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The Learning Curve: Reading Notes for Product Leaders

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  • August 19, 2026

    Book Review: “Decoding Tech Careers: How to Build a Future-Proof Career in a World of Artificial Intelligence” by Richard Walls

    The book “Decoding Tech Careers” by Richard Walls aims to provide insights on “how to build a future-proof career in the world of artificial intelligence” and falls short of doing so. Specifically for the target audience of this website, the book can be skipped. For professionals relatively new in the workforce, there are certain useful…

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  • June 25, 2020

    Book Review: Escaping the Build Trap…

    ‘Escaping the Build Trap’ by Melissa Perri offers some practical insights into why organisations fall into the habit of just building stuff. She works her approach through a case study format which makes the book an enjoyable and relatable read… Continue reading

  • March 8, 2020

    Book Review: Gamification — Using Game Elements in Serious Contexts…

    I have been reading up on how to gamify core product experiences and the current state of art. Came across this book Gamification — Using Game Elements in Serious Contexts, it’s published by Springer whose technical books I tend to… Continue reading

  • March 7, 2020

    Book Review: The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook…

    I chanced upon this book The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook while browsing for the latest practices in the realm of product management specific to data science. It helps that the book got released only in Jan 2018 and how emergence… Continue reading

  • March 6, 2020

    Book Review: Product Leadership — How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products…

    The book Product Leadership — How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams focuses on specific aspects concerning product leaders across different organisational stages Basic premise of the book is about reinforcing that domain-specific skills aside, product… Continue reading

  • March 5, 2020

    Introduction

    Hi, glad to see you here! I am Ram Sevak – a product executive  based out of Bengaluru, India. I have spent 15+ years building and leading products across consumer internet, e-commerce, FinTech and AI/data. I write ProductSummaries.com as my… Continue reading

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The Learning Curve: Reading Notes for Product Leaders

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