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What Does A Product Manager Do? Skills, Salary, Responsibilities

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Product management is a career topic near and dear to Learn to Code With Me, since I (Laurence) worked in that field for several years!

As you’ll read below, it’s a great job to have if you like variety in your workday, since there’s no one “product manager definition” and it’s often somewhat of a jack-of-all-trades role. 

In this special guest post, I’m pleased to welcome product management thought leader Stephen Cognetta, who used to be a product manager at Google before co-founding the career-prep tool Exponent.

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Top Coding Resources and Tools for Beginners (+ Beyond)

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When you’re just getting started exploring the world of tech, having the right programming tools for beginners makes a world of difference. You want coding resources that make it easy and fun to learn the skills you want—not dry, incomprehensible teaching that you can barely wrap your head around.

The programming resources list in this article contains many of my favorite websites to learn coding, courses, tutorials, guides and books, including many I used when I was just starting out!

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edX Review: Looking at edX Courses, Quality, Pricing, and More

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edX is a non-profit online course platform created by Harvard and MIT. It hosts online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines (not just computer science), including Python, front-end Development, full-stack development, and blockchain. 

Is edX good for learning tech skills? In this edX review, we’ll cover what edX is, the main features of the platform, topics taught in edX courses, content quality, edX free courses and pricing options, tips for use, what past students think,

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Why Learning Python is Perfect for Beginners, Career-Changers, and Anyone Else

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Are you trying to decide what programming language to learn?

Maybe you’re looking for a language that’s useful and powerful, but still accessible to new coders. Maybe you’ve already started coding and you’re considering Python, but not sure if it’s the right language for you. Whatever your situation or current level of coding knowledge, this post will help you decide if you should learn Python or not.

This post is sponsored by Talk Python Training.

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LinkedIn Learning Review: Cost, Quality, Is It Worth It?

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LinkedIn Learning (previously Lynda.com) is a popular platform to learn tech skills and find other professional training resources. It offers thousands of courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills. 

Is LinkedIn Learning worth it? This LinkedIn Learning Review will dive into various key aspects of the platform, including what LinkedIn Learning is, topics taught, LinkedIn Learning costs, its main features, content quality, tips for use, what past students think, etc.

Let’s dive into LinkedIn Learning!

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