some thoughts. 1) my hot take is that if you are a good founding designer material (0-1 product, not post-PMF), and thats what you are interested in doing then you should seriously consider doing your own thing/co-founding. similar risk,

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“I ran @uenodotco, a digital agency, for 7 years before selling it to Twitter. I’m seeing a lot of designers on here wondering about money. If you think I can be helpful you can ask me anything and I’ll spill all my beans.”

A lot of people are confused by the Airbnb PM role change.Most people's current view of PMs is often how Google made the role of PMs - eng + product (project management and product strategy).Apple's always had more of an art view of PM - marketing + product vision.Product… https://t.co/dGfjfFa7YF— Spencer | 🏗📈 (@Spshulem) June 23, 2023

The organizational culture that enables Apple designers to double the scope of a product roadmap based off their opinion & feelings—like adding a screen to show your eyes that users will never see—is something that could never exist at Facebook. pic.twitter.com/2JTVX2t6pJ— Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) June 6, 2023

If your company’s OKRs are primarily business outcome oriented, how do you get UX improvements prioritized that don’t move a business metric?— Pat Bergstresser (@PatThePM) June 3, 2023

the eccentricity of a brand should map to how often people interact with itif often: calmer and more conventional, if less often: eccentric and uniquee.g. boutique hotels and restaurants can/should have highly memorable design language because you don't spend much time there— kepano (@kepano) May 18, 2023

Big tech interviews are so much overkill compared to the job. Engineers spend weeks on leetcode only to be asked to create a button in a UI. Product managers memorize product sense frameworks only to schedule meetings and ask lawyers if it’s OK to ship a feature (it’s always no).— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) February 16, 2023

I’ve been thinking a lot about how @figma does product work. And what makes Figma “Figma”?This, in turn, made me realize I never followed up on my previous thread about roadmap prioritization.So here goes….https://t.co/WqInVKd1xj— Sho Kuwamoto (@skuwamoto) September 23, 2022

8) Create a "digital bench"Build a curated library of talented people who do what you can't. Keep a list of other designers, developers, illustrators, copywriters, and strategists who you can call upon to 10x your projects.— Nick Pattison (@nick__pattison) May 18, 2022

I'll only ever design for startups.10+ years in and I'll never go back.Not only is it ridiculously fun...But I believe working at a startup is the FASTEST way to grow as a designer.11 reasons why 👇— Ridd 🏛 (@Ridderingand) September 11, 2022

Some people think UX design is just doing the facilitation or research work like personas and empathy mapping, etc. etc. and there are lots of bootcamps which teach only those things.— Helen Tran (@tranhelen) September 10, 2022

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People say Steve Jobs was a product genius. Some insist on claiming he was our iPhone “product manager” too. Let’s take a look at this. How did he work?— Ken Kocienda (@kocienda) May 28, 2022

making a list of good dev/design agencies that got acquired. anyone got examples?— hugh francis (@_HHFF) May 26, 2022