I’m interviewing at Google for an L7 PM role. I’m 15+ years into my career in software but I never had a CS major or a programming background. Have done fine as a founder and startup VP product as well as large company PM.

BUT I’m a bit apprehensive about Google’s “CS required” mentality for PMs. And cognizant that PMs are expected to be more technical than most companies. Curious:

— If you’re a senior level PM, what technical skills did you actually use on the job?
— for a non CS major what subjects do you recommend they brush up on for actual job performance ?
— What skills / domains are worth learning from scratch?