Reading Time: 6 minutesI read the book Good Strategy/Bad Strategy when it first came out years ago and it is a book I plan to revisit more frequently as I advance in my product career. If you only had time to read one business book this year, I highly recommend it. Recently, a product lead…
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been fortunate to attend schools where Learning by Doing, Mens et Manus were the modus operandi. As an engineering double-major undergrad, I spent so much time in labs that I sometimes took it for granted. It wasn’t until I attended lectures at other universities that I appreciated the value of my…
Reading Time: 3 minutesInversion thinking and theory is as old as Mathematics. There exists a variety of inverse operations in mathematics. For instance, Division is the inverse of Multiplication; Subtraction is the inverse operation of Addition etc. In Algebra, the inverse function is one that reverses another function. It undoes the operation of the original…
Reading Time: 6 minutesYou often take for granted the great, the good, and the mediocre managers you’ve had along the way…that is until you’ve encountered a terrible manager. The saying is true: Your manager makes or breaks your experience in the workplace Some wise person I still have some residual trauma from the worst manager…
Reading Time: 4 minutesI once heard someone say: “The best way to break into VC is to already be in VC.” While that was in reference to the Venture Capital (VC) industry, I believe the same sentiment sadly applies to Product Management. The best way to break into product management is to already be in…
Reading Time: 3 minutesI believe the main goal of a product manager is to ship experiences that delight customers and deliver business outcomes. This goal is the same for different product managers regardless of their companies or specialities. Software Product Management is similar to Hardware Product Management in terms of the expected outcome. However, the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the things I like to do is look up job postings that are one to three levels above mine so as to assess areas for growth/improvement. This allows me to understand the Product Manager Career Path as well as gain clarity on where I want to be professionally. Just as…
