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January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

Why Manage?

The single biggest mistake every first-time manager makes in tech companies (especially product, design and engg) is in believing that they no longer have to contribute as ICs (individual contributors).  It doesn’t matter where you are on the spectrum of company size – a handful of people fighting for survival and trying to launch a…

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July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

How to be an Effective Product Manager

Everything I have learnt about being an effective product manager condensed into a short video.

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June 22, 2021June 22, 2021

Product Roadmap Shapes

Product roadmaps typically need to have three important categories of initiatives: Work that helps to Keep the Lights On (KTLO) – tech debt, keeping existing features and functionalities up and running, fixing bugs, etc fall under this category. This is the bread and butter part of your roadmap.  Short term investments – incremental improvements in…

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February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Rethinking the Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

The MVP is dead. The Minimum Viable Product philosophy has become corrupted. We have misunderstood its intent and diluted its core elements over the years. What we are left with is a superficial term, often thrown around in conversations around product building, with little to no understanding of the underlying principles.  Sometimes the way to…

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February 9, 2021August 12, 2021

Transitioning into Product Management

To say that I have followed an unconventional path to becoming a product manager is a little bit of an understatement.  Engineering → Writing → Game Design → General Management → Product Management So one of the most frequent questions I get asked is: “how do I transition to a product management role?”. And while…

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