Would be great if you can share somethings that you've learnt it the hard way especially on topics like stakeholder management (dealing with engineering/ execs/ founders/ P&L team), learning/ upskilling, switching internally/ externally, perfection vs hacky stuff
Stakeholders will only listen to you if you can make their lives easier. If you want to build something and get everyone onboard, you need to solve a problem from everyone involved. Otherwise you won’t be able to build anything
Let me share a piece of advise on communications-
How is this book ? Have heard good things about
Do whatever is good for the business. You are a sales guy but with massive leverage given to you by tech.
Forget PM frameworks, product vs project management, processes etc. It’s all only useful as far as it helps you ship faster and bring in the money
& soft skills post that -
Stakeholder alignment , user interviewing, Managing up, Politicking, Manipulation (reqd when working in large teams)
Great points. A few followup question-
Not 10+ YOE but: The best ideas don't always win and the worst ideas don't always die out. So have conviction in logic and rationality as you traverse your career. But take punts on ideas as you never know what might work out.
