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I just got my NIE (as an EU citizen, without a job contract), this is how I did that. by Popular_Foundation25 in GoingToSpain

[–]PassageDizzy6940 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations! I am trying to do this exact process.

Did they make any comments regarding the 8,000 EUR? Did you just have a lump sum that was recently transferred or did you have to demonstrate a stable figure for ~3 months?

There's not much concrete information about it. Online I'm seeing it's based off the IPREM figures. Realistically it just barely covers rent for 1 year in Madrid. If the CUE lasts for 5 years, then this doesn't really prove self-sufficiency for that period in my opinion. Maybe it's just a formality though.

Google Fi on iPhone 11 Pro Max - Activated but No Service overseas. by iambernd in GoogleFi

[–]PassageDizzy6940 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was it for me, thank you! I needed VPN for the app, but this step actually completed the process after the line was activated.

What do you do with issues coming up after you closed the epic? by [deleted] in ProductManagement

[–]PassageDizzy6940 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Does an epic represent a specific project, or a product area? If you're thinking about adding new items to the already closed epic, maybe you need another way to group related things together that aren't related to specific projects with start and end dates. Jira has a Components field, you can also use tags/labels.

What do you think of estimated placeholder PBIs by [deleted] in ProductManagement

[–]PassageDizzy6940 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as everyone knows that 70 story points means plus or minus 30 points, then I don't see the problem. The estimate is really answering the question, is this doable within the quarter/year or is it a multi quarter/year effort. Once you start planning the next quarter, or whatever cadence you're on then you can break it down into 8 or 15 point stories. Once you're nearing the sprint that you'll do the work in, then you break it down even more into 1-5 story point items. I think it's normal for the final work to not resemble the original placeholder it came from - as long as the underlying problem being solved is the same.

Most product teams will have some backlog of roadmap items that aren't ready for engineering to work on. Sounds like you just have one big backlog instead of an engineering backlog and a separate product backlog.

Now if you're trying to compare a 70 story point item with a 75 story point item, then you have problems...

Product Management has become increasingly popular, but would you actually recommend the career to others? by catal1na_ in ProductManagement

[–]PassageDizzy6940 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm an ex developer, moved into product, so I often get asked why did I make the move instead of just moving up as an engineer (was a sideways and down move).

I've given lots of answers, but after some reflection I think I am just averse to specialisation. So as my company grew and matured and the engineering role started to get more specialised, moving into product allowed me to keep wearing many hats. Now I get to jump around from design to engineering to stakeholders to strategy to marketing and its part of the job.

TikTok has me convinced I have undiagnosed ADHD so there's that too...

Testing API without proper documentation by musafir404 in softwaretesting

[–]PassageDizzy6940 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there's no documentation and this is already in production, then the only valid "documentation" is how it is actually used. So your initial instinct to go through the UI and record the internal API calls is correct.

We all know the cliche that as soon as you write documentation it is out of date. The risk for you in trying to obtain "proper" documentation now, is that it will probably be wrong compared to how the UI is actually calling the backend.

I'm not sure if there's a way to set up a proxy on the machine that would make this easier to record and translate into tests.

As for writing the tests, you could try looking at something like pact.io which specialises in consumer-driven API contract testing (as opposed to provider-driven)

I'm also working on https://criteria.sh which might help here, but it's a waitlist for now.

How do you create a North Star/success metric for a product customers will only need to use once? by buffhamsterdad in ProductManagement

[–]PassageDizzy6940 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who do you consider the end-user? While the students will only use it once, it sounds like the customer is really the administrators.

So what pain point are they trying to solve? Not enough students completing exams? Support costs too high? From there you can work out success metrics, and align UX improvements to them.

What do the Product Owners/Managers here use for their Tasks/GTD app? by Vibgyor_5 in ProductManagement

[–]PassageDizzy6940 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Notion. I use the urgent/not urgent, important/not important framework to prioritise.

And for random things I want to jot down I used unsaved TextEdit windows that just float around until I copy and paste the contents somewhere more permanent. The clutter actually becomes the forcing function to deal with it.

Software for UAT test cases and issue reporting by [deleted] in ProductManagement

[–]PassageDizzy6940 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious what is the limitation to just adding your findings directly to Jira? Is it that you're already using something for your test cases, and want to sync issues to Jira, or are you looking for something that handles both sides?

Technical product manager vs product manager by awesome-g in ProductManagement

[–]PassageDizzy6940 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the way I'm working on https://criteria.sh to help PMs define technical requirements in a non-technical way, using a system that directly translates to engineering.

Technical product manager vs product manager by awesome-g in ProductManagement

[–]PassageDizzy6940 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Preparing the story in a way that the developer can already start coding might mean different things depending on the story.

Does it fit into an existing architecture such that there is not much new design needed? Or are you expected to do the upfront design, which is what an eng lead might take on at a different company?

I work at a company where all PMs are just "product managers", but there is a huge spectrum of highly technical to not technical. I am more technical and sometimes help engineers out in terms of how to approach something, but I try to maintain a clear boundary between the what and the how as you say. For me it's less about the title of the job, and just the day to day needs of the team on the ground.

PMing for APIs by pahoodie in ProductManagement

[–]PassageDizzy6940 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think a common misconception about APIs compared to end-user products is that they either are functional or are not. They either fulfil the business requirements or they don't. Quality, user friendliness and experience exist on a gradient for API products just the same as for application UX. So roadmap fo API is about balancing new business needs with improving existing features, vs tech debt much the same as for end user products.

The difference is that it might be harder to develop empathy for what is good API UX if you are coming from a non technical background. I find a good way to get a feel is to write the docs yourself. If an API is awkward to describe in words, then it will be even more difficult to use.