Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One of my reviewers for the Modern Management Made Easy books asked a fascinating question: I've never seen this many women in management or in senior leadership positions. Up until the mid-80s, many of the software engineering jobs were for special-purpose machines or applications. The idea of a code review or a design review?

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Product Talk

JUNE 5, 2024

Product trios are cross-functional product teams who are responsible for both deciding what to build and then building it. What about the other people on the team who aren’t part of the product trio? How can product trios adapt to remote work and distributed teams? Do product teams really work this way?

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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. Doing this right means a lot more than simply supporting your team.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 6, 2020

Whether it be software engineers, data scientists, IT specialists, it now seems standard for companies to have open positions that can't be filled. Source: [link] As such, computer science and coding bootcamps have emerged as a popular choice for those seeking to enter the tech industry and obtain one of these open positions.

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Modus Create

APRIL 5, 2021

Joining the Modus Create Team. As an aspiring business leader and entrepreneur, I believe that not having a fundamental understanding of software development and data analysis weakens executive decisions that accordingly diminish long-term value creation. rating from 63 reviews on the App Store with over 500 users.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 26, 2020

There’s nothing to be nervous about once you’re confident in your skills and knowledgeable about the normal software engineering interview questions. This article will start by talking a little about the procedure of most software engineering interviews. Try to keep things positive throughout the interview.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Much has been written about the process of creating product roadmaps, not least the six great articles written by my own team. I believe the actions of a product leader all too often are the root cause of a “bad” roadmap. I would define a good roadmap as one that the team understands and feels ownership over.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

TL; DR: Development Team Anti-Patterns After covering the Scrum Master and the Product Owner, this article addresses Development Team anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events as well as the Product Backlog artifact. Only members of the Development Team create the Increment. Source : Scrum Guide 2017.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? How do people move into staff engineering roles? With his latest book, Staff Engineer , Will is hoping to answer all of these questions. What’s the right way to do this in your company? A tale of two career paths.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 6, 2022

Whether we're talking about its world-famous search engine, YouTube, or one of its many cloud-based apps, millions of people use Google products every day. The software engineers at Google work on some of the most influential products in the world. In this guide, you’ll learn about Google’s Coding Interview Rubric.

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Mixpanel

MARCH 3, 2022

Data has fundamentally changed how we design and develop products, but there’s a difference between simply reacting to data points and applying the level of analytic rigor needed to yield meaningful results. There’s an enormous amount of ambiguity when it comes to developing products. Here’s how. The wins are not synonymous.

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Modus Create

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Another thing that is very important in Agile development practices is exploratory testing. Tests that should not be automated: Test cases that are newly designed and not executed manually at least one time, except when you have TDD or BDD styles. You should run automated tests all the time or as many times the team deems necessary.

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Mixpanel

MAY 5, 2021

Teams are praised whenever they release a new feature (or product) to their customers. Employees on these teams likely felt proud to share something new with the world and maybe even posted their accomplishment on LinkedIn to spread the word and celebrate. Previously, he led growth and product teams at Instacart and Zynga.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2018

I hosted Jean and Edmond on our podcast to get their take on the difference between leadership and management, the power of positive feedback, and why trust is the foundation of the most effective engineering teams. Jean: Especially with engineering teams. An engineer is never alone in their problems.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 27, 2021

What about software solutions they have to review based only on a single web page? The Map My Growth team surveyed 98 professionals currently looking for a B2B SaaS solution and used their feedback to compile a list of best practices to better communicate the ease of use. Simplifying software use for all ages.

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Modus Create

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Multiple industries employ outdated software in their core operations and only consider modernization when a critical technology in their stack becomes unsupported (for example, an older version of Java or PHP is sunsetted). Potential MRR loss due to delay in feature release . Loss of engineering time and resources.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 21, 2020

In this article I will discuss the unique nature of AI-based products and its influence on the development process and the usability. Unlike classic software engineering where you insert an input and you expect an output, machine learning products are probabilistic, and one time you may get one answer and on the other time the opposite one.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 11, 2019

Guide on Managing Cross-Functional Team To develop a good project, you need to consider two important factors?—?a a project idea and a team of specialists. Speaking about the team, there is always a question: what team structure to choose? What is Cross-Functional Team? Less time, less money.

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 3, 2022

As data-driven product development continues to balloon in popularity, so does the need for accurate and sophisticated implementation of analytics tracking in software products. From the perspective of many engineering teams, product analytics is treated as a second-class citizen.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 6, 2022

Security engineering interviews are some of the toughest in the tech industry. As a security engineer, your job is all about reducing risk for technical products by thwarting malicious behavior. Security Engineer Interview Questions As mentioned, security engineer interview questions can vary widely from company to company.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. She coaches teams on how to collect meaningful customer input and use it to make product decisions on a daily basis. How to build an onboarding team. Plot summary.

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Split

JULY 30, 2019

Review: Feature Flags For Control of Code Rollouts. The main point in What’s The Difference Between Feature Flags and Other “Flags” in Software Engineering? The main point in What’s The Difference Between Feature Flags and Other “Flags” in Software Engineering?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Creating a concise, specific, and relevant front end developer resume is key to landing your next job in tech. For front-end developers, it is important to craft your resume in a way that highlights your skills, experience and programming language knowledge. We created this guide for both junior and senior front-end developers.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 20, 2024

Furthermore, it also assesses your product sense, overall creativity, and ability to develop and design products with a clear and straightforward approach. Therefore, Google product managers need to be good with numbers and know how to develop proper estimates. To understand this better, check your reasoning behind estimates.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 8, 2018

Apptimize helps teams develop better digital products with easy to deploy SDKs and a centralized dashboard for all channels. The first thing mobile teams need to understand without a shadow of a doubt is the differences between a mobile website, a hybrid app, and a native app. You know that it’s not about just having an app.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As with all technical/managerial roles, an EM's job will vary across companies and even across teams. We recommend watching this video sit-down with Dave Rensin, former Google Engineering Director and Pendo VP, as he talks through his thought process when hiring engineering managers and what makes a standout candidate.

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Modus Create

AUGUST 24, 2021

Software engineers have been testing ever since they could write code. However, the ability to automate software tests commercially emerged only in the 1980s with the introduction of AutoTester. Unit testing is a type of software testing where individual units or software components are tested.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 22, 2021

EMs may be given a technical screen or coding challenge (which likely mirrors the first technical screen, if you've been given one) and complete 1-2 rounds of people management interviews and system design questions. Managing Individuals How do you run 1:1s with your team? How do you handle poor performers? View question.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Amanda Renteria , CEO for Code for America. Code for America’s Amanda Renteria on defining the citizen experience. Amanda Renteria, CEO of Code for America, is a firm believer in this idea. Later’s Farhan Virji on adapting B2C support strategies for B2B teams. Hubert Palan , founder and CEO of Productboard.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 2, 2022

Google Product Manager Interview Guide Google Engineering Manager Interview Guide Google Software Engineering Interview Guide Google APM Interview Guide Google Technical Program Manager Interview Guide Google Product Marketing Manager Interview Guide Does Google Ask Behavioral Interview Questions? Leadership.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Most project plans only consider the actual development?—?but Let’s say one sprint makes up 200 hours, purely for development. and more time still if the team grows or if the requirements for the product aren’t properly explained to the team. How much backend or frontend development do we need? Let’s see why.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 1, 2020

Hi I'm Kevin Wei, a product manager (aka an offering manager -- I can get into that in a bit) on IBM's data + AI team. I studied mathematics at UCLA, worked 2 summers as a software engineering intern at a Series E AdTech startup, and advised Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) as the product manager for his social basketball app, Gradelo.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 14, 2022

As a solutions architect, you're the main technical resource for your company's sales team, and can provide a critical job function in a company's growth. We often recommend looking up your interviewer on LinkedIn to understand them a bit better, and reviewing public vision documents produced by the company.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 12, 2022

The best way to get ready is by reviewing some real TPM interview questions from some of the top tech companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and more. The responsibilities of a technical program manager are a little more big picture than that of a software engineer. We recommend practicing one type of question at a time.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Google uses specific internal tooling to analyze and review resumes to rank their scores–unfortunately, this changes rapidly and is nearly impossible to predict other than the basics of what make an effective resume. After an interview loop, Google's hiring committee reviews the entire packet of a candidate, including their referrals.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. This includes the project management of all of the activities done in product conceptualization, design, development, and marketing. Since the team is small, you will have to manage the technical aspects of product development.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The STEP (Student Training in Engineering Program) is for those engineering and tech-related roles. The BOLD (Build Opportunities for Leadership & Development) is meant for those business and marketing-related roles. This is not necessarily a bad thing by any means. Many internship roles last between 12-16 weeks.

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