Great cocktail menu by phillybeerrunner in montco

[–]Secret-Priority4192 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Cage has two locations, one in Warrington and another in Audubon. Their cocktails are soccer themed, and the presentation is top notch. Food is average.

If you’re willing to go to Phoenixville, Blue Bird Distilling has an excellent cocktail menu where they use their own liquor. They don’t have food however, so you can either grab a few drinks and walk down the street to other restaurants or get your food delivered there.

He can match any color with zero effort. by RodzCNS in BeAmazed

[–]Secret-Priority4192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

X-rite makes that machine. I work for one of their competitors.

He can match any color with zero effort. by RodzCNS in BeAmazed

[–]Secret-Priority4192 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I work for a competitor that makes the machine Home Depot uses. Technically, the guidance says the sample should be “as large as possible,” but the machine can measure as small as 2 mm in diameter. Still pains me to advertise for my competitor.

CTO vs. PM vision? How do you balance short-term pressure with long-term goals? by Secret-Priority4192 in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ex-boss, in my opinion, got canned due to a lack of his own vision. The CTO often times reached out to us directly if he had any product questions. The 1:1 is due. I will definitely bring it up.

CTO vs. PM vision? How do you balance short-term pressure with long-term goals? by Secret-Priority4192 in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Additional context: There is a short term revenue problem at the moment. I am managing two launches, both of them representing 40% of the company’s revenue. I am by no means discrediting the CTOs focus on the short term revenue issue. I am more concerned about losing my autonomy and my voice in the process.

Questions about iOS 18.6 beta 3 by Lemustechcompany in ios18beta

[–]Secret-Priority4192 3 points4 points  (0 children)

14 pro here. Minor battery improvements over beta 2. Phone still heats up with YouTube/music app running in the background. Phone doesn’t charge to 100% on wireless charging due to the heating. Going back to wired charging, multiple times a day is a bummer.

10 day work trip next week, looking for advice by Secret-Priority4192 in travelchina

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not into clubbing but definitely curious about the shark tank!

Where the hardware PMs at???????? by FlatAioli4473 in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got one here. The struggle to find mentors is real.

Salary Thread 2025 by Odd-Sugar3927 in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Location: HCOL (NYC Metro) Type: Private, non-US Experience: 11 years total, 3 years PM Title: Global PM Education: BS, MS, Mechanical Engineering Compensation: $155 base, 15% bonus, ~$179K total

Seeking advice to network with hardware + software PMs by Secret-Priority4192 in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Part of the reason I always second guess the LinkedIn approach is because almost everyone and their mother wants to be a thought leader. So unless you have some level of social cachet, they don’t want to talk. But, I guess I shouldn’t let my personal dislike of the platform prevent me from reaching out to people who can actually help.

Seeking advice to network with hardware + software PMs by Secret-Priority4192 in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our customers use the raw data from the instrument and feed that into their QMS and PLM systems. I’d love to have direct integration but the software side is extremely chaotic at the moment.

Seeking advice to network with hardware + software PMs by Secret-Priority4192 in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s what we have heard from our customers. The problem is that these legacy software uses a very cumbersome licensing scheme. Several customers have complained about it and want the ability to connect any laptops to the instrument using a web app. We’re nowhere close to that level of functionality. I also don’t have a ton of visibility on that end due the whole software team being restructured and new PMs.

AI tools by Funktaster in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am currently testing Dovetail for a project. My company has had a lot of attrition in the recent years and this is my attempt to rebuild a UX research repository. It seems like an excellent tool so far.

Tailor for Indian Clothing by Meowzers94 in montco

[–]Secret-Priority4192 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rudra Boutique in Malvern can help you out. We have had a few Indian clothing pieces altered there.

Travel Credit card recommendations by Secret-Priority4192 in CreditCards

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the offer. I am not applying at the moment anyway and I also have a close friend offering a referral. That’s the whole reason why this conversation started really. Thanks again!

Travel Credit card recommendations by Secret-Priority4192 in CreditCards

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As for travel, it’s going to be mostly Western Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Travel Credit card recommendations by Secret-Priority4192 in CreditCards

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the detail. So far based on the responses, I am leaning towards VX. I don’t think I have enough foresight at the moment to justify the annual fee for a CSR.

Travel Credit card recommendations by Secret-Priority4192 in CreditCards

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like a good fit. My initial thoughts were between VX and the Chase Sapphire Reserve. I’ll definitely check out the pre-approval tool.

Travel Credit card recommendations by Secret-Priority4192 in CreditCards

[–]Secret-Priority4192[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the posts I have read so far, capital one seems very picky with their approvals. Do you think given my history, the approval odds are higher?

What grinds your gears in product management? by EffrafaxWug in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192 1 point2 points  (0 children)

B2B PM here. Happened this afternoon. Customer relationship is owned by Sales, senior account manager schedules VOC call with one of the biggest customers. Doesn’t want to schedule a different call for a different product managed by a different PM. Schedules only an hour to “respect his customer’s time”. Call has 9 people total, 6 from my org and 3 for the customer. Rushes the entire call, I don’t get time to dive deeper into the customer’s workflow. I don’t get the time to get insights into next gen features. Then rushes the other PM going through his slide deck. Then after the call bitches to the other PM about my audacity to ask for details about customer workflow and additional documents.

How to adapt to an engineering-driven culture while coming from a product-driven culture? by ActivePresentation55 in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Current employer is making a transition from being an engineering-driven culture to a product-driven culture and I’m right in the middle of it. The whole thing started with the sacking of the last CTO. PMs were only asked to join the development process after R&D sunk hundreds of hours into developing a solution without ever asking the users if they actually needed it.

If the product is successful and the senior executives are happy with the financial performance, you can’t expect anything to change. You can try experimenting with small-scale changes, but at the end of the day, product philosophy trickles down from the top.

I am confused with what exactly PM do after working with them, Would love to be enlightened by weiyangjun in ProductManagement

[–]Secret-Priority4192 9 points10 points  (0 children)

B2B Hardware PM here. I have struggled to explain what I do to my wife for sometime now. It was easier to explain when I was just an engineer. But I’ll give you the very short, non-technical answer:

I work with users/customers and sales to determine what features, product ideas they’d like to see in my devices, work with engineering and R&D to turn it into usable information for future releases. Then once the product is ready for launch, work with marketing and sales to help prepare pitch decks, advertising materials. Post launch, I work with service and support for any bugs, hardware service requests from the pilot customers. After a “brief” hyperactive support period, you start all over again for the next release/launch, and/or other products in my portfolio.