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Over the past 10 years, I've had the opportunity to develop skills across multiple disciplines and industries. Each opportunity has provided me with a unique set of skills that has led to my success as a product manager.
Quality engineering is one of the more complicated disciplines I've encountered. There are an infinite number of test plan strategies and it can be easy to fall into paralysis by analysis. I found success in this role by first writing automation tests for the most fundamental user paths and then built tests in parallel with development's sprint cadence. I prioritized areas with historically troublesome quality concerns and became adept at avoiding common pitfalls that lead to brittle tests. Leveraging third-party tools and libraries such as Selenium and TestBench was invaluable to my success.
I took several UX courses through DesignLab which provided me with a solid baseline for design principals. UX has undoubtedly played a vital role in all of my product decisions, and I am particularly interested in the principles of user centered design and the power of consumer psychology.
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Similar to UX, I've learned technical writing requires logical hierarchy, a consistent voice, and overall simplicity in order to provide delightful usability.
Civil engineering changed the way I analyze the world. The sheer coordination effort across engineers, architects, city planners, and financiers was often a delicate and precarious mission. The most important skill I learned during these years was the value of effective communication in order to align stakeholders motivations.
My first job after graduating from UVM was a solar draftswoman. I worked primarily on single phase electrical diagrams which exposed me to the value of illustrating abstract concepts through design.
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