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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower SaaS

It’s hard to know if a developer is an A, B or C player, or a player at all. And in the software world, an A player is worth 10+ C players! When we interview potential developers, we’re always amazed at how many can’t answer basic programming questions. Rapid turnover, especially of senior or “A” developers.

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How to prepare for software engineering interview questions

Intercom, Inc.

Preparing for interview questions in software engineering is almost a full-time job. If you are a graduate software engineer and getting ready for your first job interviews, here are the different areas you should focus on. Then I am able to ask more relevant questions during the interview.

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Advertising Week 360: How to Tell the Perfect Startup Brand Story

Trint

In my 30 years of news reporting for ABC, CBS and CBC News I traveled to more than 40 countries, dodged bullets while reporting on wars, I interviewed prime ministers and presidents. I’d never been exposed to software developers and the mysterious world of coding. I ran one of my interviews through it. I was intrigued.

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Technical Product Manager: Exploring Their Role and Responsibilities

User Pilot

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. However, you need the right mix of technical and leadership skills. Heatmaps in Userpilot.

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Product Development Process: The Seven Stages Explained

User Pilot

.” – 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. Gather beta users in-app with Userpilot.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. The people who spend their days writing software are not called software engineers. They are called product engineers. The arrival of cloud computing, IaaS, PaaS etc.

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Lessons learned from growing a PM team in a hyper-growth startup

Point Nine Land

As interviewing 100 applicants can be quite draining, I recommend the following process: 1. A quick HR interview 2. Invite the candidate to a face-to-face or a Zoom interview. Culture fit interview. Start early as finding the right PM for your company might take a while (often a few months).