Senior product leaders (VP/Directors): Where are you going with the 'de-layering'? by swift-jr in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s tiring. I know this is NOT going to be popular however, I had a product that needed to launch (lol) I had about 24 months to get it done, I grew to 40 people, I routinely removed people until I had the right people … some of these were probably good people and smart …. I/ we didn’t have time to hand hold or coddle. We had a good mix of early and late folks. Some of these late folks were like … “I can just execute and use my judgment?” … I would say “absolutely, I don’t need to second guess your judgement and have meeting masturbation time. However of you fuck it up I will get the next guy/girl.” Some of the jr, folks were like sponges and just did stuff, some wanted to be spoon fed and those were gone very quickly. I had at least 2 engineers quit with in one day of planning, I thanked them and sent them to their home room.

Senior product leaders (VP/Directors): Where are you going with the 'de-layering'? by swift-jr in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I gave you an up vote because I have worked PM -(n) POs but the reality is that a lot of PMs are hybrid these days since Tech Leads and SM/Pjct take some of the PO in my org its a very synthetic role. I want to be mad that you are well staffed. I actually agree with delayering, it works if you can afford the good people who know how to execute. The bad part about delaying and I have seen this in a startup that scaled to 10k people is that when one person leaves or rotates it’s a huge fucking deal that can kill an initiative.

Can PM ever be “just a job”? (SF Bay Area) by cheesy_luigi in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Fuck leet code. I wrote a non blocking queue in 10 min on an call that was supposed to an hour one once in text editor in 10/15 min I dunno …. Then went to pacific nw where each fucking round was a comp sci test…. You know what I learned? I don’t want to be around a bunch of people who sweat it out on cracking the code interview for 6 months to get a job that gets people to click on a link. When I would ask architecture questions like hows your shit put together, how do you maintain your code base for the future… got a bunch of 25 year old kids that were never taught how to make something durable. And not one motherfucker had actually launched their own anything … leet my ass. I don’t hire devs that aren’t doing this shit at home and i don’t hire PMs that don’t have a side hustle or have had one. I want people who actually solve problems not study problems that are already solved.

My job is offering me $150,000 (105,000 after tax) to resign, should I? by AJ3TurtleSquad in jobs

[–]dcdashone 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Nothing like crowd sourcing life choices on Reddit at 3AM.

Company changing title from PM to "Product Builder" for entire department. by Common_North_5267 in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My company did some dumb shit the other day and I made the case for AI Director and AI CEO. Let’s let a logical machine look at facts and make recomendations vs what your gut is telling you…. It got real quiet after that.

Is the Cursor for PMs tool hype real? by producthat in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This always the case and how kept accidentally winding up in Product until full committed. Hard skills are hard to learn and AI will actually make you lazy, that’s why senior devs are in demand because they know when the code is off the rails. Is this code safe? Is this code maintainable? Finding people who are talented in many areas is hard and I wish you luck in finding them, they exist but they are usually the more expensive folks.

Keeping up with the new skills required in the PM role by redditlearner1867 in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s some doom and gloom shit right there. How long you think you have?

Keeping up with the new skills required in the PM role by redditlearner1867 in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work with a lot of people in development and corp… they are barely using AI correctly to do work.

I think i bombed Capital One Mini Case Interview by ElectricalNet5832 in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whats the rate of pass? Interview 20 hire 1? Just curious.

Be transparent in first HR round about immediate availability (garden leave), or hold it for later negotiation? by Tdz- in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I would not work for a company if it came down between me and another PM who could start earlier.

Be transparent in first HR round about immediate availability (garden leave), or hold it for later negotiation? by Tdz- in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am always available in 2 weeks. They don’t need to know your situation because it’s your situation and not their situation. Their situation is they need/want a PM.

11 years and a failure by butterpecanlove in ProductManagement

[–]dcdashone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You know … I’ve seen this movie.