mindtricks

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by mindtricks 5y ago
People need to internalize that more. The gut-check reaction from most people is that process = overhead. It may be true that it creates that from time to time, but essentially a process should help align, remove confusion, maintain flow, a
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by mindtricks 5y ago
Most of what you have shared can be easily explained. IT trying to be responsive to you by making sure you have a laptop seems reasonable -- they may be concerned if they wait after Christmas, it would lost in the shuffle. They just made no
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by mindtricks 5y ago
Instead of root cause analysis as blame laying, look at this as more of an identification of diagnostically important reasons. The above example doesn't help anyone. If code was late, would you accept "our developer is incompetent
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by mindtricks 5y ago
In all fairness, the author is not a product manager by title or training. He's only sharing "product management" tricks or techniques that's helped him during his own development. If you've done these things for a
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by mindtricks 5y ago
We lack public dancing space, yes, but the US typically has a lot of space open for exercise, although not in the same manner. In almost every town and city you'll find basketball courts, baseball fields, high school football stadiums
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by mindtricks 5y ago
It's not about new, it's about highlighting progress against a plan that will likely create new competitors on a global stage while closing out any free market competition within their come country.
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by mindtricks 5y ago
To add to that, if you default to the position that any meeting is pointless, you'll find yourself continually frustrated and likely wrong at times. Talk to your manager about time management and let them know where you think your time
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by mindtricks 6y ago
yes, but they also deserve the criticism that comes with the action. it was the right action, but done way too late, and in a way that now looks vengeful and petty.
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by mindtricks 6y ago
I've worked in large and small, with good and bad cultures. And to be clear, that is not my view of developers. I point it out because I agree with the author of the article that there are differences in companies. I'm sorry that
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by mindtricks 6y ago
From personal experience on the product side, if you want to be more involved with the business, I'd recommend you work on two things from this article. First, curiosity is an absolutely must have. Without it, you'll not be able t
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by mindtricks 6y ago
If it doesn't exist, we can call it Orwell's Law - Whatever Big Brother is capable of seeing, it is seeing.
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by mindtricks 6y ago
Trying to do this now. They aren't budging on the rent, but are pitching a reduction to removal of parking and pet fees. I don't know if this is because they fall out of rent control regulations. Was aiming for a 10% total reducti
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by mindtricks 6y ago
The trolley problem came up a lot in The Good Place, which may be why discussions around it have suddenly become a bit more mainstream.
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by mindtricks 6y ago
It didn't seem that long ago that having an island shaped like a skull was a cost-prohibitive proposition, but seems we're almost there.
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by mindtricks 7y ago
Take an ownership role in what your team is trying to build and the purpose in which it's intended to serve. If you don't, people around you won't feel the need to either. And those that do need you to be an owner when you&#x
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by mindtricks 7y ago
While I'm sympathetic to the author, we have a significant amount of history showing that two parties work quite well. We certainly have our issues with long-term thinking that's not helped by this system, but in general, America
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by mindtricks 7y ago
The shallow library argument is becoming increasingly dated. If you compare it to studios who have been around for decades, then sure. If you want to limit it to "quality" content, then maybe. If you want to look at it from a pure
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by mindtricks 7y ago
Every PM needs to do that, but working directly with a customer isn't always an option for the engineer. Point above is just to point out that thinking about whether you'd use or pay for the service yourself goes a long way in cha
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by mindtricks 7y ago
As a long-time product manager, I completely agree that customer empathy and domain knowledge go a long way, especially around tactical needs. The easiest way to start is to just ask yourself, "If I were using this product/service