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The Making of Product Managers: Negar’s Story

The Product Coalition

This is a free sample story from my book The Making of Product Managers. Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. As a marketer, she was used to being brought in after a product was already built to market its benefits.

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How to get into product management with ‘the wrong’ background.

The Product Coalition

Strategies for switching into a product management role when you don’t fit the cookie cutter qualifications. Getting into product when you’ve already started your career Product management requires, above anything else, good judgment. It shouldn’t be a prerequisite for product management jobs either.

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How Technical Should Product Managers Be?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

One of the most frequently asked questions from those aspiring to enter the product management field is: how technical do I need to be if I want to be a PM? PMs build and manage technical products. In this article, we will explore how technical a good product manager should be. Do I Need to Be Able to Code?

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Web Designer vs  Web Developer – How do they differ?

UX Studio

Web designer vs web developer – as a UX designer, I counter this match daily. But truly, the phrases don’t stop here, we have visual designers, front-end developers, back-end developers, UX designers (like me), et cetera. A developer friend of mine met with a client a couple of months ago.

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5 Reasons Why Product Managers Need to Understand Content Management Technology

The Product Coalition

2020 is only halfway done, but it already was a big year for Product Management. We all learned that Product Management is not just about managing products really. One of the most powerful things Product Managers rely on for growth in 2020,?—?when You don’t need to be a CMS PRO?—?leave

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Reconciling Product Management and Product Leadership

The Product Guy

Guest Post by: Lamia Benhaddou (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Amanda Ralph]. Amanda had 18 years of product management experience and was able to clearly foresee the obstacles I might encounter in my new role. Indeed the role of a product leader is different to that of a product manager.

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Taking Product Management Around the World

The Product Guy

Product Owner @ Happy Money (Costa Mesa, CA or New York, NY). Keywords: consumer, fintech, product owner, startup. Product Manager @ Hostmaker (London, UK, EU, Remote, Requires right to work in the EU). Paktor – Web Developer (Open to Remote) @ Paktor Pte Ltd (Open to Remote).