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Technical Foundations for Product Managers

9.8

(4 ratings)

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5 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

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.



Get the best of both worlds

Work through each lesson at your own pace during the week with recorded content and practice problems.


Join a live session to tackle a challenging project with your peers.

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

9.8

(4 ratings)

What people are saying

        Colin is very knowledgeable and brings valuable Product Management industry experience to his educational content. I enjoyed learning from him and I would definitely check him out again if he offers new content. This has been a great educational experience and I’m sure it will assist me in my aspirations in a career in Product Management.
Salam Alqayssi

Salam Alqayssi

CAPM
        This course helped me demystify system design and gain some confidence in both my technical skillset and literacy. After completing the course, I was able to have a high level technical discussion with an engineer to understand their decision making and trade offs made as they built a product. Colin is hiding all the secret sauce PM's need to know
Rishi Shah

Rishi Shah

PM
        This course was brilliantly structured and meticulously crafted. I noticed that conversations with the lead engineer on my team were getting longer and more in-depth because I was able to understand EVERYTHING they were saying, thanks to this course. To any product manager who wishes to elevate their technical acumen, I can't recommend it enough.
Amer B. Arab

Amer B. Arab

Product Manager
        I was really excited to start this course with Colin! He's crafted interactive lessons and activities in app architecture, APIs, the software development lifecycle, and tech literacy, culminating in a demo day to share how students have applied their own learning. Check out the next cohort if you're interested!
Mike Demianiuk

Mike Demianiuk

CSPO, CSM, MSEd

Meet your instructor

Colin Matthews

Colin Matthews

Product Manager @ Datavant

As Product Manager, 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 3

$500 USD

Dates

Oct 15—Nov 16, 2023

Payment Deadline

Oct 14, 2023

Get reimbursed by your employer

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

Data Models

Get up to speed with SQL and start retrieving and analyzing data independently



05

Software Development Life Cycle

Build rapport with engineers by understanding development workflows and lifecycles.

06

System Design + Scalability

Learn how to scale applications to millions of users.

Free resource

APIs for Product Managers

Every web-based application relies on APIs, and yet few product managers understand how they work. In this free preview, you'll get access to instructional video, case studies, and hands-on exercises to teach you the basics of APIs.

Get this FREE resource now

Course schedule

4-6 hours per week

  • Live Sessions

    Thursday | 5:00pm - 6:30pm EST


  • Recorded Lessons

    2-3 hours per week


  • Practice Exercises

    1-2 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

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if I can’t make a live session?
I work full-time, what is the expected time commitment?
What’s the refund policy?
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Join an upcoming cohort

Technical Foundations for Product Managers

Cohort 3

$500 USD

Dates

Oct 15—Nov 16, 2023

Payment Deadline

Oct 14, 2023

Get reimbursed by your employer

$500 USD

9.8

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