Are you a BigTech “product director dad”?

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Apr 25 12 Comments

This is why I never have and never will join a big tech as a PM. I refuse to become a “product director dad”. Startup first PM -> VP, FTW!!

Are you a BigTech “product director dad”?
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  • Toast
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    🌵 jack
    idk what this nonsense even means
    Apr 25 0
  • Agile Defense
    TJmF68

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    TJmF68
    you lost me bro
    Apr 25 0
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    It’s simple folks. It takes way less product sense and execution prowess to launch and grow a product from 0 to 1M users at a recognized brand big tech, where it runs over a platform with 10s or 100s of millions if not billions of users than it does to take a product from 0 to 10K users at an unknown brand startup with constrained resources. As simple as that. So Nikita is comparing that to being a like a dad (who isn’t necessarily living on the edge and pushing the boundaries)
    Apr 25 4
    • Toast
      🌵 jack

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      🌵 jack
      i understand the point of tweet now

      i get it it's not nikita's style of work, but never say never. im not at FAANG for similar reasons but when i was bar larger tech firm i had really good WLB. you could take a break for a couple of years enjoy life and then go back into high growth companies
      Apr 25
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      Yes. Exactly it’s very analogous to stages of life. Single > married > parent. You choose what stage of life you think your career is in (and it doesn’t have to coincide with the stage of life you are in)
      Apr 25
  • Mmmkay
    Apr 25 0
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    OP
    If you don’t know (and are in PM at a bigtech) then you most certainly are or are destined to become a “product dir dad”
    Apr 25 2
    • Agile Defense
      TJmF68

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      TJmF68
      boo your joke stinks!
      Apr 25
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      OP
      That tends to happen with facts
      Apr 25