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Wisdom Bytes is a podcast by Wisdom Geek. Join us for bi-monthly discussions around software development and self-improvement. There will be one episode for each topic every month and the discussions will range from developer's experiences to self-help, productivity, or personal finance tips being used by people in their life.
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How to grow in the shoes of a Product Manager with Rajeev Gupta of Nylas, Canada
In this video we talk to Rajeev Gupta, Sr Product Manager at Nylas based out of Canada about his growth in the past 8 years and the transferrable skills that he has learned in domains like Insurance, Automobile, Fintech, and now in API infrastructure. In part 1 he talks deeply about the following:
00:00 Intro
05:40 Shift between India vs North America
13:00 Product Management vs Project Management
14:50 Red flags during interviews
17:20 Common traits which helped you
30:04 What kind of team composition works for you
33:40 How has past QA experience worked for you
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Call and Put Options for beginners
In this video, we will talk about the two most basic option strategies, buying calls and puts. All other strategies revolve around a combination of buying and selling calls and puts, so it is important to understand these basics first. Also known as long puts and long calls, we will discuss what the strategy entails, the maximum profit and loss of each, what factors affect the price, and how.
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00:00 Intro
01:10 Buying calls
05:33 Buying puts
08:54 Conclusion -
Becoming a Product Manager with Shantanu Chandra
In this video, we talk to Shantanu Chandra about his experiences as a product manager and how he moved from being a software developer to a product management role. He shares his experiences as a product manager and the resources he used to learn about becoming one.
00:00 Intro
01:25 What does a product manager do
05:27 PM at startup vs enterprise
07:05 Moving from dev to PM
10:37 Skills that translated from software dev
11:40 Skills needed for being a good PM
13:48 Advice for people looking to become one
15:03 Resources to learn product management
18:24 Does MBA help
21:07 Conclusion
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Playlist for product management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVNJc87nAfs&list=PLGnuavWbbd7AjqAboCSSktrg7M4jbmiBU -
Software Design Patterns
Design patterns are reusable solutions to commonly occurring programming problems. In other words, they can act as templates to solve problems we encounter in our day to day programming. They help make our code more structured, robust, scalable and maintainable.
In this video, we discuss what design patterns are and why should a software developer care about them. We also discuss how design patterns can be effective tools of communication and how we can combine multiple patterns to achieve something. We briefly touch on the types of design patterns as well: Creational, Structural and Behavioral. We also cover why there are so many design patterns under those three classifications and when to use which one.
00:00 Intro
00:15 What is a design pattern
02:40 Why do we need design patterns?
07:30 Types of design patterns
08:23 Why do we need so many?
10:23 Which pattern to use when
17:44 Composing design patterns
21:14 Conclusion
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Stock options explained: a beginner's guide
Saransh explains the basics of a stock option, particularly a call option and how it works, what is the logic behind it, and how it can be a good return on investment if used correctly.
Stock options are contracts that allow investors to buy or sell stocks at agreed-upon prices. They are a riskier play than stocks but can give a better return on investments once you understand how they work and how to use them. We will discuss what a call option is in this video and in the next ones we will discuss how to choose the right strike price, the expiry date, and how to trade options.
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00:00 Intro and disclaimer
01:13 What is an option contract
05:14 Technical terms with respect to options
07:03 Return using stocks vs options
08:51 Conclusion -
Preparing for technical interviews
Vikash shares his experience about giving technical interviews, his tips, and tricks about things to keep in mind while giving coding interviews. He also shares tips for interviewers and things interviewers should do to ensure a great candidate experience.
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00:00 Resources for preparation for a software engineering interview
01:27 How to approach a question
03:09 Tips for giving interviews
05:22 Suggestions for interviewers
08:00 Conclusion