Brought to you by Meta. In addition to remaining active in the open source community and conference circuit, this podcast offers another channel that allows us to highlight the technical work of our engineers who will discuss everything from low-level frameworks to end-user features. Throughout the podcast, Meta engineer Pascal Hartig (@passy) will interview developers in the company.
12: Product Management on Workplace with Chiara
Chiara is a Product Manager who supports the Workplace team. She joins Pascal and Mihaela on episode 12 to give some clarity on the role of a Product Manager. With a background in graphic design, she tells us about her journey to becoming a Product Manager and the skills and mindset she practices in this role. If you enjoy the business aspect of a project and you're someone who can coordinate understanding a problem and identifying a path to the solution, being a Product Manager will fit you like a glove. Tune in to hear from Chiara herself!
Projects discussed
- Fresco: https://frescolib.org/
- Flipper: https://fbflipper.com/
- Aroma: https://ai.facebook.com/blog/aroma-ml-for-code-recommendation/
- Workplace: https://workplace.com/
Timestamps
Intro 00:00 News: Fresco Anniversary 01:13 News: Litho Sections in Flipper 01:57 News: Aroma 02:25 Guest intro 03:28 Chiara 04:29 What does a PM do? 05:06 Becoming a PM 06:02 How is PMing at FB different? 07:16 PM framework 08:19 When does having a PM make sense? 12:06 Resolving conflicts 13:39 Where do ideas come from? 15:17 Working with/on mobile 16:11 Workplace 18:33 Who uses Workplace? 20:59 Ad: The Diff 23:36 Teams within Workplace 24:06 PM at Workplace vs Facebook 26:07 Favourite features 27:14 Bants 29:20 Outro 30:13 Bloopers 33:14