Product Talk just passed it’s second anniversary. As we prepare for 2014, I want to make sure that Product Talk continues to serve its audience. I’d love your help. Please […]
How to Craft Your Personal Story to Land Your Next Product Job
You know that feeling you get when you come across a product that just works? Maybe you got it the first time you used Square. Or the first time Tripit […]
3 Ways to Learn About a Company and Impress the Hiring Manager
In the last few posts, we talked about not sending your resume to anyone and everyone, and instead narrowing your market. Today, we’ll look at how you can research your […]
Why Defining Your Market is Essential to Finding a Product Job
You’ve already learned to stop sending your resume to everyone and anyone. Right? If you haven’t already, stop and read, how not to find a product job. This post will build […]
How Not To Find a Product Job
Far and away the most common question I get is: How do you find a product job? Before we tackle answering this question, let’s look at what most of us […]
Read Decisive and Make Better Product Decisions
Over the past 3 months, I’ve written a number of posts inspired by the book Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath. I’m a big fan of their work and so […]
Don’t Make Snap Product Decisions
This post is part of a series about making better product decisions. Do you ever find yourself making snap decisions? An engineer asks you for more detail on how a […]
Don’t Overcommit to a Bad Idea
This post is part of a series about making better product decisions. At the World Domination Summit 2013, Jia Jiang gave an amazing talk about his experience following his dreams. When he was […]