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In Pursuit of the Checkered Flag: The Challenge of Developing a Driverless Race Car System

Product Management Unpacked

CMU Master of Science in Product Management program student Erick Valencia landed a PM experience of a lifetime as part of a student team developing a driverless race car system to race in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. His was one of six sub-teams all designing portions of the autonomous driving system. “I Mid-summer test.

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Trying to better understand the software engineer career path? Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? An engineering career can go in many different directions depending on your technical skill set and what you want out of a job. We've got your covered.

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Digital Sustainability: A Growing Frontier in Software Development

The Product Coalition

Digital technology has inadvertently become a significant contributor to the growing carbon footprint of the tech industry. Storage: The Backbone of Data Management Every application must store and retrieve data, whether on hard drives, solid-state drives, cloud storage, or networked systems.

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Using Generative AI to Drive Corporate Impact

TechEmpower - Product Management

Focusing on generative AI applications in a select few corporate functions can contribute to a significant portion of the technology's overall impact. In the sphere of software engineering , AI is pivotal for corporate IT by automating coding, optimizing algorithms, and enhancing security to boost efficiency and minimize downtime.

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Ten UX/UI Design Challenges That Can Compromise Financial Apps

The Product Coalition

When it comes to building financial software, the importance of great design skyrockets. With the worldwide revenue from the financial technology sector to double by 2024 , fierce competition evolves. Fintech software represents specific challenges due to diverse dynamic content, graphs, tables, and more.

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Managing high availability at Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

To achieve our mission of making internet business personal and scaling to support larger and larger customers, we have been continually, thoughtfully, and carefully investing in our people, systems, and processes to maintain Intercom’s high standards of availability. Here’s how we do it. Availability is embedded our culture.

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How Netflix builds a culture of excellence | Elizabeth Stone (CTO)

Lenny Rachitsky

. • Sendbird —The (all-in-one) communications API platform for mobile apps • Explo —Embed customer-facing analytics in your product — Elizabeth Stone is the chief technology officer of Netflix. The annual cycle focuses on gathering feedback for the sake of improvement rather than assigning ratings.

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