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What makes a Platform Team work with Mason Jones from Zapier

Engineering Unblocked

CHAPTER

Understanding User Experience and Product Management

This chapter focuses on enhancing user experience through observation techniques, emphasizing the importance of empathy in engineering roles. It discusses the balance required in platform teams between immediate goals and broader visions, addressing the challenges of product management and the potential for engineers to take on these responsibilities. Additionally, it explores the transition from monolithic to microservices architecture, stressing the need for simplicity in infrastructure management to allow engineers to concentrate on delivering value to customers.

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