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Learning paths Path 4 Draft

Hands-on tools

The reading skills and the kit a product leader needs now: what to read in the code, and what to use, choose and test in each category.

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Path 4 · 2 steps · about 31 min, plus the exercises Draft

Hands-on tools
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  1. Essay 12 min

    Should a PM know how to read code?

    The floor is five reading skills, and none of them is writing production code.

    Before the next step

    Open the query behind one number you report, and name one way it could be wrong.

  2. Essay 19 min

    The 2026 product leader’s toolset

    Eight categories, each with its job, its families, a test for choosing and its traps. The product names will go stale; the tests will not.

    Before the next step

    Pick the category where you are weakest and run its test this week, on real work rather than a sample prompt.

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