PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2019

Here's a breakdown of how to consider a career in product management versus software engineering As a new grad, I was lucky enough to choose between product management and software engineering. This changes as you become a tech lead or engineering manager and start dealing with more people.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 22, 2019

So, are you a software engineer interested in becoming a product manager? Software engineering is one of the most common starting points when transitioning into a product management role. In fact, I transitioned into product halfway through an undergraduate software engineering internship.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 16, 2019

At #mtpcon San Francisco, Brandon Chu, VP of Product at Shopify, provides some insight into what he considers the most interesting challenge in his career: managing platforms. In this talk he shares what platforms can mean for our product strategies, and what his team learned as they discovered how to build a platform at Shopify.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 22, 2019

So, are you a software engineer interested in becoming a product manager? Software engineering is one of the most common starting points when transitioning into a product management role. In fact, I transitioned into product halfway through an undergraduate software engineering internship.

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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. I realized that I wanted to expand my focus into product management.”. Debashish was up for the challenge. “I I was ready.”.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 22, 2024

After graduation, he worked as a software engineer for around 3 years at different companies such as IMC Pacific and Macquarie Group. Following his brief career as a software engineer, he transitioned into a Business Analyst and worked in this role at the Reserve Bank of Australia, and then the Australian Securities Exchange.

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TechEmpower - Product Management

MARCH 4, 2024

At TechEmpower , we’ve used LLMs as part of marketing strategies where you can find and classify companies, personalize outreach campaigns and have personalized drip campaigns. It plays a crucial role in product development too, where generative AI speeds up design processes, streamlines testing, and tailors user experiences effectively.

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Product Management Unpacked

AUGUST 17, 2018

No, you don’t have to be a software engineer. In fact, a recent Pendo study revealed that 60 percent of product leaders actually come from a business background. But when a software engineer tells you something, it helps if you can do more than nod your head and pretend to understand.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 20, 2024

Product World Venue: Oakland Convention Centre + Live online Date: 20th — 29th Feb, 2024 With over 1,500 tech product managers and developers at ProductWorld, it is the biggest global tradeshow and conference for product managers and development. Attendees can hear on topics such as product strategy and innovation.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

That’s why they also have to take in feedback and requests regarding the product strategy and product development process. Strategy Software product managers also have to work on the product strategy by bringing the product vision to light.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. He is passionate about Lean and Agile Product management, innovative business models and business and product strategies. Dustin Levy Director of Product Management, Gentex Corporation.

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Mixpanel

AUGUST 18, 2022

At most companies, software engineers are in a constant state of rushing to get features and bug fixes out the door. This means product analytics can be seen as a burdensome afterthought for a lot of engineers —one that just adds more grind to an already packed schedule. Don’t go overboard on events and metrics tracked.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Technical product managers are also responsible for running experiments and collecting customer feedback to inform future iterations. To become a TPR you don’t need a degree in software engineering, but it will definitely help. The technical skills include a solid understanding of software development and system architecture.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Over 90% of software companies are embedding some form of analytics in their applications – often for free, according to the 2017 State of Embedded Analytics Report from Logi Analytics. When considering the value of analytics relative to their products overall, survey respondents estimated the value at 54%, up from 45% in 2016.

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Mixpanel

MAY 5, 2021

Neil Rahilly VP of Product and Design, Mixpanel Neil Rahilly is the VP of Product and Design at Mixpanel. Prior to this position, Neil was VP of Engineering, after working as a Software Engineer and leading Infrastructure Engineering. Clarify what’s cooking by having a clear product strategy.

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Userpilot

JULY 16, 2024

On the other hand, a technical product manager brings in-depth technical knowledge to guide the development process , often working closely with engineering and design teams. Technical product manager responsibilities include: Conduct user and market research to understand user pain points.

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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. Learn more about the Engineering team at Amplitude.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

At times, product launches may feel overwhelming, especially when executive stakeholders expect a new product or feature on a semi-frequent basis. Product leaders want a solution that seamlessly transitions from assisting them in planning their product strategy to executing it.

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The Product HQ

JULY 1, 2024

Product Owner Responsibilities Due to the cross-functional nature of the position, a product owner’s job can come with multiple responsibilities.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 4, 2019

. “He recruited, mentored, and retained a great team,” said former Google product manager Chris Beckmann. “Sundar’s team of product managers had a reputation as being among the best of the best, similar to the reputation of the software engineers within Search Quality.”

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 17, 2023

Collecting product feedback is one of the main tasks of Product Managers. It’s their job to try to understand what customers need, and put that together with a number of other considerations to create a thoughtful product strategy. How can PMs collect that feedback?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 16, 2023

Effective communication of the product strategy Establishing and maintaining a focused product strategy is difficult. So how do you alleviate concerns and keep people engaged and bought into the strategy? The successful ones have the product strategy at the center of everything they do. Phillip P.,

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The Product HQ

JUNE 20, 2024

Strategy Questions Product managers also develop the overall product vision and product roadmap. They have to come up with the product strategy, from the product inception to the launch. The interviewer checks what aspects you take into account when thinking of product strategy.

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Amplitude

MARCH 21, 2019

SK: We have a really broad mix of deep capabilities – everything from business strategy and operations to software engineering – to bring the product to life for our customers. TR: Why is Slalom the choice for so many large, traditional, and digital-first companies?

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Educational and professional backgrounds of product managers. Length of time it took different product managers to break into the field. Challenges of transitioning from software engineer to product manager. Melissa Perri is a product management consultant, speaker, and teacher. 5 out of 5. 4 global ratings.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

.” – Phil Jackson One of the most important things to understand about the product development cycle is that it's a team sport. 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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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

I think we should assume that people that work in our industry are smart and capable, they care about the products that they’re building. Audience member: You mentioned that we have to overcommunicate strategic context or the product strategy—can you give examples of not-so-obvious situations where we should be pushing it?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

You can kind of suss out that a candidate wants to get into a technology role, but it turns out they don't have specific skills in software engineering, design, or marketing. They see product management as this generalist role that they can break into as a way to get into a tech company. That's a terrible answer.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

While you don’t need to know as much about technical product development as an engineer, you should have a good enough understanding and basic knowledge of how technology works. For starters, having sound knowledge of technical product development will make it easier for you to plan with software engineers.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 30, 2023

About the author – Dave Martin Dave Martin is the founder of Product Leader coaching service RighToLeft , executive coach, and Chief Product Officer with over 20 years of experience. He has helped many leaders and teams refine their product strategies and shift from being feature-focused to product-led.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

They have less of a hands-on role in the product development or design process. More often, they hand down orders and requirements to other technical product managers. They are responsible for considering product strategy relative to other market conditions. Is technical product manager a good role?

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