4.9 (17)
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Get the technical understanding needed to accelerate your PM career - in just 2 weeks. No tech/coding skills needed.
4.9 (17)
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Get the technical understanding needed to accelerate your PM career - in just 2 weeks. No tech/coding skills needed.
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Course overview
✅ Why invest in learning with me?
I’m a Lead PM at Booking.com, and one of the first tech PMs there, with over 10 years in the field.
Before moving into product, I was a Software Developer and earned a PhD in Computer Science. I’ve worked on both sides and know exactly what technical understanding PMs need - and don't.
I'll teach you exactly what matters (and why) for driving products forward. You'll get the technical and AI-building fluency needed to drive your team, no coding, no database internals, no load balancers.
✅ What can better technical understanding do for your career?
From a survey of 650 PMs, 56% want to speak the same language as their engineers to communicate effectively, and build trust.
61% want to estimate features on their own, so they can plan better and deliver on time.
And today, technical understanding also lets you quickly AI-prototype features to show it to real users.
Finally, if you want to land a Big Tech PM role, tech skills are critical.
✅ What makes this course different?
➡️ The course is 20% theory and 80% hands-on: you’ll solve over 200 exercises, because that’s how real skills stick. (Try two free lessons below to learn new things even if you don’t enroll)
➡️ The course naturally offers you two very related skills: Tech foundation (part 1) allows you to lead your team more effectively. Then, if you think about it - AI is... just a non-human version of your team :) That's why in part 2 you apply Tech concepts to create features yourself. This enables you to understand tech even deeper and later turn your ideas into clickable features in minutes/hours (check 2 examples below: Spotify Clone and Cost Split App)
➡️ You can join even if you have zero knowledge about tech or AI-building
➡️ Over 1,500 students have already completed the course online or in person, on this platform and others. See reviews below.
➡️ Bonus: All alumni get a mini-simulator (SQL, ML/AI, Product Planning & Discovery) worth ~$100 to continue practicing core PM skills.
✅ The course structure explained
1️⃣ Live session: Tech 101s
We start with a Tech 101 live session.
In just 3 hours, you’ll learn (and immediately apply) the core concepts every PM should know: Frontend, Backend, Services, APIs, and Testing. If you only did this session, you’d already have the essentials down.
2️⃣ Practice Tech (200+ exercises)
Time to roll up your sleeves. You’ll work through a story-driven series of exercises based on real-life scenarios. You’ll build a Taxi app, evolve it into a Food delivery service, then a Scooter rental platform, and even a Spotify-like music app.
Along the way, you’ll master tech topics with your virtual colleagues: Daniel the bossy CEO, Jane the guiding Principal PM,
Ivar the eager Jr. PM (who always needs help), Helen, your sharp Engineering Manager, and more.
Curious if this hands-on style suits you?
Grab the free resource below, which is one full lesson from the API chapter, and see if solving 200+ exercises like this one sounds fun.
3️⃣ Live session: building a product architecture together
Once you’ve mastered the theory and practiced solo, we'll meet up again.
You’ll team up with other PMs to design an architecture, APIs, and more for a product idea (like a social network for car owners).
Students love this collaborative part.
4️⃣ Practice AI-prototyping (50+ exercises)
Back to hands-on mode this time with an AI-prototyping simulator.
- Start by cloning UI with simple prompts, then add more UI features.
- Next, bring in the database — suddenly it starts to feel real.
- Layer on backend logic to make it smarter.
- Finally, integrate an external API like OpenAI so your app becomes even more powerful.
🤖 Two examples of what you can do with AI:
- In 5 mins: the Spotify clone: now in another 10 mins I can imitate "Concerts nearby" feature and show to stakeholders instead of slides: https://productdo-spotify-clone-interface-demo.replit.app/
- In 3 hours: Fully functional CostSplit full-stack app: https://cost-split-mobile-demo-no-auth.replit.app/ (this app is part of the course, you'll build it yourself).
Want a taste? Grab another free resource below; it's the full lesson on UI feature creation. After this, you'll be able to add a feature to your Spotify clone all by yourself!
5️⃣ Live session: building a product from scratch using AI
Now we bring it all together. I’ll walk you through building a complete app, step by step. You’ll break into groups to handle the UI, backend, databases, APIs, and more. It’s going to be a lot of fun.
6️⃣ Advanced chapters and more
You’ll unlock advanced simulator chapters, allowing you to continue progressing at your own pace.
Additionally, you’ll receive complimentary access to mini-simulators worth approximately ~$100, covering topics such as SQL, ML/AI fundamentals, Product Planning, and Product Discovery.
✅ Prerequisites to join the course
- No prior tech or AI experience needed
- If you want to participate in the AI-prototyping part, you need a Replit account (20$ for a month should be more than enough)
- Be ready to set aside 3 hours for Saturday's workshops and 2-3 hours during the week for self-practice
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Non-tech Product/Program Managers who want to communicate effectively with their teams and assess the real complexity of projects
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PMs, designers, and marketers to prototype features in minutes/hours or even start their own side project
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Entrepreneurs/founders who want to build confidence in a tech-driven world, create an MVP on their own, and hire the right team later
Tech fluency to lead your team effectively
Understand all core concepts of tech and lead the team with "what/why" without getting into "how"
The skills to accurately estimate project scope and timelines
Build the ability to gauge development complexity, keeping your plans realistic and your launches on track
Preparation to handle technical interviews
Get ready for Big Tech PM interview questions like “Can you design the architecture for a Tinder/WhatsApp/Uber/etc?”
The ability to turn ideas into clickable prototypes
Clone your product’s UI, add interactive features, and wire up backend logic. All without writing code.
The power to build an MVP or start a side project on your own
Use AI to create full-stack apps (UI, backend, database, APIs) in just hours or days. No engineering background or coding needed.
Live sessions
Learn directly from Vladimir Kalmykov | Lead PM @ Booking.com in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
14 chapters of "Tech for PM" simulator
Tackle a hands-on series of exercises that build your product thinking and tech problem-solving skills.
8 chapters if "Full-stack AI prototyping" simulator
Work through practical challenges that teach you to prototype features and full-stack products more effectively.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
3 live sessions • 23 lessons
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4.9 (17 ratings)
API for Product Managers
Learn what a PM should know about APIs in 5 examples: understand the concept and main terms (input, output, potential errors), and call a Taxi Order API yourself from your browser and even from Postman.
This is a full lesson, not a cut version.
Get this free resource
AI-prototyping: creating UI-features without code
A full lesson on creating features with AI. You clone an existing product interface and bring a few ideas to life. You can immediately apply it to your own job, even without completing the full course. Enjoy!
Get this free resource
Lead PM @ Booking.com, PhD, 1500+ PMs learned Tech with me
Career highlights
One of the first Tech PMs at Booking.com
Successfully delivered from 0 to 1 the Central Payments Platform in Booking.com (as a Sr. PM)
Currently responsible for the Connected Trip Platform for Booking.com (as a Group PM)
4-6 hours per week
Live workshop 1: Tech 101s
Saturday 16:00 - 19:00 (Amsterdam time)
In just 3 hours, you’ll learn (and immediately apply) the core concepts every PM should know: Frontend, Backend, Services, APIs, and Testing. If you only did this session, you’d already have the essentials down.
Simulator practice: "Tech for PMs" (200+ exercises)
1 week until next Saturday
Time to roll up your sleeves. You’ll work through a story-driven series of exercises based on real-life scenarios. You’ll build a Taxi app, evolve it into a Food delivery service, then a Scooter rental platform, and even a Spotify-like music app.
Live workshop 2: architecture of a start-up
Saturday 16:00-19:00 (Amsterdam time)
Once you’ve mastered the theory and practiced solo, we'll meet up again.
You’ll team up with other PMs to design an architecture, APIs, and more for a product idea (like a social network for car owners).
Students love this collaborative part.
Simulator practice: "Full-stack AI-prototyping" (50+ exercises)
1 week until next Saturday
Back to hands-on mode this time with an AI-prototyping simulator.
- Start by cloning UI, and then add more UI features.
- Next, bring in the database — suddenly it starts to feel real.
- Layer on backend logic to make it smarter.
- Finally, integrate an external API like OpenAI
Live Workshop #3: building a Service Architecture together
Saturday 16:00-19:00 (Amsterdam time)
Now we bring the AI-prototyping concepts all together. I’ll walk you through building a complete app, step by step. You’ll break into groups to handle the UI, backend, databases, APIs, and more. It’s going to be a lot of fun.
Advanced chapters and more
Any time after the cohort's end
You’ll unlock advanced simulator chapters, allowing you to continue progressing at your own pace. You also get access to other simulators to continue growing your PM skills.
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Cohort Aug'25
$1,199
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