Master the Art of the Product Manager 'No'
letsnotdothat.com/Keep your meetings smooth and your priorities on track!
Be a thermostat, not a thermometer | Lara Hogan
larahogan.me/blog/be-a-thermostat-not-a-thermometer/As I’ve learned more about how humans interact with one another at work, I’ve been repeatedly reminded that we are very easily influenced by the mood of those around us. It’s usually not even something we do consciously; we just see someone using a different tone of voice or shifting their body language, and something deep in our brain notices it.
Your company needs Junior devs
softwaredoug.com/blog/2024/09/07/your-team-needs-juniorsJunior engineers are foundational to whether a team can collaborate and innovate
Words on Founder Mode – Rands in Repose
randsinrepose.com/archives/words-on-founder-mode/Graham hints at some of the attributes of Founder Mode but mostly says it’s not a well-defined. It is. Founder Mode is the culture of a company and a culture is defined by the character of the founders. Here are the values I’ve discovered over and over again working with these humans:
Plane - The open source project management tool
plane.so/Open-source project management tool to manage issues, sprints, and product roadmaps with peace of mind.
Get It Done
boz.com/articles/get-it-doneToo often people do the best they can with what they have when they should instead get it done
How to plan? | Kellan Elliott-McCrea
kellanem.com/notes/how-to-planLet’s also set aside the question of trade-offs for the moment, except to say, trade-offs are the very heart of engineering and engineering leadership. Software as a medium is so malleable that functionally anything can be made to work. Any language, architecture, approach, style, process, etc can be made to work given sufficient effort. Meaning we find ourselves not asked to choose between right and wrong answers, but between trade-offs.
Product Management Software
prodpad.com/The #1 Product Management Platform. Roadmap, idea, and feedback management that ties actions to outcomes. Clear the chaos and unite teams to create outstanding products.
Work Is Work | codahale.com
codahale.com//work-is-work/In which returns diminish.
Quality Is Systemic - Jacob Kaplan-Moss
jacobian.org/2022/sep/9/quality-is-systemic/If your team is producing defective code, consider that it may not be because they all suck at their jobs. It’s probably because the environment isn’t allowing them to produce quality software.
Build Your Career on Dirty Work | Stay SaaSy
staysaasy.com/career/2022/09/11/Dirty-Work.htmlThe Dirty Work Theory: The lamentable work that many people avoid are great places to look for high impact, low hanging fruit.
Official myths | A Working Library
aworkinglibrary.com/writing/official-mythsLet’s engage with office culture as it really is, not how we imagine it used to be.