PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 21, 2022

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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The People of Product Management

OCTOBER 20, 2022

I have a soft spot for most software engineers. Some of my best experiences as a product manager have been those problem-solving sessions with a team of engineers. In this post, which is part two of the Relationship Series, I unpack the relationship between the product manager and the software engineer.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 10, 2020

Building your first software engineering resume might seem overwhelming, but don’t worry. Here's an example software engineering resume from our co-founder Jacob: Read on to learn how you can do the same. Present each and every accomplishment as: Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z]. Choose the best.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Rumi revamped their platform with responsive designs that would make any software engineers heart flutter. Rumi Cosmetiques focused on creating a seamless, intuitive navigation system that eliminated clutter and presented information clearly. The first step in their strategy was a comprehensive redesign of their website.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Technical interviews for software engineers are almost never plain sailing. However, the intensity and challenge presented in software engineer interviews can be a different beast entirely. At Exponent, we offer a range of free online courses to help you ace your next software engineer interview.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Now the majority of the company, including our marketing, business development and content disciplines, comes together in cross-functional teams alongside product managers, software engineers and designers to work on a shared strategic goal. We also agreed on a consistent way to manage and present them. Coaching Your Team.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Texthelp has very few designers who are shared across teams, and they have also been short on software engineering leads. We found that visualizing the tree that way helped us communicate the part of the tree we were working with.” . That puts a big weight on the shoulders of the product manager.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Then you go into a theater and watch a presentation about FM Global. This technology started when software engineers were working on software to describe photographs. They realized if they have a software that can describe photographs, why not have a software that takes a prompt and generates an image?

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Product Management Unpacked

MAY 27, 2021

After nine years working as a systems engineer, applications engineer, software engineer and finally, a lead data engineer, Debashish Sasmal was ready for his next strategic move. Due to his exemplary work, Debashish received his final offer just before his final presentation.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2021

For instance, by deeply analyzing the needs of the clients with visual impairment, UX experts can choose the most vital aspects presented in the graph and provide their text description correspondingly. Pagination issues Within fintech apps, simple paging is a good way of presenting data. For instance, 2.000 AUD turn into 5,521,829.38

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Usersnap

JUNE 10, 2021

We talked to Colin Ulin, senior software engineer at Pocket Prep, about their low-effort high-outcome beta testing strategy and design-thinking development process. The on-screen annotation tools and simple feedback form by Usersnap helps users effortlessly highlight issues and present suggestions.

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Sachin Rekhi

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Ken goes through the many challenges and subsequent iterations to address those challenges with building the first keyboard to be presented only on a glass display. I do regularly see a disconnect in product quality emerge when the product, design, and engineering teams aren't using their own product on a daily basis.

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UX Planet

JANUARY 29, 2025

Dynamic profiles are revolutionizing the way professionals present themselves. For instance, a software engineers portfolio might include impactful projects or collaborative achievements that a one-page resume fails to capture effectively. They struggle to accommodate the nuanced details of a candidates journey.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 5, 2018

In this ProductTank San Francisco talk Alex Miller, one-time software engineer in the content understanding team at Yelp, gives us a case study of using machine learning (specifically deep learning) to provide a ranking system that surfaces the most beautiful photos of a business to the top of their page. Basic Photo Ranking.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Larry Page, a close friend of Elon's, said more people should have the kind of inter-disciplinary skills that Elon possessed: a broad engineering and scientific background, MBA training, knowledge of how to run things, organize stuff, and raise money. Even within engineering, Elon distinguished himself with a very broad set of skills.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 9, 2018

Unfortunately, the “product manager” (often called “business analyst” in such a setup) does not have the authority to push back on such requirements, but rather focuses on translating the business requirements into a detailed design that software engineers can then implement. At Zalando, we changed this.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

You somehow have to bring together a rowdy bunch of tech professionals (data scientists, UX and UI designers , software engineers, etc) and make a valuable and functional product happen. Influence is built up by a mixture of how you behave with your teammates, your track record of success, and how you present your decisions.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

This sometimes can happen unknowingly, for example when product managers always take on the role of presenting to executives, leading meetings, giving demos, or announcing results. Instead, in my experience, product managers can build trust by allowing others to present results, demo to executives, and share in the glory of a job well done.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2024

Held in conjunction with DeveloperWeek, which annually attracts 8,000 software engineers and IT managers, this event is a prime gathering spot for technology professionals.C Attendee testimonials praise its community feel and impactful presentations.‍ The event fosters networking through side activities like blind date dinners.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

One of the challenges we've long acknowledged in the tech industry is how difficult the transition can be from a software engineer to an engineering manager due to the vast distinction in the skill set to be great at the new role. a product leader.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

As an undergraduate at UPenn, I was originally planning to move into software engineering on graduation. MBAs from technical and engineering backgrounds will have an edge, so if that’s not you, you should focus on evidencing your abilities to be technical in those interviews. How did you first break into product management?

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Product Talk

AUGUST 4, 2021

And that’s when I reminded myself who I was writing this book for— product managers, designers, and software engineers who want to serve their customers. The information is so thoroughly presented with so many bits and pieces that you can immediately start integrating into your own practice. But I still wasn’t sure.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 26, 2023

However, the emergence of generative AI presents an opportunity for these enterprises to revisit their AI strategies and plans. Generative AI has the potential to create economic impact within sales, marketing, software engineering & IT, customer operations, and R&D functions across various verticals.

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Split

MARCH 1, 2023

Feature Toggles, or feature flags as they’re often called, are a powerful tool for software engineers. Feature toggles with causal analysis identify what’s working, so software engineers can learn early on as they ramp up their releases little by little through percentage rollouts. What about risk mitigation?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2021

In this article, we want to tell you about what happened behind the scenes, including the deck we presented to the Benchmark team. We presented to the Benchmark partnership on April 12. That’s when we presented the deck below. Since we presented these slides we’ve hired three more people: Natalie K.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 14, 2019

The learning process usually starts by writing the program and then finding all the software bugs and fixing them. This is a common approach that was originated by software engineers for tackling relatively easy and short-term challenges. In some sense, this can boost engineering creativity.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 18, 2024

We used those billboards to sell our B2B SaaS product—in our case, authentication APIs—but also to communicate what Stytch is and establish our brand among the city’s high concentration of software engineers. You may never get a big final number to share in your board presentation, and that’s OK.

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Lenny Rachitsky

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Go beyond just thanking them; let them take the lead in presenting their work and achievements. Make sure your platform teams include a mix of software engineers, operations engineers, and product managers. This fosters a culture of appreciation and motivation within the team.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

VP of Data ( 05:57 ) The role of economists in tech companies ( 08:32 ) Using economics to understand incentives ( 10:07 ) Success and career growth ( 20:15 ) Setting expectations ( 25:02 ) Advice for how to avoid burnout ( 27:44 ) Netflix culture: high talent density ( 30:31 ) Netflix culture: candor and directness ( 31:45 ) The Keeper Test ( 39:01 (..)

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A growth engineering team is a cross-functional team of marketers, product developers, and software engineers. What is growth engineering? Growth engineering is a technical and systematic approach to organizational growth. Growth engineering Venn diagram. Jira’s growth engineering experiment.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

This is a philosophy worthy of its own presentation. The philosophy is all about choosing “boring” technologies and patterns instead of using new ones. ” At Intercom, we build a SaaS solution for our customers, but we don’t consider ourselves a software company. They are called product engineers. We are a product company.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 29, 2022

I had recently made the switch from software engineering to product and was committed to spelling out requirements in a user-centric way that engineers could understand. Every time I was presented with a new initiative, I rushed to expand it into a set of standard agile stories using the template : As a _, I want so that _.

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Userpilot

MAY 30, 2024

After studying at Yale University, Eric began his career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com. Drawing on his experiences with various organizations, including nonprofits and governments, Eric presents techniques that foster sustainable growth and long-term impact. How did Eric Ries begin his career?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Candidates could even be asked to present a "technical retrospective" of a product they've worked on before. After all, the way you present yourself can make or break an interview, especially at the more competitive companies. Be mindful that you don't answer any of your behavioral questions with hypothetical scenarios.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 22, 2020

To do so, they interact with software engineers and data scientists on a daily basis. This means communicating the user's pain points and clarifying requirements to software engineers. That's what software engineers do. PMs build and manage technical products.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

NET dialects the perfect decision for designing AI and human-made reasoning: · Since it is an open-source, the new ASP.NET Core enables engineers to keep up particularity over the advancement condition for code rearrangements. It can run on stages other than the traditional names, for example, Mac, Windows, Linux, and so on.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 30, 2021

Our lead was standing with a black marker drawing big boxes on the huge whiteboard introducing the architecture to a group of software engineers from different levels. There is no doubt that the way you present is important. Presentations become bulletproof with stories.

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