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How to start learning about API to engage in a PM position in a Fintech?

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  1. Luke Summerfield
    Luke Summerfield

    HubSpot Director of Product Strategy | Marketing Hub, Content Hub • 9mo

    APIs can feel intimidating if you haven’t worked with them before, but you don’t need to be an advanced engineer to get up to speed with APIs. You just need to understand how they work, how developers use them, and how they are typically leveraged in fintech. Here are a few ideas to help get you started…  Learn the basics (no code needed). Take a free intro course (Postman, Codecademy) or watch a YouTube crash course on REST APIs. Learn key concepts: endpoints, requests vs. responses, authentica ...Read More

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  2. Suzie Prince
    Suzie Prince

    Atlassian Product Leader - Ex-Atlassian, Ex-ThoughtWorks • 1y

    API are generally well documented and so if there are specific APIs you need to work with, review the documentation of how that API works to learn more about it. Seek out other products that use that API and understand how they work. If you have the skills, build out a small app that interacts with that API to learn about how to use it and it's limitations.

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