Hi, I am Zac, a former engineering lead, and now a product manager. In this blog, I share my experience in balancing product and software development.
There are many good things about having technical knowledge as a product manager. However, we also face many struggle uniquely to technical product manager. You can understand the technical jargon that the engineers use. You can ask the right question or at least phrase it in the right way when
Approaching my 8 full months without full-time coding, I reflected on my choice and decided to share what has changed in my life. Maybe it might influence someone else to switch or not to switch?
What is the one skill that all product manager needs?
How do you keep saying "NO" the right way that does not make the receiver frustrated?
Using P/PC and strike the right balance as a Product Manager.
As a former technical lead and now a product manager, I can say that a product manager does not need to know how to code to do well in the job.
We often like to build things right from the start and is always easier to do it. But we also like to build the right thing and this is definitely difficult to get it right at the first go, so how should we be doing it? Photo by Daniel McCullough
The day to day different between product manager and technical lead really start to show as I embarked on the product manager journey. Before I moved, I am always curious about what a typical day of a product manager. Surely product manager wouldn't be planning roadmap daily, writing user stories
Excel in Product Management by truly understanding the XY Problem.
After progressing in the technical field as a software developer to a technical lead, I decided to give up my coding skills and become a Product Manager instead! There is a radical change in my daily work life. Overall, I feel happier and is glad that I have a bigger
Moving away from a technical role always seems daunting for an experienced developer. It feels like I am throwing my edge on programming skills away. However, 50 days ago, I took the leap and become a Technical Product Manager at Milieu Insight. In this post, I will be sharing why
Running an early startup is tough, as a Founder, you are the designer, engineer, and maker. Learning these 4 tools will certainly speed up app development! Everyone knows that running a startup is tough. Being a founder of an early startup, you need to handle everything yourself. You are the
I don’t like my job, is it the right time to move? But, will my next job be better? What if it is worst than what I am in now? When deciding if you should accept a job offer is always daunting and confusing. A few weeks ago, I
Serverless is an especially hot topic that drives a lot of hype last year. The big “four” cloud hosting companies each provide its own solution: Azure Function, AWS Lambda, Alibaba Cloud Function Compute and Google Functions. There are many conferences that start comparing and discussing the benefit of using Serverless
Setting up a React development environment can be confusing and daunting to newcomers. You might have heard developers talking about how different packages like babel, Webpack and so on, are needed as well (but this is debatable). With React getting more popular, there are a few boilerplate projects that aim
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