This essay is featured in the Skiplevel newsletter. Every month I share a Tech Term You Should Know (TTYSK) and an essay to level up your technical chops and get the most out of dev teams. Subscribe now. Ever heard of RESTful APIs or GraphQL? If you’ve worked in the…

This article is featured in the Skiplevel newsletter where I answer questions directly from you about leveling up your technical skills and best practices for communicating and collaborating with engineers. The first step to building software applications is deciding how to architect the system. Infrastructure decisions are a big piece…

This article is featured in the Skiplevel newsletter where I answer questions directly from the tech community about leveling up their technical skills and communicating with engineers. Q: My team just missed a big release with a contractual deadline by almost 8 weeks. I wish this was a one-time thing…

This article is featured in the Skiplevel newsletter where I answer questions directly from the tech community about leveling up their technical skills and communicating with engineers. Q: I’m interviewing for product roles and I’m wondering how to best handle technical questions during PM interviews if I don’t have a…

This article is featured in the Skiplevel newsletter where I answer questions directly from the tech community about leveling up their technical skills and communicating with engineers. Q: How do I build trust quickly as a product manager in an engineering-led organization (i.e. Engineering Directors have the final say)? —…

This article is featured in the Skiplevel newsletter where I answer questions directly from the tech community about leveling up their technical skills and communicating with engineers. Q: How do I build and sustain a feedback loop with internal teams (e.g. executives, engineering, design/UI/UX, customer support, insights/research, data science/ML, sales)…

This article is featured in the Skiplevel newsletter where I answer questions directly from the tech community about technical knowledge and communicating with engineers. Q: My dev team and I disagree on the choice of third-party video editor to adopt for a new feature we’re building. The [video platform] I…

ChatGPT is blowing up right now and there’s a lot of social posts and articles floating around on how to use it for product management, but wondering if you had ideas for how to use it for working with devs specifically or becoming more technical? …

I am curious to know about the traits of the best PM you ever worked with — what set them apart? On the flip side, what about the most difficult PM you ever worked with — what were the biggest challenges? — Asked by Product Manager @ SAP Dear PM…