Learn How StackOverflow Approaches Product Management with Will Cole

This is a great lesson in software development and what it takes to ship products that people use.

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Learn How StackOverflow Approaches Product Management with Will Cole
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Will Cole, the Head of Product at Zaprite, joins the show to discuss the art of product management. From his experience as Head of Product at StackOverflow, Unchained, and now Zaprite Will has developed a process that he believes will enable product teams to flourish. This is a great lesson in software development and what it takes to ship products that people use.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
6:17 - Marty is sleepy
11:07 - Stories behind Will’s writing
19:10 - Invariants and levels of abstraction
30:25 - Why a product manager exists
33:57 - Think, then do
36:30 - Running through the invariants and strategy doc
42:41 - Timeline
46:55 - Minimizing meetings with good writing
48:53 - Iterating vs incrementing
56:44 - Who has better and worse product management?
1:00:24 - Managing growth
1:08:48 - Cmon Marty write the doc
1:12:46 - Design patterns
1:16:41 - BIPs
1:22:15 - Staying on the cutting edge
1:24:25 - Come and PM for Bitcoin companies

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