Get to Know Your Co-workers: Non-Developer Tech Roles

Ladybug Podcast

There are a bunch of people you’ll work with as a software engineer -- many will be other developers, but many have other jobs as well. In this episode we’ll talk about the other people you may work with: the designers, project managers, marketers, and more and how to best work with them. Let’s dive in.

Show Notes

• [3:29] Product Management
• [7:37] Design
• [11:34] UX Research
• [13:53] Management
• [18:57] Marketing
• [20:50] Sales
• [22:06] Business Development
• [22:53] Technical Writing
• [25:28] Account Management
• [29:16] QA Engineer
• [32:22] Scrum Master
• [34:35] DevRel

Resources

• Growth Hacker Marketing - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18454317-growth-hacker-marketing
• Project managers vs. product managers - https://www.paymoapp.com/blog/product-manager-vs-project-manager/
• Google Optimize - https://optimize.google.com
• LB Episode With Amal - https://www.ladybug.dev/episodes/engineering-management?rq=engineering%20management
• The Manager’s Path - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33369254-the-manager-s-path
• Crucial Conversations - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15014.Crucial_Conversations
• Resilient Management - https://resilient-management.com/
• Testing episode with Angie - https://www.ladybug.dev/episodes/testing-101?rq=testing
• Kim Maida’s episode about dev advocacy - https://www.ladybug.dev/episodes/developer-communities?rq=developer%20advocacy

Transcript

https://github.com/ladybug-podcast/ladybug-website/blob/master/transcripts/63-non-dev-jobs.md