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5. Understand the software stack

Aswin Pranam
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Santa Clara, California, USA
 
“Truth can only be found in one place: the code”
—Robert C. Martin
This will be the most ambitious chapter in the entire book. I’ll attempt to walk you through a common technical product manager interview question that will give you insight into the way the Internet works, then cover the elements of a website to show you all the web technologies that play a part in the page being loaded in your browser. You will not magically become a web developer or immediately understand the nitty gritty of networking, but with additional study you will be able to firmly grasp ...

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