Kassen Qian

1. Shipping - The most basic need that a PM satisfies is shipping features. This involves day-to-day tackling of large and small decisions that block the successful release of a new feature.

The King of the Hill at Airbnb has switched from designers to product managers in most parts of the org. Vision-led rather than design-led.

Your team dynamic is something you can always affect, even if you have no meaningful influence over the major strategic decisions of an organization.

4. Don't Confuse Micromanagement with Miscommunication: Contextualize why it needs to be done in the first place.

That deep thinking and speed are combined with a substantial amount of user focus and user empathy. And finally, Stripe is a humble and low-entitlement culture .