Do you remember your first meeting with the development team? I certainly do. We were all speaking the same language, yet I felt like I was listening to an alien jargon. I spent the entire hour nodding my head while internally panicking. When someone said, "We need to sync the API, so the backend needs to restructure the DB schema," I broke into a cold sweat thinking, 'Oh no, what am I supposed to say to that?' But here is the truth: A Product Manager (PM) does not need to be a developer. We do not have to write the code. However, understanding the "intent" and "context" behind the words they use changes everything. Today, I want to share 7 essential tech terms that transformed my relationship with my dev team, along with the personal lessons I learned along the way. Table of Contents 1. API: The 'Menu' between services 2. Frontend & Backend: The visible face vs. the hidden engine 3. DB (Database): The massive warehouse of our service 4...