Reforge
Top-down or bottom-up? Where do initiatives come from? A completely bottom-up culture is one where employees and teams feel empowered to make their own decisions and champion the initiatives they think are important. However, when those initiatives need broader support, they slow down. If teams disagree about direction or priority, the lack of a ce
... See moreTanya Reilly • The Staff Engineer's Path
“Almost always, when I look at a team or project at a larger org trying to make a decision with differences in opinions, the root of those differences almost always starts with shared context,” Weiss says. “Or lack thereof.”
The first step to identifying if your team is lacking shared context is to ask yourself a series of questions, Weiss says. “D... See more
The first step to identifying if your team is lacking shared context is to ask yourself a series of questions, Weiss says. “D... See more
How to Take Bigger, Bolder Product Bets — Lessons From Slack’s Chief Product Officer
Good interview questions:Collaboration: Tell me about a time you disagreed with an engineer on your team and how you resolved it.Execution: Pick a project you’re proud of that took 3-9 months. Walk me through it from beginning to end. I’ll ask questions along the way. [Give this ~7-10 minutes]Strategy: Pick a product you worked on in the past year—... See more
Lenny Rachitsky • How to interview product managers
The second question threading its way through this book is: how do we go about changing career and making the best possible decisions along the way?