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This question of writing a letter to the ten year younger self has stick to my head. Here is what I want to tell him:
1. Explore what you’re genuine curious about.
2. Invest in your bets.
3. Deep dive 1 and 2.
1. Explore what you’re genuine curious about.
2. Invest in your bets.
3. Deep dive 1 and 2.
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The only appropriate icebreaker activity in this situation is to share the worst icebreaker activity you've ever been forced to do. Bonus points to the first person who answers "this one". Seriously though, icebreakers are horrible and should be banned. We have better things to talk about.
September 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The only appropriate icebreaker activity in this situation is to share the worst icebreaker activity you've ever been forced to do. Bonus points to the first person who answers "this one". Seriously though, icebreakers are horrible and should be banned. We have better things to talk about.
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The best upskill ingredient is to know what good and great looks like. If you get to work with stellar people, they model good practice & healthy culture. These frames of reference enables you to self reflect, and measure against. Everyone has a different secret sauce, but you can recognize the bar.
July 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The best upskill ingredient is to know what good and great looks like. If you get to work with stellar people, they model good practice & healthy culture. These frames of reference enables you to self reflect, and measure against. Everyone has a different secret sauce, but you can recognize the bar.
I started to cook my meal prep in the evening for the next day. it has been more relaxing bc I can reheat and eat lunch quickly, also I can cook freestyle after work having music or TV in the background
July 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I started to cook my meal prep in the evening for the next day. it has been more relaxing bc I can reheat and eat lunch quickly, also I can cook freestyle after work having music or TV in the background
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The biggest misconception people have is that leaders can solve their problems or unblock for them. I tell people to bring solutions/options not problems. Don’t complain, ask questions. Assume good intent. Create the condition for people to bring their best selves to the collab.
July 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The biggest misconception people have is that leaders can solve their problems or unblock for them. I tell people to bring solutions/options not problems. Don’t complain, ask questions. Assume good intent. Create the condition for people to bring their best selves to the collab.
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I’ve had jobs where leaders directs you to build some beautiful useless thing that no one needs, and they reveal it like theater, and I’m the only one who calls bullshit. Then later, the people on that team reminisce to me about that great experience. Don’t you remember how I was the first to quit?
July 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’ve had jobs where leaders directs you to build some beautiful useless thing that no one needs, and they reveal it like theater, and I’m the only one who calls bullshit. Then later, the people on that team reminisce to me about that great experience. Don’t you remember how I was the first to quit?
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I can attest that surrounding yourself with smart people make you smarter. You simply have to keep up. Go where the bar is high.
June 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I can attest that surrounding yourself with smart people make you smarter. You simply have to keep up. Go where the bar is high.
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The more senior you get, the more you focus on mindset over methods. You already know many methods. You use and adapt methods like tools. But mindsets give you strategy & principles to approach problems & people. Here are 2 examples:
- exploration over certainty
- co-creation over control
etc.
- exploration over certainty
- co-creation over control
etc.
May 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The more senior you get, the more you focus on mindset over methods. You already know many methods. You use and adapt methods like tools. But mindsets give you strategy & principles to approach problems & people. Here are 2 examples:
- exploration over certainty
- co-creation over control
etc.
- exploration over certainty
- co-creation over control
etc.
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The big impacts in my career all had these things in common:
- I saw the opportunity no one else did early on
- A boss who gave me autonomy (though at times I still had to fight for resources)
- A cross functional team who cared about UX & nuanced context
- An Eng team who believed in me
- I saw the opportunity no one else did early on
- A boss who gave me autonomy (though at times I still had to fight for resources)
- A cross functional team who cared about UX & nuanced context
- An Eng team who believed in me
May 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The big impacts in my career all had these things in common:
- I saw the opportunity no one else did early on
- A boss who gave me autonomy (though at times I still had to fight for resources)
- A cross functional team who cared about UX & nuanced context
- An Eng team who believed in me
- I saw the opportunity no one else did early on
- A boss who gave me autonomy (though at times I still had to fight for resources)
- A cross functional team who cared about UX & nuanced context
- An Eng team who believed in me
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I always tell people to build the skills you need for the next job. Think of the stories, the case studies you’ll tell after you leave your current job. That’ll make you more intentional about how you chart your path. Who cares if you followed a process or managed a bunch of people?
May 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I always tell people to build the skills you need for the next job. Think of the stories, the case studies you’ll tell after you leave your current job. That’ll make you more intentional about how you chart your path. Who cares if you followed a process or managed a bunch of people?
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Engineers & scientists who collab w/me know the routine.
- Try different ideas to dogfood them & nail the hypothesis.
- Configurations within prototypes to see nuance against diff data sets or context.
- Utility before feasibility
- We strive towards research artifacts to test against each other.
- Try different ideas to dogfood them & nail the hypothesis.
- Configurations within prototypes to see nuance against diff data sets or context.
- Utility before feasibility
- We strive towards research artifacts to test against each other.
May 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Engineers & scientists who collab w/me know the routine.
- Try different ideas to dogfood them & nail the hypothesis.
- Configurations within prototypes to see nuance against diff data sets or context.
- Utility before feasibility
- We strive towards research artifacts to test against each other.
- Try different ideas to dogfood them & nail the hypothesis.
- Configurations within prototypes to see nuance against diff data sets or context.
- Utility before feasibility
- We strive towards research artifacts to test against each other.
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An engineer and will demo a prototype for a new experience today to the broader team. It’s our leading candidate for testing. I’ll first present the goals, nuanced problems we’re solving, and a behavioral hypothesis. This puts the UX front and center of the why.
May 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
An engineer and will demo a prototype for a new experience today to the broader team. It’s our leading candidate for testing. I’ll first present the goals, nuanced problems we’re solving, and a behavioral hypothesis. This puts the UX front and center of the why.
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There are things we try here at Z. that we wouldn’t do in a million years at a smaller company. They really give us the opportunity to think really big, and I don’t think I could’ve done it with different people. There is no such thing as a crazy idea. We create with possibility.
May 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There are things we try here at Z. that we wouldn’t do in a million years at a smaller company. They really give us the opportunity to think really big, and I don’t think I could’ve done it with different people. There is no such thing as a crazy idea. We create with possibility.
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I think the innovation/incubation scenario within Labs teams doesn’t fit product management frameworks. Traditional PM frameworks is like the innovator’s dilemma. Why take unnecessary risks? But when you do land on true invention, it’s an incomparable journey.
May 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I think the innovation/incubation scenario within Labs teams doesn’t fit product management frameworks. Traditional PM frameworks is like the innovator’s dilemma. Why take unnecessary risks? But when you do land on true invention, it’s an incomparable journey.
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I sometimes have heads-down weeks where I tell people I can’t attend any meetings so I can get a chunk of work done. I’ll answer Slack messages end of the day. I find that to be highly effective. It happens occasionally where I feel I need focus.
May 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I sometimes have heads-down weeks where I tell people I can’t attend any meetings so I can get a chunk of work done. I’ll answer Slack messages end of the day. I find that to be highly effective. It happens occasionally where I feel I need focus.
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Different Product Design contexts. Each require different mindsets & approaches:
1. 0-1 for PMF in a founding/startup problem
2. 0-1 for PMF for a mature product
3. POC & Productizing Incubation Projects
4. Designing for Growth
5. Identity & Visual Refresh
6. Internal Tools
7. Regulated Domains
1. 0-1 for PMF in a founding/startup problem
2. 0-1 for PMF for a mature product
3. POC & Productizing Incubation Projects
4. Designing for Growth
5. Identity & Visual Refresh
6. Internal Tools
7. Regulated Domains
May 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Different Product Design contexts. Each require different mindsets & approaches:
1. 0-1 for PMF in a founding/startup problem
2. 0-1 for PMF for a mature product
3. POC & Productizing Incubation Projects
4. Designing for Growth
5. Identity & Visual Refresh
6. Internal Tools
7. Regulated Domains
1. 0-1 for PMF in a founding/startup problem
2. 0-1 for PMF for a mature product
3. POC & Productizing Incubation Projects
4. Designing for Growth
5. Identity & Visual Refresh
6. Internal Tools
7. Regulated Domains
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It wasn’t until I figured out why certain wicked hard problems were worth the pursuit, did my career shift in a positive way. What makes a problem worth pursuing had many dimensions like my own interest, team, biz impact, innovation, learning potential, aligns to my personal value…
May 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It wasn’t until I figured out why certain wicked hard problems were worth the pursuit, did my career shift in a positive way. What makes a problem worth pursuing had many dimensions like my own interest, team, biz impact, innovation, learning potential, aligns to my personal value…
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Something I learned over the years is to be picky about where to devote my energy. I’m highly pragmatic in that respect. I have zero FOMO. It has always served me well. I want my name to be attached to impactful novel projects.
May 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Something I learned over the years is to be picky about where to devote my energy. I’m highly pragmatic in that respect. I have zero FOMO. It has always served me well. I want my name to be attached to impactful novel projects.
This question of writing a letter to the ten year younger self has stick to my head. Here is what I want to tell him:
1. Explore what you’re genuine curious about.
2. Invest in your bets.
3. Deep dive 1 and 2.
1. Explore what you’re genuine curious about.
2. Invest in your bets.
3. Deep dive 1 and 2.
May 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This question of writing a letter to the ten year younger self has stick to my head. Here is what I want to tell him:
1. Explore what you’re genuine curious about.
2. Invest in your bets.
3. Deep dive 1 and 2.
1. Explore what you’re genuine curious about.
2. Invest in your bets.
3. Deep dive 1 and 2.
Doing motion design including app navigation transitions and artwork animations lately. It’s fun!
And even though I have zero motion design experience, it feels natural with my general design and product sense
And even though I have zero motion design experience, it feels natural with my general design and product sense
May 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Doing motion design including app navigation transitions and artwork animations lately. It’s fun!
And even though I have zero motion design experience, it feels natural with my general design and product sense
And even though I have zero motion design experience, it feels natural with my general design and product sense
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Designers think by making. This is why prolific ideation is so important. You can delegate some to AI but there are muscles that will atrophy. That is the intersection of systems thinking, interaction, framing and behavioral hypothesis in the journey of crafting. These muscles gives you ingenuity.
May 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Designers think by making. This is why prolific ideation is so important. You can delegate some to AI but there are muscles that will atrophy. That is the intersection of systems thinking, interaction, framing and behavioral hypothesis in the journey of crafting. These muscles gives you ingenuity.
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Advice I’d give to my younger self:
- Spend more time on things that feeds your soul vs your wallet
- Learn research earlier: Really understand controls, benchmarks & behavioral hypotheses as the start.
- Quit toxic jobs & people earlier
- Practice disciplined communication
- Your gut is right
- Spend more time on things that feeds your soul vs your wallet
- Learn research earlier: Really understand controls, benchmarks & behavioral hypotheses as the start.
- Quit toxic jobs & people earlier
- Practice disciplined communication
- Your gut is right
April 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Advice I’d give to my younger self:
- Spend more time on things that feeds your soul vs your wallet
- Learn research earlier: Really understand controls, benchmarks & behavioral hypotheses as the start.
- Quit toxic jobs & people earlier
- Practice disciplined communication
- Your gut is right
- Spend more time on things that feeds your soul vs your wallet
- Learn research earlier: Really understand controls, benchmarks & behavioral hypotheses as the start.
- Quit toxic jobs & people earlier
- Practice disciplined communication
- Your gut is right
ChatGPT thinks my daemon is a lynx
April 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
ChatGPT thinks my daemon is a lynx
Get buy-in early Doesn’t change the fact that you will be on your own at the end of the day.
April 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Get buy-in early Doesn’t change the fact that you will be on your own at the end of the day.
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A lot of us who started out in UX before there were HCI programs in schools were all self taught. We adapted, tried things, learned on the job. My education in interaction design came from working w/a game designer and an engineering leader who taught us to flowchart functions for a game.
April 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A lot of us who started out in UX before there were HCI programs in schools were all self taught. We adapted, tried things, learned on the job. My education in interaction design came from working w/a game designer and an engineering leader who taught us to flowchart functions for a game.
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Was giving a designer advice on how to apply research thinking to their design process. I gave them some prompts to use so that ChatGPT can coach them through it. I realize it’s a lot easier for a designer to pick up PM skills using AI than it is for a PM using AI to pick up design skills.
April 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Was giving a designer advice on how to apply research thinking to their design process. I gave them some prompts to use so that ChatGPT can coach them through it. I realize it’s a lot easier for a designer to pick up PM skills using AI than it is for a PM using AI to pick up design skills.