@whitecoatcapxg .@poornima "if I was going to do a good job as either a leader or an engineer I needed to pick one" because doing both meant doing a bad job at both
WELP #LeadDevAustin out here with the personal attacks upon mine own self before 10am
@poornima and I have some exciting news to share. Next week, our LinkedIn Learning class on Technical Storytelling goes live. Here’s a behind the scenes pic with the team that made it happen.
"Sometimes we're in a mixed audience... We don't necessarily want to bore the people who already know what we're saying, and we also don't want to talk down to the people who are beginners." @AnneJanzerbuff.ly/2xRAy7J#publicspeaking#technicaltalk
"You don't want to dumb down for people. You want to respect their intelligence, but you also have to remember someone at the conference just came out of three other sessions... and you need to help them reset." @AnneJanzerbuff.ly/2xRAy7J#publicspeaking#technicaltalk
As part of every experiment, we wanted to end on a headline or major learnings and pain points that our users needed to be fixed. That kind of gave us a list that we could start with. #productmanagementbuff.ly/2JJSPbB
Myth: you need to keep growing your business to be successful. Truth: sometimes staying small is the best business strategy. Interview with @pjrvsbuff.ly/2Fk8nU4#tech#companyofone
“Women can 'lean-in' all they want... but until we start changing our workplaces ... women aren't going to be successful. We really need to start looking at our workplaces and changing our workplaces.” @kecatlin@BetterAllies#allyshipbuff.ly/2EgGET4
Being a freelancer means more freedom and flexibility, but it can take years to get your business off the ground. Check out this interview with Gregg Goldner @TwoSunTraders to see if freelancing is for you. buff.ly/2vuNyyq#freelance#freelancer
When you’re operating a #Companyofone you get to define success and what is enough for you. "Because sometimes growth makes a ton of sense and sometimes it doesn't" @pjrvsbuff.ly/2Fk8nU4
“What I recommend you do to make sure that you're having the right kind of impact, is look for systemic changes as opposed to one off changes where you are maybe just saving the day.” #allyship@kecatlin@BetterAlliesbuff.ly/2RAprYx
Building a product? You need diverse perspectives. Lisa Doan @Pivotal suggests doing evaluative research, and not just with a very specific persona, to see how the problem exists for others and how to solve for various scenarios.
"You need to make a careful distinction between what you want to talk about and what the audience needs to hear. There may be a small overlap, but you need to respect what their needs are." @AnneJanzerbuff.ly/2xRAy7J#communication
Searching for a #productmanager post? @jmalayaay says there may be a, "disconnect between the job postings and what a company is actually looking for... So, you're not actually going to get the real deal on culture." Watch the interview: buff.ly/2DbNYAA
Communication can get a little hairy when scaling a #remoteteam. For ideas on what a remote teams needs to be successful, watch the interview with @hollyccc, Founder of @pixcphotosbuff.ly/2tjTeeb
To get a feel for what our customers are really looking for, we did generative interviews, generated prototypes, and things like feature fakes and experiments with the existing products. #productmanagement Interview with Vera and Lisa @Pivotalbuff.ly/2JJSPbB
Have to hold yourself and your team accountable? @Pivotal suggests a growth board comprised of stakeholders across different business organizations to help make decisions [to] pivot, persevere or kill the product. buff.ly/2T9UA6m#productmanagement
Lisa and Vera of @pivtoal suggest thinking about it in terms of three spheres of influence: User, Business, and Engineering. Creating a balanced team isn't about specific roles ...it's that, at any given time, someone can weigh in for each of those areas. buff.ly/2T9UA6m
“People... have done things like study performance reviews...and found that there is gendered difference in how we give feedback to women versus men. Some of... the feedback that we give to women is more vague.” #allyship#inclusion@BetterAlliesbuff.ly/2EgGET4
“Women can lean in all they want and all they can, but ...We really need to start looking at our workplaces and changing our workplaces.” #allyship@BetterAlliesbuff.ly/2RAprYx
Ever panicked when a hiring manager asks you "What are your salary expectations?" @powertofly has tips - and scripts - to make sure you answer like a pro. buff.ly/2Y4Lj1m#careertransition
"We explored a number of approaches to estimating work, and shared some of the shortfalls when it comes to over-, under-, or just not estimating altogether." Interview with @hnshahbuff.ly/2J8UTZ9#productestimates
“A #companyofone isn’t just a one-person business. It’s not anti-growth or anti-revenue. It’s just a business that questions whether growth is right for founders, employees, and customers, and for the long term success of the business.” @pjrvsbuff.ly/2W01fld
“High level things I’m looking for: I need the candidate to clarify the [previous] company, the problem to be solved, how [it] came about, and the process [they] went through to get to the solution.” Interview: buff.ly/2tlmH75@sarahdoody#uxdesign#uxdesigner
“The opportunity won’t just present itself one today. ...you have to continue to fight for it, if you believe that’s the path that you want to go down.” Interview with @amysundaebuff.ly/2YtC23H#careertransition#careerchange
"Involve the developers and product managers in the design process, so that it doesn’t feel like the designer is telling them what to make. It’s more of collaborative process.” Full interview buff.ly/2tlmH75@sarahdoody#uxdesign