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The 5 questions I get the most about becoming a product manager

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Q&A about becoming a product manager that will help you find great roles, build your skills, and ask the questions you need Photo by Canva Studio A few years back, I realized that the questions I was getting about my path to becoming a leader in product were ringing a similar tune. I love this question.

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Design debacles: Inappropriate approaches to product design

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Bland author Testing Business Ideas Setting the Stage Organizations come in all different shapes and sizes; finding the right one for you as a designer (UX and product design) to thrive in is super important; it can make or break your success. Note: Throughout this article, I use the terms product design, UX, and design interchangeably.

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Hype-driven CEOs: when innovation misses the point

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I want to introduce practical and accessible exercises, especially for those who have never written a single line of code. The goal is to help them interpret technical discussions, challenge trends, and identify real solutionsinstead of slapping the word GPT onto a product as if it were a silverbullet. Some companies do it right.

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Wordle is a masterclass in product design simplicity

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But I’m a product designer and a programmer, so as I played, I couldn’t help but notice some strange things about how it was constructed. I was right in the middle of making my own product School Morning Routine , so I was very interested to see what I could learn from Wordle. The source code is tiny and easily copied or reproduced.

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Inclusion first: How to make your product accessible and inclusive

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Do you want your product to be more accessible and inclusive but aren’t sure where to start? If you design or build digital products and solutions, deciding where and how to start making them more accessible and inclusive is often the hardest part. You can think of accessibility and inclusion within product development as a spectrum.

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Designing products with cat-like flexibility and witty efficiency

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Modular design is the key to creating products that are scalable, consistent, and cost-effective. By breaking down complex problems into manageable units and reusing existing solutions, you can adapt to changing needs and create products that are as flexible as a cat. One possible answer is modular design.

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The little book of accessibility

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I think it would be fair to say the resources at hand were at best three years behind the industry requirements, were not developed for any organisation aiming to deliver at scale, and the advancement of user and production technology was quickening. This is probably my favourite quote from the product designer Dieter Rams.