What are you optimizing for?
In the last few years, I’ve had approximately 37981 calls1 with job seekers, career pivoters, and recent or near graduates wanting to “break into” product management2. I’ve learned a lot from these conversations about the shape of the tech job market, the slippery lore around a “successful career,” and the value of co-creating stories about…
Fight better to grow faster
Considering my career as a whole, I’ve developed expertise and been promoted at an accelerated pace. Some of the reasons why have nothing to do with me at all and others are specific to me as an individual, so I’m sharing the tactics and principles that could be useful to others. This is the first…
