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Story Time: Economic downturn, and a big hole
Sometimes, cost savings are counterintuitive. It can lead to a white-knuckled ride
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Sometimes, cost savings are counterintuitive. It can lead to a white-knuckled ride
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Wherein I helped the ouster of an arguably deserving leader, and the impact on my life/career
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A party guy does ... *good*?
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The vast majority of product managers will never be seated at a table with advocates grilling them under oath, and with the video cameras rolling, but it does happen, and it sucks
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A lighter post. Travel can make it difficult to remain healthy, and as I ramped up my travel schedule, I needed to stay in shape. Also, Travel Agencies are teh devil
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When Sales goes bad, it can really mess with your head
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Two instances where I walked into difficult situations. One where I was naive, and one where I was set up. They both imprinted important lessons on my brain
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A simple meeting is very stressful, but it is part of the job.
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A production drop out caused a lot of chaos when i was a newish PM for a product. I didn't know what to do, but I over rotated to communicate as we handled the issues, a template I used over and over
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We won the business, but what did we bargain for?
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Starting a series of posts relating events and activities from a 25+ year Product Management career. First up, a shit-storm with a capital 'S'
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Techies, "engineers" and others deep into the tech stack often are myopic. Sometimes you need to call them out explicitly.
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A swan song.
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The RTO resistance is fueling a trend to more contract work in the upper echelons and formerly sacrosanct realms of Tech. The shift is not going to be pain free, but it might turn out OK.
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As I look back to my fleeting awareness of crypto, I remain glad that I trusted my instincts. Sadly, too many people have lost money they couldn't afford chasing the dragon.
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I have been blessed with a long career in product management, having seen many things, living through many transitions. I am glad I am not starting now.