Product Creation and Technical Product Management ft Adebola Aguda from Conversations with Winsala

My guest on this episode is Adebola Aguda, a Technical Product Manager at Microsoft. Adebola has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Georgia State University and started her career working as a .NET developer. She has worked in several functions within the field of Computer Science and Information Systems.

After exploring interests in game designs and visualization in the early years of her career in addition to her experience working as a Product Engineer at EY, Adebola has mastered the ins and outs of product management. She shares how her journey has helped her succeed in product creation. Her technical background, as she says in this episode, guides her in working effectively with developers and making functional business decisions.

Conversion highlights:

Adebola's journey to becoming a technical product engineer (1:09)

Technical product manager’s contribution to product creation process (04:37)

Differences in product management, technical product management and program management (08:46)

Demonstrating proficiency in technical product management job interviews (11:18)

With her being a black woman in tech, she speaks about diversity and its in role in product creation (14:34)