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Becoming a Rockstar Product Engineer
Are they the future of product ownership?
Shane Drumm
June 11, 2024
Hey there🙂
In todays edition is a bit technical with a focus more on building and delivering side of product management
Must read John Cutlers reason for low-tech documents
Aligning Product Management and Engineering
Guide to Becoming a Rockstar Product Engineer
Free guide on Product Responsibilities
Understanding your circle of influence
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Shane Drumm, newsletter editor
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Friction, Documentation, and Product Tools
John Cutler has claimed many teams should use static, low-tech documents and manual repetition instead of specialized work-tracking tools and goal-setting products.
He speaks about the importance of state history in what you said you would deliver but also when speaking to stakeholders
If you want to optimize how you track your work and give your to-do list and new approach, you need t read this article
5min blog post by John Cutler on The Beautiful Mess
WEEKLY TOP PICKS for Product Owners
📐Aligning Product Management and Engineering - 11 easy to ask questions at the next team retro
8min Read by by Tanya Cordrey
🔨Can You Really Build a Product With Hard Single-Stack Developers? and most importantly 3 tips to fix it!
4min read by Jason Knight on One Knight in Product
🎸The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Rockstar Product Engineer: Not the same as software engineers - code is only a tool!
5min read by High Growth Engineer
🖼️ The Top 10 UX Design Trends of 2024 - I like the animated icons
12min read by The Product Manager
Free Resource
💪Definitive Guide to the What and When of Product Owner Responsibilities
1 pager by Brian Milner on Mountain Goat Software
Paywall Blog Posts
🔬Business Analysts Can Use Generative AI to Analyze Code
7min read a Paid Medium post
🚅How to get up to speed in AI - quickly
Part of the Knowledge Series on Department of Product
🧑⚖️Developing Good Judgment - follow up to Product Manager super powers
Claim free spot to read this by Amy Mitchel on Product Management IRL
LEADRSHIP WISDOM
Allen Silber added a new circle to Stephen Covey's "Circles of Influence" framework that helps you focus on what truly matters.
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