Not some waterfall-adhoc-agile-like nonsense. Actually following the Agile Manifesto. Story points. Scrum. Kanban. User stories. Sprints. TC : 320k YOE : 9 #google #amazon #netflix #meta #apple
Have seen some devs that just pick up fully fleshed out user stories sprint over sprint and implement but have seen other devs have full autonomy on what project they work on and how they work on it, essentially PMing the project themselves. What companies/teams give devs more autonomy over their w...Read more
According to Pichai, the Simplicity Sprint is a collective, all-hands-on-deck type initiative to crowdsource ideas for quicker product development and productivity. A company wide survey will go out and stay live until August 15th. There will be three questions: - What would help you work with ...Read more
I’ve traditionally worked as a product manager (define strategy, users, go to market, requirements), where we put together what we want to do for the quarter and build toward it. I’m looking at roles that seem pure agile which is mostly just sprints and a vague (non specific) roadmap, which is most...Read more
I was assigned a user story that I didn't question since I'm a new hire. I week into the sprint, I realized I have to continue he was doing before he left (which is out of the scope of my assignment/team) in order to complete my user story. I graduated with my undergrad only a few months ago, is th...Read more
Hey, I recently went through an interview loop and these are the two finalists. - Coinbase IC6 673k - DoorDash E6 683k I'm looking for growth/scope/impact and willing to give up WLB. I'm really digging the whole Coinbase remote, sprint + 1 week off per quarter vibe. OTOH, I'm not as invested ...Read more
Has anyone else run into a product owner that sets unrealistic deadlines and changes the scope of user stories constantly based on “priority” literally every sprint? Keep in mind as you read this: I barely have experience (6 months) When things get brought up mid sprint that is outside of scope fo...Read more
I just found out my startup will interview with YC. Does anyone know roughly what the chances are of getting into the accelerator once you’ve gotten the interview? I know about 150 companies get funded each cohort but wondering how many they interview. Also if anyone has interviewed in the past I w...Read more
Tired of job hopping and want to settle, but can't find a place where I want to.. Is there a company that fits my criteria for frontend/ux engineers? Must haves: - Work closely with product/UX. Engineers participate in user studies, have easy access to user metrics, and decisions are made through a...Read more
I am a software engineer focussed more on the front end technologies having an experience of 3 years. I have been certified for CSPO. In my current company I have been working on development as well as I lead scrum activities of sprint planning, backlog refinements, Retrospective, writing user stor...Read more
Hi all! I work at a web agency - aka we make websites. As days passed by, I realized that I start off as a product manager ie; - Involved in client calls - User journeys, personas, competitive set discussion, user experience, product requirements gathering, pain points analysis, etc Then I move on...Read more
Joined a team without an EM. Our team hired an EM recently, but I’m not sure what they do? What do your engineering managers do? Like what is their function? I am asked to design architect diagrams, integrate 3rd party applications, create user stories, tasks, implement, testing do code reviews. ...Read more
Currently SDE, 3 years experience. I want to transition to PM roles. How can i achieve that without at MBA and very limited almost no opportunity for over time transition in current job. Community, please suggest. P.S. If anybody hiring for Product Management r /Associate Product Manager in India,a...Read more
I’ve been working as a data analyst for the past 4 years and looking to transition as a product manager. I’ve had experience as a product manager for an internal customer tool over the past 2 years and covered almost every aspect of end user interaction, sprint planning, prioritization, A/B testing,...Read more
Hola PM folks, need your views on these- 1. How do you usually quantify your goal or objective it it’s a feature suggestion (from partners or other stakeholders) 2. When do you use design sprints? Do we need it only when building or redesigning a new product or we can use it even when validating a...Read more
Hi everyone, I am looking to get some more distinction of job roles in tech companies (like FAANG) so it better guides what roles I should aim for. Here is my current understanding of how these teams work: Product Managers (PM) interact with users/customers to define features, they then create Jir...Read more
Started a new job as a BIE at Amazon less than 2 months ago. This is my second job ever so I don't have a lot to compare it to. I excelled at my previous job but I haven't been able to deliver results at Amazon and have had to punt my user stories to future sprints twice now. There were some user st...Read more
Empathy maps, personas, journey maps, design sprint materials, etc.—in my 10 YOE, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve felt like creating these artifacts has been worth the effort. Rather, talking with users, diving deeply into their problems and needs, and forcing myself to communicate...Read more
Hey everyone. I joined a new midsized tech company as a Sr. Product Manager (not Ford) and I’m thinking about quitting on the spot due to my mental health. Not sure if I am being a wuss about it but I remember telling myself I was going to quit if this role didn’t work out. Here’s why. 1) Was hande...Read more
I'm working in a startup as fullstack, it's been 2.2 years. My 2weeks sprint looks like working on a feature, support user who faced issues in core business product, debug, release hotfix, client services for tech integration, and research for features coming in future sprint. My tc is below 10lac ...Read more