From engineering to product

Liana Leahy tells Amal and KBall all about her journey from software engineer to product manager. Along the way we learn what a PM does, how to be great at it, how to know if it’s for you, why the role is in such demand these days, and much more. - It’s UNIX, I know this!

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Featuring:

• Liana Leahy – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Amal Hussein – Twitter, GitHub
• Kevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

Amal’s tweet on normalizing tech as a job vs passion
Liana’s blog post on being the “Glue”
Slides from “Being Glue” Talk
HBR article on What it Takes to Be a Great Product Manager
The Rise of Product Management on Business School Campuses
Amal’s alternative MBA of choice - MIT’s SDM Degree
Liana singing live at Rails Conf 2014 - Let Me Code
Liana JS Party Inspired Song - It’s UNIX, I know this!

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