Product Manager here – Looking to round out technical knowledge. Not sure where to start.

Hey all,

I’ve been in product management for ~7 years. I’ve built a strong base of analytics, design, marketing and general soft skills.

However, I feel like I have a gap I need to address on the technical side of things. I’m looking to build a more complete understanding of coding/languages, the software dev process, system designs/architecture, APIs, and just overall build a deeper understanding of some core technologies. Additionally, I want to build more empathy for software devs for two reasons 1, I work with them constantly and 2, in my current role, I build products for devs (hard to put myself in the shoes of a dev without fully understanding them).

So, my question is – what concepts/technologies should I absolutely learn And are there suggestions on where to learn them? I’ve obviously considered online courses, a coding boot camp part time, and just general research online but I’m looking to take it a step further.

Cheers.