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Hey there! It's ProductNumbers, back at it, your ultimate source for all things Product Analytics. A big shoutout to all you fantastic newcomers who joined us last week. We're thrilled to have you on board!Ā 

We've got some thrilling news in store for you Product enthusiasts ā€“ from the best new articles, job opportunities and freelancing. We hope you're as excited as we are, because we're ready to dive right in!

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Highlights if you've only got 2 minutes

1/ New article from Timo Dechau on How to measure a data platform?Ā Ā Learn more >>Ā 

The article discusses how to measure a data platform from a product perspective.šŸ’”It introduces the concept of a metric tree for analysing data platform metrics.

It starts with a Primary output metric suggested : Total Revenue / Month, with then a breakdown into compute and subscription revenue.

2/ How Netflix builds a culture of excellence | Elizabeth Stone (CTO). Learn more >>Ā 

The podcast covered Elizabeth's career advice, Netflix's high-performance culture, maintaining excellence, intentional leadership, fostering open communication, the Keeper Test, and transparent communication's importance for trust and accountability.

3/ PostHog Autocapture now supports cut and copy events Learn more >>Ā 

Ā Autocapture feature implemented support for cut and copy events, fulfilling user requests while addressing concerns about the noise generated during testing when capturing text selection events. The approach taken aims to resolve this issue without significantly increasing the volume of events captured.Ā 

4/ Product Analytics for Platform Products - by Richa Verma.Ā Learn more >>Ā 

This article explains how platform products require different tools of product analytics than those used for direct user interaction. It then describes the layers of a platform product and the metrics needed to capture performance, scalability, and reliability.

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Current job opportunities available

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Freelancing opportunities

It's incredibly exciting to observe the increasing trend of companies showing strong enthusiasm for adopting Product Analytics. A significant number of these companies are actively searching for freelance support to integrate tools like Mixpanel, Amplitude, and PostHog into their operations.

For those interested in exploring this opportunity, below is a carefully curated list of open freelance positions for implementation. It's worth noting that these positions are temporary and are removed once they're successfully filled.