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Technical Foundations for Product Managers

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3 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Build confidence, improve communication with engineers, and excel in your product career

Hosted by

Colin Matthews

PM @ Datavant, MicroSaaS founder, 5000+ students

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Course overview

Improve confidence & product decision making

Working in product without understanding technical fundamentals is guaranteed to make you feel like an imposter. Build credibility and feel confident negotiating scope with your engineering counterparts by leveling up your technical skills.


Hands on exercises

Get your hands dirty by designing your own applications, querying APIs, making pull requests to Git repos, and more. I'll teach you how to reason through technical tradeoffs and improve your technical literacy.


Demo day with experienced engineers

Work with your team throughout the course to prepare a detailed Tech Spec. Present at demo day and get real-time feedback from experienced engineers.

Who is this course for

01

Aspiring Product Managers.

Build confidence and gain a competitive edge in your job search

02

Non-technical PMs.

Overcome imposter syndrome, improve communication, and make better product decisions

03

MBA graduates and consultants.

Seamlessly transition into product by learning critical technical skills

What you’ll get out of this course

Build confidence

Feel more confident in your decisions by building a deeper understanding of technical tradeoffs

Improve communication

Engage engineering by using common language

Grow your technical skills

Understand fundamentals by learning and practicing essential concepts

Excel in your Product career

Gain a competitive edge in your career by demonstrating your technical acumen

Meet your instructor

Colin Matthews

Colin Matthews

Product Manager, Connections @ Datavant

As Product Manager of Connections, I lead a team of engineers building America's largest health data ecosystem. I make high-impact decisions daily that require deep technical comprehension.


5000+ students have taken my courses on Udemy and Pluralsight with a 4.5/5 average rating.


I've built and sold a SaaS product as a team of one - from application development, to marketing and sales.

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Join an upcoming cohort

Technical Foundations for Product Managers

Cohort 1

$60 USD

Dates

Apr 10 - 29, 2023

Payment Deadline

Mar 27, 2023

Don't miss out! Enrollment closes in 4 days

Course syllabus

01

Why PMs with Tech Skills Win

Understand how technical skills fit into a PMs toolkit and why technical PMs get ahead faster.

02

Application Architecture

Start with fundamental application architecture and move to advanced topics such as containerization, microservices, and more

03

APIs

Learn how APIs work and why they are a requirement for almost every modern software product

04

Software Development Life Cycle

Build rapport with engineers by understanding development workflows and lifecycles.

05

Technical Literacy

Build pipeline, unit testing, CI/CD? Get up to speed with the most common technical concepts to increase confidence

06

Demo Day

Present your tech spec and get real-time feedback.

Course schedule

4-6 hours per week
  • Tuesdays & Thursdays

    7:00pm - 9:00pm EST


  • Demo Day

    3rd Saturday of the month

  • Weekly projects

    2 hours per week


Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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Join an upcoming cohort

Technical Foundations for Product Managers

Cohort 1

$60 USD

Dates

Apr 10 - 29, 2023

Payment Deadline

Mar 27, 2023

Don't miss out! Enrollment closes in 4 days

$60 USD

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