Hi, I'm Tasneem

A CS senior pivoting into Product Management. I keep CSULB's student press online, which is where I learned that deciding what to build is harder than building it.

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The work

Two case studies and a side project. The case studies are where the product decisions live: what I chose to build, what I chose to leave out, and what I got wrong.

Case Study
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Schedaddle prototype preview
Figma Prototype Preview
Jan 2026 - Present

Schedaddle

Three interviews told us something we didn't expect: people wanted their scheduling in one place and their group chat left alone. So Schedaddle does availability polling, shift schedules, and announcements, and deliberately stops short of messaging. I ran the research, co-wrote the spec, and drove the Figma prototype.

User Research Product Spec Figma MVP Scoping
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Project preview for DIG Magazine
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Jun 2026 - Present

DIG Magazine

Lead engineer on the redesign of CSULB's arts and culture magazine. I walked the old navigation and found key content sitting three clicks deep; the new structure gets it to one across six of eight sections. Now building the approved Figma design as a responsive site.

Figma HTML CSS
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Project preview for PennyPal
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May 2025

PennyPal

A budgeting web app: log expenses, set limits per category, and see where the money actually went. Flask on the back, Firebase for auth, Chart.js for the breakdowns.

Python HTML CSS JavaScript Flask Firebase Authentication Chart.js

How I ended up here

I started CS wanting to be a software engineer. I'm finishing it wanting to be a PM, and what changed my mind was a job where I had to decide what actually got built.

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Tasneem Iqbal
Education
B.S. Computer Science, CSULB. GPA 3.6, graduating Dec 2026.
Location
Long Beach, CA
Status
Looking for APM / PM roles

For the last year I've run Beach Media's publication websites: Long Beach Current, DIG, and ENYE. I started as the coordinator and got the manager job four months later. Day to day it's less glamorous than that sounds: I decide whether an editor's request is a two-hour change or a two-month one, and I keep the sites patched and the credentials rotated.

The engineering half earns its keep in scoping. I can read the codebase instead of asking someone to summarize it, size a request before I agree to it, and push back with specifics when a timeline doesn't add up. Getting LBCurrent through Core Web Vitals (2.1s LCP, zero layout shift) was mostly refactoring and compressing assets. That is the kind of unglamorous work that never gets prioritized unless someone technical is the one asking for it.

Where I've worked

Dec 2025 - Present

Web Platform Manager

Beach Media · CSULB

Current
Promoted to Manager Earned ownership of the full publication portfolio
  • Own Beach Media's full portfolio of publication websites
  • Coordinate with editorial and design teams to scope and ship site changes while keeping platforms stable and online
  • Safeguard platform security by managing user access, resetting credentials, and patching vulnerabilities across all sites
Stakeholder Alignment Scope & Ship Platform Security Cross-functional Leadership
Aug 2025 - Dec 2025

Web Platform Coordinator

Beach Media · CSULB

LCP 2.1s · CLS 0 passed Core Web Vitals on LBCurrent
  • Optimized front-end performance through code refactoring and asset compression, helping publications pass Core Web Vitals
  • Built and maintained responsive HTML/CSS components across multiple publication sites to improve mobile consistency
  • Debugged production issues to keep sites reliable and online
Core Web Vitals HTML CSS WordPress Squarespace Performance Optimization
Jun 2023 - Jun 2024

Computer Science Teaching Assistant

Microsoft TEALS

1 year mentoring high-school students in intro computer science
  • Tutored high-school students in introductory computer science to reinforce core programming concepts
  • Reviewed and debugged student Python assignments to help them resolve errors and complete coursework
  • Translated complex technical concepts into accessible explanations
Python Communication Mentorship Debugging

Skills & Tools

A toolkit spanning product thinking and hands-on engineering. Tap a category to explore.

User Interviews Product Specs / PRDs Wireframing Information Architecture Competitive Analysis MVP Scoping
Python JavaScript C++ Kotlin HTML CSS
Figma Git / GitHub Firebase Chart.js WordPress Squarespace VS Code Android Studio

Say hi

I'm looking for APM and PM roles. Happy to talk about product, the XP revival, or why your phone is like that.

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