System design fundamentals for technical product managers 👩🏻💻
For those of us in product management who come from non-engineering backgrounds, it is important to continue building on our technical skills. Sometimes knowing where the technical bar for PMs starts and ends is the hardest part. The fact is, the tech bar will depend upon the product you are responsible for, and it is up to you to stay on top of tech trends as the industry evolves and consumer expectations change. You can’t do that without understanding the fundamentals.
I surveyed a few engineering partners I've worked with in the past to understand what they thought were the fundamentals of any software product, agnostic of business model and geography. An ex-Amazonian and colleague of mine Alex Davis (who now leads Google’s software engineering site in Austin) broke down the necessary fundamentals of systems design in the most user friendly manner. These tips can be used by someone who is trying to break into the field of technical product management, to someone with significant PM experience.
Time To Read: 6 Minutes
Published: May 2020
Link: System design fundamentals for technical product managers 👩🏻💻
Facebook Gaming, a division of Meta, has announced that you can now play games during video calls on Messenger. At launch, there are 14 free-to-play game available in Messenger video calls on iOS, Android and the web. The games include popular titles like Words With Friends, Card Wars, Exploding Kittens and Mini Gold FRVR.
To access the games, you need to start a video call on Messenger and tap the group mode button in the center, then tap on the “Play” icon. From there, you can browse through the games library. The company notes that there must be two or more people in your call to play games.
“Facebook Gaming is excited to announce that you can now play your favorite games during video calls on Messenger,” the company wrote in a blog post. “This new, shared experience in Messenger makes it easy to play games with friends and family while in a video call, allowing you to deepen connections with friends and family by engaging in conversations and gameplay at the same time.”
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