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There is quite a recent trend to introduce internal Platform, Dev Tools, or Data Platform teams. I would like to learn more about different approaches of organising Product management there: collecting requirements, ideation, communications. How engineers can be more involved in product design, rituals, etc. I can hardly find any information beyond very superficial. Can you suggest any sources? Thanks!

I recently got a feedback in my interview process that I should be more structured and clear in communications, particularly on the topics that are broad and complex like approaching monolith refactoring, pros and cons of some technologies. I tend to sometimes quickly over points or vice versa versa go unnecessary deep into details, or divert into connected topics.

Can you please give any advice, recommend a book or something else to improve my communication skills. Thank you!

I'm quite experienced in backend engineering, but recently I found myself interested in more CS-heavy topics, particularly compilers and query engines. I am reading and doing "Writing a Compiler in Go", but I would like to go deeper into the topic and potentially try to land a relevant job.

Can you please recommend how to get practical experience in this area? What open source projects friendly to beginners to contribute to? What tools to master? Thank you!