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Preface
I’ve always been fascinated by technology. If you ask my parents, they’ll tell
you how I spent countless hours messing around on my family’s Windows 95
PC as a toddler. As I grew older, my excitement for tech only intensified. I
would spend hours watching demos and reviews of the latest gadgets. I knew
that my dream job would be something in the tech space, but I wasn’t really
sure what it’d be.
As I walked through the job fair in my freshman year of college, I was
captivated by the tech companies surrounding me. As I talked with the
recruiters, they asked me if I was a “frontend” or “backend” developer and if
I was more skilled with Python or JavaScript. Since I majored in applied
economics, I had never learned what any of those terms meant, much less
how to respond without sounding stupid.
Fast forward to three years later, when I was a senior: I had job offers from
Facebook, Microsoft, and Google as a Product Manager and Product
Marketing Manager. I still have yet to take a single computer science (CS)
course or have the slightest idea of how to code. The difference between now
and when I was wandering around that career fair is this: I taught myself how
technology works at a high level and learned the relevant industry jargon so I
could converse intelligently with engineers and other technical employees.
With this knowledge, I could develop a much stronger understanding of the
business strategies that drive decisions at major tech companies. This book is
a compilation of all the knowledge I believe you need to get a non-developer
role at a technology company.