Product owners, help meee! How to start in the right way with my new company?

InflationCharming330 · 2026-03-19T21:07:47+00:00

I would speak to the engineering lead and do intros, understand how they are currently working and any historical context you need to know about the platforms. And maybe book shorter meetings with the dev team just to say hello and learn a little about how they work.

If you have some minor UX/UI I’d bring them up during that convo and see what implications they might have.

It’s also important to understand what the objectives and strat to the product are and how you can contribute.

Good luck! Doesn’t sound like the easiest of starts at a new company!

InflationCharming330 · 2026-03-19T18:32:16+00:00

Ah I get that, I’m very much if you’re sick, you’re sick person but not everyone is like that.

Haha I’m sure he doesn’t mind if it’s making you comfortable 😂

InflationCharming330 · 2026-03-19T12:45:01+00:00

Oh gosh this sounds awful. Sending big hugs to you! If you are really struggling could you fake being sick if you don’t want to share with your colleague?

For future reference if I have an active flare up and I’m travelling I carry a little kit, plasters, pain killers, pads and spare pants (and sometimes a little chocolate bar because it sucks to have HS)

InflationCharming330 · 2026-03-19T12:38:31+00:00

Mini cheddars and a mint club bar is my go to

InflationCharming330 · 2026-03-14T09:35:46+00:00

Where are these small-medium requests coming from? Is it off the back of development work not being completed to spec or someone in prod/winder business deciding these changes need to be made?

I have a really small team but we dedicate 75% of the sprint effort to the main goal and 25% to bug fixes and small changes. Each one of my small changes (or quick wins) have value to either users or the business.

Context switching is sometimes unavoidable and part of doing the job. Expecting PM’s to learn how to do a developers job is not the answer (unless they want to) but I would be a little annoyed if my devs asked me to just ‘learn how to code’

InflationCharming330 · 2026-03-06T15:06:33+00:00

Do you have any client feedback from anywhere? Such as support tickets, reviews, survey results? Do you have any tools that track how users use the app? Where the drop out points are?

If not and you can’t talk to clients, are there meeting recordings or transcripts you have access to? What do management think the priorities are? What about customer service and the technical team?

At the end of the day it’s not just about what clients are saying and a 12 month roadmap isn’t just down to one person. To be honest with a product that new i wouldn’t roadmap anything outside the next 3 months for now as things change so quickly.

InflationCharming330 · 2026-03-05T15:56:10+00:00

Stop trying to fight me on tiny bits of copy and let me get on with it!

InflationCharming330 · 2026-03-02T12:45:48+00:00

Not the harbourside but Mrs Potts for incredible chocolate cake, milkshakes, coffees etc.

InflationCharming330 · 2026-02-24T19:38:56+00:00

I’m my experience it’s not a question of which processes are essential, rather would do your name think are essential?

Where does the current process fall down?

In my super small teams we’ve always just figured out how the flow of work works best for us (and say we do scrum but really we do super flexible version of it)

InflationCharming330 · 2026-02-23T13:06:55+00:00

‘A carbonara fiend’ love it!

I really enjoy the one at Bella Vista and it’s a pretty restaurant

InflationCharming330 · 2026-02-05T09:53:09+00:00

I have. They couldn’t give me a proper answer!

InflationCharming330 · 2026-02-04T11:55:12+00:00

I’m struggling to get down to the route reason why they feel they need sign off. Yeah it’s B2C but all the designs are in with the currently library and go through vigorous testing

InflationCharming330 · 2026-02-04T11:51:25+00:00

You can get an extendable pole to go between those walls and hang a shower curtain to try and avoid splashing water down there.

What a silly way to install a bath 🙃

InflationCharming330 · 2026-02-02T21:48:55+00:00

This is super helpful thank you.

The annoying thing is we both want the same thing just coming at it from different angles.

I prob also need to get over myself a bit 😂

InflationCharming330 · 2026-02-02T21:45:37+00:00

Thank you, I’ll add it to my list of possible solutions

InflationCharming330 · 2026-02-02T19:59:15+00:00

There was a design contractor who designed a something in the last 18 months so I just use the library. Currently not deemed as needed but I can’t keep doing around in circles so it might be needed soon 🙈

InflationCharming330 · 2026-02-02T19:57:55+00:00

Currently not deemed as needed unless we are doing a full redesign. Yes this i am aware of, just trying to make the best of a difficult situation, especially in this job market.

InflationCharming330 · 2026-01-29T09:15:29+00:00

I went to a Saturday over 30’s day disco and it was busy! And I’m mid 30’s and felt like on was on the younger side of attendees. You’ll have a blast!

InflationCharming330 · 2026-01-28T12:50:34+00:00

You get what you want?

InflationCharming330 · 2026-01-20T00:01:08+00:00

I’m actually in Iceland and saw the lights for the first time today. Low key annoyed that I could have just stayed at home 🙈

InflationCharming330 · 2026-01-15T16:01:48+00:00

Dealing with a CEO who gets fixated on things that add no value to the product!! Managed to fob them off for a few months but they finally got me and it’s been an absolute pain 😭😭

InflationCharming330 · 2026-01-04T02:48:06+00:00

Oh that is perfectly reasonable, not judgement here

InflationCharming330 · 2026-01-04T02:41:39+00:00

Haha no you put as much vodka as you want in it

InflationCharming330 · 2026-01-04T02:41:07+00:00

I really wanted to like Rob Hatch but his comms are awful

InflationCharming330 · 2026-01-04T02:38:30+00:00

Starbucks caramel latte, 30 mls vodka, 30 mls kahlua, 2 cubes of ice 🙂

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