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6 Superpowers to Seek Out as a Product Manager

The Skip • 3 implied HN points • 25 Jun 23
💼 Business Management Skills Career development Leadership Organizational development
  1. To advance in product management, focus on mastering one or two key skills.
  2. The six superpowers for product managers include product crafting, growth expertise, domain expertise, market expertise, organizational expertise, and team expertise.
  3. Building expertise in each of the six areas is important for career growth and being able to tackle complex problems.
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Letter #71: Brad Jacobs (2011)

A Letter a Day • 1 HN point • 08 Apr 23
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Investing Management Logistics Acquisitions
  1. Brad Jacobs is a successful entrepreneur known for founding multiple billion-dollar companies and making successful acquisitions.
  2. He transformed Express-1 Expedited Solutions into XPO, a multi-billion dollar logistics company with three separate business divisions.
  3. Jacobs's strategy includes acquisitions, organic growth, and focusing on IT to optimize operations and drive profitability.

Living Evil: How North Americas Greatest Esports Brand Became A Nightmare

Richard Lewis • 1 HN point • 25 Apr 23
🎾 Sports Esports Management Work Culture Acquisition Brand
  1. Evil Geniuses faced financial struggles under new ownership, leading to a decline in performance and brand reputation.
  2. The takeover by Peak6 brought in new management, leading to a shift in company culture and a focus on rebranding.
  3. Former and current employees reported negative experiences, citing a lack of care for staff well-being and a culture of intimidation.

Connection Pooling — How, what and why? [Case study]

The ZenMode • 1 HN point • 17 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Networking Databases Performance Management Security
  1. Connection pooling helps manage database connections efficiently by creating a pool of connections and reusing them instead of opening and closing for each query. This can significantly improve performance and scalability.
  2. Without connection pooling, establishing new connections for each request can lead to slow response times, resource exhaustion, and scalability issues. Connection pooling can help alleviate these problems by minimizing connection creation latency.
  3. When setting up connection pools, consider factors like application workload, expected concurrent users, and database type. Monitor metrics like response times, wait times, and error rates to optimize pool size and configuration for optimal performance.

OpenAI and Math People's Struggle to Account for Others

Good Reason • 1 HN point • 01 Dec 23
🕹 Technology AI Math Logic Management Decision-making
  1. Success often hinges on other people, their perceptions, preferences, and motives.
  2. Logic is not always the ultimate arbiter in the real world; understanding and accounting for other people is crucial.
  3. Focusing solely on logic and technical problem-solving can sometimes lead to neglecting the importance of managing perceptions and relationships.

How To Run Great Board Meetings

Venture Prose • 19 implied HN points • 28 Jan 17
💼 Business Management Meetings Startups Entrepreneurship Strategy
  1. It's crucial for board meetings to have relevant, accurate, and well-mastered information and data to facilitate effective discussions and decision-making.
  2. Board meetings should not just be casual check-ins, but rather off-site retreats emphasizing past, present, and future strategic matters and decisions.
  3. Founders should send board packs in advance, encourage preliminary quality work from all attendees, and set a pattern of understanding to ensure productive and efficient board meetings.

Why are you lying to me? What the hell is wrong with you?

Respectful Leadership • 2 HN points • 11 Mar 23
💼 Business Leadership Team Dynamics Communication Conflict resolution Management
  1. When in a leadership role, avoid using insults or curse words as it can sabotage relationships with your team.
  2. Honest talk and angry talk are not the same - it's important to communicate clearly and respectfully at all times.
  3. Confront issues directly and have one-on-one conversations for effective communication and problem-solving.

Relentless Rescoping & Saying "NO"

Thinking Through • 1 HN point • 20 Feb 23
💼 Business Productivity Management Leadership Career growth Workplace dynamics
  1. Relentless rescoping and saying "NO" can help in delivering what matters without burning out.
  2. When rescaping work, focus on impact sizing and say "NO" to items that do not provide significant impact.
  3. Teams often struggle to reduce scope due to company incentives, difficulty in distinguishing busy work from impactful work, and a fear of reallocating team members.

Little Tasks, Little Trust

Rethinking Software • 1 HN point • 11 Oct 20
💼 Business Management Work Culture Productivity Software Development Project management
  1. Breaking work into small tasks can make workers feel like they have no creative control. When given bigger responsibilities, they feel trusted and more motivated to contribute ideas.
  2. Focusing too much on metrics and small tasks can take away from the bigger picture of a project. It can lead to a lack of respect for individual skills and creativity.
  3. Estimating small tasks accurately is tough. It's easy for simple tasks to become complicated, leading to time wastage and misunderstandings in the project.

Getting Promoted in Your Rookie Year as a PM (Without Becoming the Office Coffee Runner)

Pragmatism • 0 implied HN points • 04 Apr 23
💼 Business Career growth Management Professional development Workplace dynamics
  1. Execution and excellence are key to earning trust and credibility as a product manager.
  2. Deliver impactful results by setting clear goals and celebrating wins along the way.
  3. Demonstrate readiness for promotion by taking on more responsibilities and building influential relationships.

80+ fresh jobs (From LinkedIn) to combat layoffs effectively 🌎 🚀

100 Tech Jobs Every Week 🌎 🚀 • 0 implied HN points • 17 Mar 23
💼 Business Job Listings Technology Engineering Marketing Management
  1. Over 80 fresh job opportunities from LinkedIn are shared weekly to help combat layoffs effectively.
  2. The jobs range from positions like Product Managers, Engineers, Designers, and Analysts at various reputable companies.
  3. The newsletter is free to subscribe and aims to make the job hunting process easier with curated tech and engineering job listings.