I have know @srijancse for less than a year now, but the impact he has created in my life I will be really grateful for. He found me on twitter when I barely was active. I am so glad he thought I was worth a conversation.
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A simple email in my inbox, would change everything for me. I got the chance to interact with this amazing human, a chance to work with him & to my honor I found a really great friend.
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Even though we dont work together anymore, he made me see my worth in every sense. I have a job, a wee-bit confidence & a lot more because from our very first meeting, he made me feel like I could do a lot more.
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Even during the roughest days,he's made me feel like I could do it.A real great cheerleader & a wickedly smart human being was born today:) Hence @srijancse, today is #morethanabirthday, just like Barca's #morethanaclub ;)
You also have your FC(fanclub in this case)🥰#FCSrijan
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Have you ever considered a role in product marketing vs product management?
I have. If you are in the that boat here is more on how the roles are similar and yet very different and what could be best for you.
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First the similarities, both roles in some capacity has Influence on
Features
GTM
Strategy
Product packaging
They are also both very customer centric.
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So what makes them different then?
In prod. Marketing is more customer facing. You put together different facets of marketing like brand, influencer, growth etc. This is one side of it..
Another is knowing how to communicate what the user needs to hear to buy your product
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Today is day 1 @OnThatJob it was also day 1 for my job search ;).
Im going to thread below few useful things that help me think about my next job and also why what OTJ is important!
- Your career should not ever be one promotion to another. Dont switch because someone is giving you a senior role.
It is absolutely unnecessary & if you look at most people who are now at say FANG, they all had big roles, but end up just having PM title here.
Dont take/or not take an interview because of how the perceived value of the company is. You decide what makes sense to you. This virtue signaling gets you nowhere.
Diving into some interesting product growth hacks I have read/seen around.
Thread:
Not my favourite because of my own ethical view of the world, but a here is one - "Faking it".
Showing increased supply ( Like lyft/uber) by paying initial drivers a LOT of money so the users could see how easy it was to book.
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The community way - Many people just build a community or hope to build one while not thinking of their product as the core. I think best way to grow via community is making sure your core experience is at the center of it. Like @beondeck@StackOverflow
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I don't really tweet relationship stuff. But incase you're one of those long distance lovers during this tiring times, here is some advice?
Over communicate in the beginning, communicate what you feel like if you are comfortable with each other.
There is always an optimal level of conversation you want/like keeping. Learn your line :)
Have an activity you both individually enjoy, but also love doing them together. There has to be something you can come back and discuss, it cannot always be I cooked this for lunch.
Since I interact with early stage startups usually hiring their first PM in india, here is my thinking behind that gig.
Look for 1. Founder who will be a mentor 2. Your keen-ness of the industry 3. Growth of the company and your growth with it. D
1. Founder - as a young team you learn most from this person. You have to know who your captain is. You've to find things you love about their work, their craft and most importantly find things you want to learn from them.
2. Industry - PM seems very fancy, but it really should not be hyped like it is. You cannot say - this company will take me as a PM so I'll join them. Don't sabotage them and your career like that. See if the industry gets you going and you're genuinely keen to learn.
Been talking to a lot of early stage folks, and I have noticed some patterns, that I think you should avoid when you are trying to build a product first company.
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You are subject matter expert on a field, doesnt necessarily mean you are an expert at understanding the behaviour & motivation of your users, understand this before you build.
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You maybe a user of your product, but all of us have biases, so please talk to folks to whom your product could be useful , but they are tangentially different from you.
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