AmyinBootcamp·3 days agoHow to research a potential employerYou’re onto your thirtieth job application. You start again from scratch, what is this company, what details should I be familiar with for when the recruiter cold calls me. If I get through, what details should I pepper throughout the call to make sure they know I did my research. …Pm2 min readPm2 min read
AmyinBootcamp·5 days agoEmpathy and the Path to Good Design“People ignore design that ignores people.” — Frank Chimero — The path to ‘good design’ is paved by empathy, so say the Design Thinking (DT), Human-Centred Design (HCD) and User-Centred Design (UCD) communities. And Frank Chimero! First a quick comparison between the three terms, to iron out any question marks: DT — focuses on users but also on the feasibility…Pm4 min readPm4 min read
Alena Kapatsyn·4 days agoPlease, one more hatContinuing the cycle of articles on hiring processes and unusual questions (or not), here is the third one from collection #bereadytoanswer. This time the interviewer asked me to explain how I understand the wearing of many hats as a product manager. …Pm3 min readPm3 min read
Carla PellicanoinThe Craft·May 15Creating measurable outcomes and clear ownershipPart three of how we organize Faire’s product team to drive attributable impact — Co-authored with Carson Lam, Chris Chen, and Josh Chang. There are many different ways to organize your product teams. When prospective candidates apply for a Product Manager role at Faire, they often have questions about our org structure — how are our product teams organized? How are priorities determined? What…Pm5 min readPm5 min read
Cygnis Media·May 16Fixed-Scope vs. Iterative Development for App Development Projectsapp development projects can take many forms, but two of the most common approaches are fixed-scope and iterative development. Fixed-scope projects aim to deliver a defined set of features within a specified timeframe, while iterative projects involve frequent releases of working app that evolve over time based on user feedback…Pm4 min readPm4 min read
Victor Teodoro·May 14Microservices vs monoliths for non-technical peopleWell, you may have heard recently that Amazon is migrating to monoliths. But despite the many posts, I think the discussions have been mostly shallow. Nothing really new has come to light. No, Amazon is not ditching serverless apps altogether in favor of monoliths. One team inside Amazon, building a…Pm9 min readPm9 min read
Amy·May 12Why aren’t I doing A/B testing?For a long while I wondered why I wasn’t getting opportunities to put A/B testing into practice. Also, did I want to do it to learn a new skill, and gain new insights, or did I want to do it simply so I could say I’d done it? On many…Pm4 min readPm4 min read
Alena Kapatsyn·May 8What you can learn from the image of one toiletPreviously, I wrote one article about my hiring experience and I decided not to limit myself with it. People love stories, so why not share them here? I enjoy collecting cases, gaining insights, asking questions, and finding possible answers. …Pm3 min readPm3 min read
AmyinBootcamp·May 8OKRs and their impactAlmost everyone in modern tech should have heard of OKRs. I heard of the term a few years ago when Google began to publicly discuss and advocate the use of OKRs. If Google’s using it, it must be good right!? 🙃 OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results. OKRs provide…Pm2 min readPm2 min read
Arush Sharma·May 8Frustrations of being a PMBlurting out a few frustrations of being a Product manager: The never-ending bug hunt: As a software product manager, you know that bugs are inevitable. But sometimes it feels like you’re playing a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. Just when you think you’ve squashed one bug, another one pops up. …Pm2 min readPm2 min read
