Pivotal Moments with John Lam
Pivotal Moments with John Lam
John Lam
Ep.8 Sid Unnithan: on changing jobs at Microsoft, preparing for informational interviews, imposter syndrome and autonomy in the PM role
1 hour 7 minutes Posted May 30, 2022 at 7:00 am.
Table of ContentsHow the Customer Driven Playbook influenced how Sid thinks about PM
How Sid prepared for his informational interview with our team
The importance of preparing for your informational interview
How we structure our PM interviews in DevDiv
Imposter syndrome and what we can do about it
On rubrics and career progression
Side-hustle entrepreneurial thinking while working at a big company
Learning about customers via jobs-to-be-done and customer interviews
The lack of respect that PMs face when working with some engineering teams
On the importance of autonomy and agency in the PM role
Building products is a team sport
Travel bidets, cultural barriers and friction in experiences
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Table of ContentsHow the Customer Driven Playbook influenced how Sid thinks about PM (14:34)How Sid prepared for his informational interview with our team (15:49)The importance of preparing for your informational interview (17:23)How we structure our PM interviews in DevDiv (19:40)Imposter syndrome and what we can do about it (24:05)On rubrics and career progression (28:54)Side-hustle entrepreneurial thinking while working at a big company (34:20)Learning about customers via jobs-to-be-done and customer interviews (41:52)The lack of respect that PMs face when working with some engineering teams (46:24)On the importance of autonomy and agency in the PM role (55:52)Building products is a team sport (57:00)Travel bidets, cultural barriers and friction in experiences (1:00:36)TranscriptLink to the full text transcript (with audio player!)LinksThe Customer Driven PlaybookThe Jobs-To-Be-Done frameworkThe Hypothesis Progression Framework for Customer Development** Some of the above links are affiliate links for which I earn a commission from the vendor if you purchase a product.