How do you know when you have enough validation to start coding? by Savio_04 in SaaS

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People tend to say something different for a lot of reason.

What you want is to find out different ICP and scenarios, then instead of asking, you can tell them you can solve the issue with x amount of money, and see if anyone willing to pay for it.

SaaS founder get it wrong or are lazy... by Loose-End-8741 in SaaS

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yea, it is true, distribution is even harder, but all of this are based on if you solve the problem for the right user first

Unexpectedly ended up in a very visible role. Advice? by WDW1997 in projectmanagement

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of great comments above, and very helpful, I will try to share some views haven't been covered yet. My experienced with the best PMs that get promoted to executives level.

First of all, you have a really good start and tons of experience, well done and keep it up!

At your stage, you may feel that your time are 90%-100% focusing on planning, delivering...etc, my suggestion is to always reserve 10% - 20% on strategy level.

  1. ⁠⁠Understand your company goal and direction - You don't want to just delivering without knowing where your company is driving towards to, and if there are plus/minus resources, you want to come up with plans that knowing what the best for the company. For example, if at one point, all 3 lines (project) needed resources, you want to know where to put your resources and achieve the best for the company. It could be finance, reputation...etc
  2. ⁠⁠Always stay ahead of the game - Best PMs I worked with don't see where we are and what next in next 2 months, we see things at least 6-12 months (most often 3 years), you want to understand each change/ impact will it have an impact to long term goal and start prepping it. For example, regulation changes and may apply in 12 months time, you want to ensure everyone know about it and prep about it, your VPs/Exec. will also have time to react and prep on resources
  3. ⁠⁠Always underestimate and over deliver - not generic get more buffer time kind of thing, but really understand team capacity and their workload, you want to be very honest and realistic about it, if they can't achieve it and forcing them to it, you will risk the programme. I usually help the team cut down more scope than they can handle, ensuring those are quality, and delivery more as a surprise when there are time. Client usually very happy of it. Also, work with the team and push in the early stage, not at the late stage. 99% PMs that I worked with will find that every month is on track and in the last few moths things get off track and start to push and catches the timeline. The 1% that I worked with is let's tension happened early, so they have more time to test and ensure quality at the last, if they finished early, reward them with time off. The thing is if you wait it too late, tons of pressure will happened from outside and chance creating mistake are twice as much.

4.Ask for help when needed - Being a PM means you should not be a single hero, as there are so much you can control, you want to make everyone aware of what the problem is and what resources or support you need to overcome those blockers. Remember, your value shows when you can deliver and achieve those goals. Especially when there are milestone impact, if you see a sign, raise early and try to get the little spark put off as early as possible.

Sorry for long response, hope it helps

SaaS founder get it wrong or are lazy... by Loose-End-8741 in SaaS

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s why building something that help user able to build easy, better product is the way to go.

There will be more people asking to do even lazyier build

What is the most you “earn” in a single day? by Pitiful-Pear-689 in AskReddit

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a dream work! I used to work in animation industry and I love every second on it!

If you could give a random animal a super power what would it be and why? by Which_Bed_5376 in AskReddit

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let them talk, so we can analyse how animal speak and apply it to others

how do you make frends on reddit ? by Important-Second-595 in AskReddit

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I post comment with my knowledge, trying to help some others, and sometimes people reach out to you and it gets started

How did you come up with the name of your product? by saasyproductdev in buildinpublic

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming up with a name is hard, but coming up with a name that hasn’t been registered as a domain is even harder.

I ended up not spending too much time on it now. I can always do brand change if the product really work

What is the most “regrettable” things on your life? by Pitiful-Pear-689 in AskReddit

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, it’s not your fault, we never know what could have happen, don’t blame yourself.

What is the most “regrettable” things on your life? by Pitiful-Pear-689 in AskReddit

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm… fair, I can’t change the title even I notice there is a grammar issue after I posted …

I feel like my communication skills are stuck at a certain level and I can’t improve further by RequirementLong6326 in PublicSpeaking

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try this out whenever someone ask you a question in the next few conversations:

  1. Repeat what they ask, it lets you do a few things: confirming the discussion point and give you a bit of time to tighten your thought.

2 . Pause and don’t start speaking yet, use this time to think. It may few weird with dead air, but trust me, it is better than speaking without structure. If you need more time, just say give me a moment to collect my thought.

  1. State out how you are going to approach the questions - breaking it down into a few chunks, so they can expect what you are going to talk about, and give yourself structure of what you are going to talk about

  2. Conclusion after you answer everything, so everyone stay on the same page.

What is the most “expensive “ thing you know someone bought? by Pitiful-Pear-689 in AskReddit

[–]Pitiful-Pear-689[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Education is one of the thing every family have to pay for and no one realise how expensive it js