How to become “technical” PM?

I'm on a quest of becoming technical, with solid understanding and comfort level of working with concepts like: data structures and algorithms, computer networking, software architecture and design. I've been searching and trying to organize a learning plan and became overwhelmed not knowing where to start. Where do you start? What has worked for you? What type of knowledge has been most useful in your work?

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Is online harvard course truly free?

Why? Do you want to be a software engineer? Otherwise, stay in your lane and let others do their job. I never hired a technical PM in my 40+ years because I hired software developers, architects, network engineers and others to do the real technical work. Curiosity is a good thing, but don't confuse it with doing someone else's job or telling them how do do their job.

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