Sep 16, 202639 minS0
<p>If you ship a feature and never click through it yourself, this episode is for you. Kent talks with Rita Kozlov, VP of Product for Cloudflare's developer platform, about the line between product managers and product...
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Become a Product Engineer is Kent C. Dodds's interview podcast about skills that stay valuable as AI takes on more implementation. It continues the Chats with Kent lineage (season 7) under a name that matches the work: product engineering — blending technical depth with product judgment, user empathy, and problem clarity. Each episode is a long-form conversation with a guest who has shipped real software and cares about building the right thing before making it right. You get full audio, transcripts, structured show notes, homework (one concrete action to try), and links from the conversation. Canonical home for the show and every episode page: https://www.epicproduct.engineer/become-a-product-engineer-podcast New episodes publish on Wednesdays (America/Denver). Video is added on Transistor for supported podcast apps when available. Complements Better with Kent — Kent's solo series on durable skills for people who ship software. Questions or feedback: me@kentcdodds.com
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What is Become a Product Engineer about?
Become a Product Engineer is Kent C. Dodds's interview podcast about skills that stay valuable as AI takes on more implementation. It continues the Chats with Kent lineage (season 7) under a name that matches the work: product engineering, blending technical depth with product judgment, user empathy, and problem clarity.
What has Become a Product Engineer covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Use the product yourself - empathy, architecture, and PM partnership with Rita Kozlov" (16 September 2026, 39 minutes), "Ask why in every PR - product engineering with Erin Fox" (9 September 2026, 40 minutes), and "AI is a tool, not a silver bullet - product discovery with Peppe Silletti" (2 September 2026, 42 minutes).
How often does Become a Product Engineer publish?
Become a Product Engineer publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across 32 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Become a Product Engineer?
Booking probability for Become a Product Engineer is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Become a Product Engineer requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Become a Product Engineer's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for Become a Product Engineer are IT Services & Software Development.
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Become a Product Engineer is a general podcast with 32 episodes published.
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Sep 9, 202640 minS0<p>If you are merging beautiful AI PRs without being able to say why the change exists, this episode is for you. Kent talks with Erin Fox about treating every feature like a new product, asking why before you write...
Sep 2, 202642 minS0<p>If shipping got cheap and you are still not sure you are building the right thing, this episode is for you. Kent talks with Peppe Silletti, independent product engineer and host of The Product Engineers Podcast...
Aug 19, 202647 minS0<p>If you walk into cross-team asks with a prescription instead of curiosity, this episode is for you. Kent talks with Shaundai Person about privacy UX at Netflix, the micro-sales skills she brought from a decade in...
Aug 12, 202647 minS0<p>If you are building something people want but still cannot grow it, this episode is for you. Kent talks with Michael Grinich, founder of WorkOS, about cold-emailing product managers, closing the feedback loop with...
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Jul 29, 202643 minS0<p>If you build internal tools, AI enablement, or platform work, this episode is for you. Kent talks with Ben Ilegbodu about treating developers as customers, measuring success without a checkout funnel, and the durable...
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Jul 15, 202649 minS0<p>Kent talks with Annie Sexton, developer educator at ngrok, about the durable skills engineers need as AI changes the shape of software work.</p><p>They cover how to teach complex technical ideas without assuming too...
Jul 8, 202641 minS0<p>Kent talks with Michael Shimeles - Rasmic - about building products in the AI era without losing the engineering judgment that makes software useful.</p><p>They cover AI consulting, why clients often ask for the...
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Jun 24, 202643 minS0<p>Kent talks with Ruben Casas about building products again in the AI-agent era: why experienced engineers can now stay close to customers and code, how demos turn vague ideas into something people can react to, and...
Jun 17, 202644 minS0<p>Kent talks with Sean Roberts, engineer at PhotoShelter, about product engineering shaped by agency work and small teams: being the technical person in sales conversations early, planning with product judgment, and...
Jun 10, 202647 minS0<p>Kent talks with Grady Booch about what software engineering still means in the age of AI agents, why implementation is only one part of the work, and why human judgment remains central to building durable...
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