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The pixels matter

Name: The pixels matter
Uploaded: 2024-11-09T13:00:50Z
Channel: Peter Yang
Description: This is a YouTube video titled "The pixels matter" containing a monologue or talk from November 9, 2024, discussing the importance of product managers…

9 Nov 2024

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This is a YouTube video titled "The pixels matter" containing a monologue or talk from November 9, 2024, discussing the importance of product managers having a close understanding of design details and user experience to create successful products. The speaker emphasizes that PMs should not be detached from the visual and UX aspects, using Duolingo as an example.

I think there's a lot of product managers that I that I think end up having a hard time when they are so removed from the pixels. I think good products really live and die in the pixels, And I think PMs can't just be at the spec level. Like I wrote the strategy, I don't know what the design is going to look like. Can't be a winning combo for PMs. That's certainly not the case at Duolingo, so having a good eye or a good understanding of good user experiences really helps. Certainly we don't expect our PMS to be like designers themselves, where they can go design the best flow, but they should really understand what great design looks like and they can tell, like if the copy off is a little bit, or if a pixel doesn't look great, they should have that eye as much as or as close to as a great UX designer would.