This was a liberating read. As an engineer who some times thinks of pivoting to product management because I love getting user feedback, making improvements to features, and enjoy build products. It's liberating to see that I may not need to pivot, I could still enjoy being an engineer and keep learning how to build better products, and there are companies looking for traits like these.
Feb 9·edited Feb 9Liked by Andy Vandervell, Ian Vanagas
It's amazing that everything is public, all the goals and work each team member in each team is doing. This probably feels liberating.
The 'What to look for' sections are also useful, but I'm not sure I know someone who would have fit in all of them :)
You mentioned that it's hard but worth it, so I guess it did come up, I just wonder if it's sustainable for the long term, or if you'll need to compromise for some qualities.
For example the 'have an eye for UX and design' part is hard, as it's not a skill that's easily trainable. I would have guessed it's enough to have 1-2 such people in each area.
You contradict yourself: in point 5, you commend Paul & co for researching and planning to better understand the broader scope of their feature, but in point 4, you denounce researching and planning in favor of building.
This was a liberating read. As an engineer who some times thinks of pivoting to product management because I love getting user feedback, making improvements to features, and enjoy build products. It's liberating to see that I may not need to pivot, I could still enjoy being an engineer and keep learning how to build better products, and there are companies looking for traits like these.
This was a fantastic read - I'm definitely taking a couple of points here and pulling it into our hiring handbook. Always great articles!!
It's amazing that everything is public, all the goals and work each team member in each team is doing. This probably feels liberating.
The 'What to look for' sections are also useful, but I'm not sure I know someone who would have fit in all of them :)
You mentioned that it's hard but worth it, so I guess it did come up, I just wonder if it's sustainable for the long term, or if you'll need to compromise for some qualities.
For example the 'have an eye for UX and design' part is hard, as it's not a skill that's easily trainable. I would have guessed it's enough to have 1-2 such people in each area.
You contradict yourself: in point 5, you commend Paul & co for researching and planning to better understand the broader scope of their feature, but in point 4, you denounce researching and planning in favor of building.