Technical skills for non-tech leaders: the basics

Hosted by Vladimir Kalmykov

185 students

What you'll learn

Recognize PM situations which need tech skills

From tech giants, to smaller tech products, to day-to-day PM situations: I'll show examples and share a handy checklist

Practice Tech skill #1: building a Microservice architecture

We'll take an example of a simple app and build a Service Diagram together

Practice Tech skill #2: understanding APIs

We'll discuss API 101, and you'll make a real API call. I'll explain and share an “API for PMs” checklist.

Why this topic matters

Product Managers (including project/design/etc managers) with tech skills lead complex products and are highly valued in the IT market. They (1) understand what powers 99% of all products you see, (2) accurately estimate deadlines, (3) speak the same language with their dev teams.

You'll learn from

Vladimir Kalmykov

Lead PM @ Booking.com

I started as a PhD developer and then switched to my true passion: product management. For over 9 years, I have been building large-scale travel platforms at Booking.com.

I know quite a lot about both the technical and business worlds and I am happy to share this knowledge with the PM community.

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