The “agile onion” and the layers that you as a product leader should be in.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 14, 2020

Not every company has the position of a Chief Product Officer (CPO). Most companies have a Senior Product Manager position that is the most logical next step for any Product Manager. Some companies also have a Product Director position. As an engineer, he displayed all the acumen and know-how of a Product Manager.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 4, 2019

In the past, I’ve had the chance to work on developing products as a software engineering intern and as a business development intern at a startup. After my junior year, I worked as a software engineering intern but I got to work on my own product. How did you break into product management?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 4, 2022

Connecting with the right software engineering recruiter to help you land your next job is invaluable. It's common practice for companies to use recruiters (either contractors or in-house) to help them keep up with industry trends and find qualified software developers. You just need to know where and what to look for!

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

We realized this was a common question and decided to build a simple visualization to compare software engineer titles across companies. Since then, we’ve expanded into Product Management , Software Engineering Management, and Product Design career tracks! Not sure what the salary range for your position is?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 2, 2022

While behavioral interviews are guaranteed for most tech positions, they're often overlooked in interview prep. The number and style of behavioral inquiries will differ per position, but expect a lot of them! Google and Google Cloud want to make sure you have the skills, expertise, and core competencies for the position.

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Izenda

JULY 22, 2020

Say you have a formidable “A-Team” of software engineers. In this example, you can see how seemingly beneficial skills won’t work without the right personality to channel those skills into a team-driven effort and a singular vision. The quick coder also needs someone with vision to guide their skills and provide supervision.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 12, 2022

Have you been intrigued by the position of Technical Program Manager? The responsibilities of a technical program manager are a little more big picture than that of a software engineer. Many begin as software engineers. Nevertheless, the TPM interview feels daunting for many. TPM is a big-picture role.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 26, 2021

." - former Head of Engineering at Stripe ".I I like to think about [engineering management] in the buckets of people, execution management, cross-functional work , and technical competency. Definitely, other skills exist—things like product vision, or product strategy, or engineering strategy, or communication, or managing up.

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Amplitude

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Eric Wang, a recently hired software engineer on our product engineering team, shares what it’s like to onboard with Amplitude’s engineering department. I’m a software engineer on the product engineering team. What do you do at Amplitude?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 4, 2019

In the past, I’ve had the chance to work on developing products as a software engineering intern and as a business development intern at a startup. After my junior year, I worked as a software engineering intern but I got to work on my own product. How did you break into product management?

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Part of this requires having a solid product vision. Offering a clear idea of what the purpose of your product is, and the positive change it brings about for customers. Keeping this product vision in the back of your mind while iterating on product strategy keeps you closer to being on the right track. What does this mean?

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The Product Coalition

MAY 9, 2020

You might also have heard that it comes under the umbrella of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and is sometimes referred to in software engineering as version control. If you can use numbers to back up your position, you’ll have more authority. This gives the product team a skewed vision of the customer journey.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 27, 2022

The role of a solution architect is one of the most impactful IT positions today. First and foremost, be sure to use the reverse-chronological order to list your previous positions. Are you working to become a Solutions Architect or looking for a new Solutions Architect role?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

For the past few years, I've been building Exponent, which is a company dedicated to help people break into tech career fields including Product Management and Software Engineering, and I have grown this company to now partner with top-tier MBA schools like Stanford and Yale. Why this position and the industry?”

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

We are industry veterans who have each held executive-level positions at major Silicon Valley firms where we have been instrumental in the development of leading products. Description: "TWG is a world-class team of 100+ product managers, designers, and software engineers, located in downtown Toronto.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I’ve previously done work in marketing, UX design, software engineering, and consulting. If you can manage to demonstrate that you are both obsessed with details but a strategic high level thinker, you are generally in a very good position. How did you break into product management?

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams. He graduated from Boston University with a Computer Systems Engineering degree.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

For the past few years, I've been building Exponent, which is a company dedicated to help people break into tech career fields including Product Management and Software Engineering, and I have grown this company to now partner with top-tier MBA schools like Stanford and Yale. Why this position and the industry?”

Product Management 40

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams. He graduated from Boston University with a Computer Systems Engineering degree.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This conference serves a great purpose to give a home to a more mature, understated-but-enormous part of the software industry. Title: Software Engineering Manager. There’s a question of, how do you lead people remotely and still galvanize towards a shared goal or vision? — Speaker: Whitney O’Banner. Movie maker?

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This conference serves a great purpose to give a home to a more mature, understated-but-enormous part of the software industry. Title: Software Engineering Manager. There’s a question of, how do you lead people remotely and still galvanize towards a shared goal or vision? — Speaker: Whitney O’Banner. Movie maker?

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams. He graduated from Boston University with a Computer Systems Engineering degree.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 13, 2020

New software engineers quickly learn that a lot of complexity arises from error handling. This is what you want to design for – you can ship a first version with machine learning that’s not amazing, but it doesn’t really damage the end user experience, because the design makes the cost of false positives relatively low.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams.

Analytic Tools 60

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

In this position, Dustin’s primary responsibilities include product portfolio management, new product introduction and product line strategy deployment. A hands on product leader, Jonathan relishes close collaboration with design and engineering teams.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

I imagine you guys have gotten positive feedback on that. Our product vision is, “The knowledge you need to do your job should find you when you need it.” It is very different than traditional software engineering. I think that’s a great way of articulating it. Rick : Yes, absolutely. How did we focus?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Those who are looking for a job in tech, whether it be in product management, software engineering, data science, or the like, have undoubtedly considered a career at Google. We understand that it can feel overwhelming to aspire towards a position at the tech giant. This is especially true for technical positions.

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