Alex Debecker
@alexdebecker.bsky.social
Product.
2x founder, 2x acquired. Post about product management, startups, and growth.
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2x founder, 2x acquired. Post about product management, startups, and growth.
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Another normal day on LinkedIn
February 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Another normal day on LinkedIn
I find myself refining and refining and refining my PRD template. They get too complicated fast, and then no one reads them.
At its most basic core, a PRD should cover these 3 sections:
At its most basic core, a PRD should cover these 3 sections:
February 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I find myself refining and refining and refining my PRD template. They get too complicated fast, and then no one reads them.
At its most basic core, a PRD should cover these 3 sections:
At its most basic core, a PRD should cover these 3 sections:
Imagine getting that text
February 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Imagine getting that text
How do you get developers to test their own features? Asking for a friend.
February 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
How do you get developers to test their own features? Asking for a friend.
The first person to say ‘hey fellows’ gets an instant ban.
February 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The first person to say ‘hey fellows’ gets an instant ban.
We are so back.
Open product roles are finally on the rise across the board in February (except in Latin America where open roles are down ~3%). It's a good little breather as we just experienced two harsh down months in a row before that, phew.
More insights thebacklog.beehiiv.com/p/the-state-...
Open product roles are finally on the rise across the board in February (except in Latin America where open roles are down ~3%). It's a good little breather as we just experienced two harsh down months in a row before that, phew.
More insights thebacklog.beehiiv.com/p/the-state-...
The State of Product Jobs Report (February 2025)
Keep a pulse on the product job market with The Backlog'ss State of Product Jobs Report. February 2025 report across all roles, locations, and trends.
thebacklog.beehiiv.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We are so back.
Open product roles are finally on the rise across the board in February (except in Latin America where open roles are down ~3%). It's a good little breather as we just experienced two harsh down months in a row before that, phew.
More insights thebacklog.beehiiv.com/p/the-state-...
Open product roles are finally on the rise across the board in February (except in Latin America where open roles are down ~3%). It's a good little breather as we just experienced two harsh down months in a row before that, phew.
More insights thebacklog.beehiiv.com/p/the-state-...
Reminder: celebrate the wins during your retros.
Retros are often seen as a way to get better, improve, learn from mistakes. But they're also a great place to celebrate individual or team successes.
Retros are often seen as a way to get better, improve, learn from mistakes. But they're also a great place to celebrate individual or team successes.
February 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Reminder: celebrate the wins during your retros.
Retros are often seen as a way to get better, improve, learn from mistakes. But they're also a great place to celebrate individual or team successes.
Retros are often seen as a way to get better, improve, learn from mistakes. But they're also a great place to celebrate individual or team successes.
So much AI slop the Author's Guild came out with a 'written by a human' book badge.
Probably fine.
Probably fine.
February 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
So much AI slop the Author's Guild came out with a 'written by a human' book badge.
Probably fine.
Probably fine.
Churchill on tarifs in the early 1900s, still relevant today:
“Trying to tax yourself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”
“Trying to tax yourself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”
February 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Churchill on tarifs in the early 1900s, still relevant today:
“Trying to tax yourself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”
“Trying to tax yourself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”
Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn asking for career advice.
I saw his questions over the weekend, mulled them over for a few days, and typed a long personalised answer to them this morning.
His answer:
I saw his questions over the weekend, mulled them over for a few days, and typed a long personalised answer to them this morning.
His answer:
February 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn asking for career advice.
I saw his questions over the weekend, mulled them over for a few days, and typed a long personalised answer to them this morning.
His answer:
I saw his questions over the weekend, mulled them over for a few days, and typed a long personalised answer to them this morning.
His answer:
Wannabe 'contrarian' PMs love to say "There is no version 2"; throwing a little mysterious wink along with the statement.
Makes no sense to me. There definitely is a version 2: alexdebecker.substack.com/p/there-is-a...
Makes no sense to me. There definitely is a version 2: alexdebecker.substack.com/p/there-is-a...
There is a version 2. It's your version 1 that sucks.
"There is no version 2" is a blanket and meaningless statement at best, damaging the expectations of aspiring PMs at worst. There is a version 2. It's your version 1 that sucks.
alexdebecker.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Wannabe 'contrarian' PMs love to say "There is no version 2"; throwing a little mysterious wink along with the statement.
Makes no sense to me. There definitely is a version 2: alexdebecker.substack.com/p/there-is-a...
Makes no sense to me. There definitely is a version 2: alexdebecker.substack.com/p/there-is-a...
Reposted by Alex Debecker
Gergely clearly doesn’t understand the user story that drove this decision. Let me help!
As a: Google product manager
I want to: make AI mandatory everywhere within Google products
Because: I am a complete piece of shit
As a: Google product manager
I want to: make AI mandatory everywhere within Google products
Because: I am a complete piece of shit
If a new feature annoys users, makes their product usage more difficult/distracting, and cannot be turned off for paying customers:
This is not "AI."
It's a feature to increase customer churn - regardless of how cleverly engineered it is, how how expensive it was to build.
This is not "AI."
It's a feature to increase customer churn - regardless of how cleverly engineered it is, how how expensive it was to build.
January 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Gergely clearly doesn’t understand the user story that drove this decision. Let me help!
As a: Google product manager
I want to: make AI mandatory everywhere within Google products
Because: I am a complete piece of shit
As a: Google product manager
I want to: make AI mandatory everywhere within Google products
Because: I am a complete piece of shit