If you work in a startup or creating a brand new product in a larger firm, an early decision about certain design bound to be a stumbling block later down the road.
Before we go further, I just want to let you know that this is normal. The decision we make base on incomplete knowledge tend to come back and bite us. There
Whenever someone does a great job, we want to recognize their effort. We want to give them recognition or rewards in front of the team members to make them feel appreciated.
However, having worked in a few startups, I notice that a wrongly attributed recognition can cause the best engineers to feel frustrated. If it happens frequently, they quit.
"everybody knows that you
There are many good things about having technical knowledge as a product manager. However, we also face many struggle uniquely to technical product manager.
You can understand the technical jargon that the engineers use. You can ask the right question or at least phrase it in the right way when speaking with an engineer. You understand the challenge of building something with ambiguous
8 months ago, I give up coding full time and become a product manager at Milieu Insight. Looking back, it took me a while to make the decision. I wrote about my switch to product manager here and here.
Approaching my 8 full months without full-time coding, I reflected on my choice and decided to share what has changed in my life. Maybe
What is the one skill that all product manager needs?
Weeks ago I wrote about a product manager does not need to know how to code. During a conversation with a friend, he asked: “if it is not coding skills, what are the one skill a product manager must have”? I was caught by surprise and struggle to give a good answer. I
Get my insights on being a product manager with 8 years of former engineering experience. I discuss the problems in product management and how to overcome it in my 2-Pointers Tuesday Newsletter.