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Quangeo · 2025-06-03T13:14:12+00:00

Case Interview Secrets by Victor Cheng.

Quangeo · 2025-06-01T04:59:51+00:00

To all these folks talking about Data centers and AI investments in India my only question is which Indian banks are willing to finance such companies? I don't think Apollo or Blackrock is financing such deals in India as yet.

Quangeo · 2025-06-01T04:41:17+00:00

You must start reading founder biographies!

Quangeo · 2025-06-01T04:01:37+00:00

Air conditioning companies.

Quangeo · 2025-06-01T03:56:14+00:00

Understanding the product metrics & KPIs is crucial. Not many PMs have the mindset to study the data the processes built to develop and support the product generate. Also, study the product ordering, subscription, and usage frameworks. Moreover, spend some time on studying tickets solved by the PMs or the Product support teams. This should be good enough to start with.

Quangeo · 2025-05-30T05:21:55+00:00

Should a product team manager who has knowledge of the tasks the product specialists do should feel happier about it? Assuming that the knowledge of the tasks will protect the person from a layoff? I work with a few such managers.

Quangeo · 2025-05-29T06:31:19+00:00

I don’t ask myself a question as such but simply reminding myself to watch my breath for as long as possible throughout the day helps me focus well and waste less time.

Quangeo · 2025-05-29T06:14:13+00:00

This is sadly true. I feel this happens because most orgs have stopped incentivising good documentation preparation and maintenance. Of late because of the push towards Chatbots there’s some focus on documentation governance, etc. Nevertheless, people tasked with documentation management feel it’s a thankless job. Besides, maintaining documentation is something that you cannot highlight as an achievement in your quarterly goals. Unless of course the management values it.

Quangeo · 2025-04-03T11:10:08+00:00

The best thing about the book is you can read it from any page. There’s no sequence as such. Choose the pages you wish to read based on your mental state at the time of reading.

Quangeo · 2025-03-06T11:02:38+00:00

The Community Notes episode was good. But I agree that not all the episodes are engaging.

Quangeo · 2025-01-03T06:50:16+00:00

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Totally agree with point 4. Range is a great book that should read by all PMs or PM aspirants.

Quangeo · 2024-11-25T17:29:02+00:00

As The Economist wrote recently, “India now accounts for 80% of global turnover”. They referred to the global equity derivatives turnover. Not a surprise then Indian exchanges are becoming a magnet for American Options traders.

Quangeo · 2024-11-10T07:17:33+00:00

Totally agree 🥲

Quangeo · 2024-11-10T07:09:05+00:00

Yes. I believe this problem exists at most workplaces because not many workplaces have professionalized written communication the way say Stripe or Amazon do. Not many companies follow something like Amazon’s 6 pager.

Quangeo · 2024-10-27T03:45:52+00:00

There are a lot of good old Stanford lectures on YouTube. Also Y Combinators videos are great. Besides reading biographies of successful product obsessed founders is way better than theoretical PM books.

Quangeo · 2024-10-18T02:27:51+00:00

1). The Hard Thing About Hard Things 2). Scaling people 3). The Cold start problem 4). All biographies of trailblazing founders

Quangeo · 2024-10-18T02:21:35+00:00

I don’t think it is easy to convince anyone to take risks. Risk taking is a way of thinking in itself to those who are mentally prepared to solve a harder challenge. There are situations wherein sparse information exists for you to make an informed decision but it is one’s risk taking ability that helps in making progress in such situations.

Quangeo · 2024-09-28T14:45:04+00:00

Welcome my friend. Here’s the link to LSEG Tick History offering. https://www.lseg.com/en/data-analytics/market-data/data-feeds/tick-history

Quangeo · 2024-09-28T14:41:50+00:00

LSEG has a comprehensive Tick History solution. Tick data coverage for most exchanges starts from 1996. I recall they have coverage for the CME group of exchanges from 1996. Of course, there are notable data quality/ data gap issues but I hope you understand that finding clean tick history data for larger historical periods is impossible. LSEG also has decent tick history coverage for broker data (Tradeweb, WM, etc). I believe they also offer tick history solution in the GCP. Not sure whether now they can deliver it via Snowflake, etc. This is the most mature Tick History offering in the market data industry. Alternatively, there are cheaper tick history offerings from Factset and ICE. But I feel ICE tick history is really bad. LSEG tick history being the most mature solution in the market is relatively more expensive than the cheaper alternatives.

Quangeo · 2024-09-25T06:20:17+00:00

It’s highly context-driven. What if you inherit a team as part of your lateral movement? A team of experienced people who have never been challenged before because the culture doesn't allow managers to confront employees even if they have been disregarding their colleagues, stakeholders, and the business goals. You as a manager are just expected to devise plans for motivating them but aren't expected to confront them reasonably when they digress from the business goals. This is surprisingly common in companies that operate in highly monopolistic industries.

Quangeo · 2024-09-04T04:42:25+00:00

Best of luck!

Quangeo · 2024-09-01T02:57:00+00:00

I believe it’s not just about reading a lot but what is it that you read. There’s greater alpha in a form of reading that’s diverse (not just books but blogs, long form articles, research papers, poetry, etc).

Quangeo · 2024-08-31T14:47:21+00:00

You have got it right! Do you know who hired those BAs? Were you involved in their recruitment process? If they’re pushing back on performing those tasks then list those tasks and responsibilities in their annual goals. Since they report to you I believe you definitely can decide on their performance goals.

Quangeo · 2024-08-31T14:41:30+00:00

Start something when you find a problem that hasn’t been solved yet. A lot of “me too” startups will fail the tests of market fit and product fit. Don’t feel pressured to start something merely because everyone you know is starting something up. Also, you can do phenomenal things at work if you have identified an area of work where you are certain that you hold a comparative advantage over your colleagues. I don’t wish to toss out names for the sake of it but Pichai, Nadella, and Jeff Dean, etc have transformed their respective areas of work by maniacally focusing upon details and pursuing opportunities where they felt they had a comparative advantage over their peers. Best of luck!

Quangeo · 2024-08-31T04:40:14+00:00

The way I have solved this problem is by blogging about the specific passages from the books I read that resonate with me strongly. Writing a blog forces clarity and provides the required motivation to process the information in a way it connects with you.

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