This brilliant take from Charity Majors seems like a litmus test for being allowed to be an individual contributor or not. For engineers, it's rarer that deep conflicts are existential. If it's the case, maybe there is no space for you to be an individual contributor.

Users don't read. Users prefer to learn by doing, not by reading instructions. Every extra word is an opportunity for users to abandon the product. They have more important stuff to do. This is where intuitive design come into play. Let's break it down 🧵

You don't need to read every product book. In 2024, spend more time with fewer books. I've put together: 🔹 My 2 top recs across the product spectrum 🔹 Advice on how to choose 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

I think the premise of this problem is what’s wrong to begin with. As a PM I never directly assign my engineers work. It always goes through my EM first. And I rely on him to help evaluate whether something is taking too long or not. Given the complexities of unforeseen

Richard Jones, our Chief Tech Officer, uses our #dashboards to pull in data from #AWS, #Azure, and #IsDown. So all it takes is a quick glance each morning for him to check our services & apps are delivering an excellent experience to our customers 🤩 bit.ly/47rIXwq

Claire Vo (CPO Color + ex-Optimizely) has some great 🌶️ PM hot takes. Here are 6 of her best: 1. "There’s this belief that if you just talk to the right customer, write the right PRD, and follow the right process — then you’ll build a great product. But I think the team that

So many new calendar apps I'd love to use, but there doesn't seem to be many that support both Google (personal) and Office 365 (work)... 😢 Amie Daybridge Routine any others I should try?

Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model. Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions. openai.com/sora Prompt: “Beautiful, snowy

🎥 SQUPCAST ep.3 playback is out! If you missed it live, watch to see Dave Clarke and @AdamKinniburgh answer the question our Sales team gets asked all the time: "So what exactly is SquaredUp?" But not before a chat about the latest product updates! 😎 ow.ly/JZXV50RyIHR

📣 🚨 Calling all SquaredUp customers in Germany, Austria, The Netherlands or Belgium myself and some of the other PMs are planning to be in your area over June - we would love to come and visit you, talk roadmap and hear the pain your facing. Sound good/useful? LMK 📆

We pride ourselves on making #smartdashboards. But what exactly is it that makes our dashboards "smart"? Hear directly from our big boss Richard Benwell and watch his live demo of the killer features that set us apart. #SQUPCAST recording out now! 💥 youtube.com/watch?v=8reQrZ…

Beyond privileged, ecstatic, and emotional to debut Figma Slides (aka Flides) to the world today 🎁 It has been incredibly challenging and rewarding to build a product that leverages the power of the Figma platform and feels accessible to *anyone* We can't wait for you to

Our annual company conference #SQUPCON last week was a blast! As a remote-first company it was a precious opportunity to get together as a team across the UK, the US and India. Big up to the organizing committee for doing a smashing job. We look forward to the next one 🙌

I killed some customer pain 💊! Ruben from SIG asked me how he might be able to bring change history into his SquaredUp dashboards to allow him to better understand the change "that broke it", the answer: Azure Resource Graph and KQL 👀 buff.ly/3WcxFsl

Dylan Field (Figma CEO) on product management

🟢 GREEN FLAGS IN ASPIRING PRODUCT MANAGERS 🟢

I wrote a blog post about the new SquaredUp Cloud plugin for GripMatix | CITRIX® Ready SCOM Management Packs Citrix's Logon Simulator. Unlike basic #Citrix probing, the simulator tracks every logon stage, identifying delays and providing detailed reasons for failures ⚠️. Check it out: squaredup.com/blog/gripmatix…

Hey Cassidy - it was great to see you at #MSIgnite, thanks for stopping by the SquaredUp booth! 😍

Next on #SQUPCAST, we're excited to discuss the new table stakes for #observability with John Hayes, author of the #Observability360 newsletter. Get his take on the tools that vendors need to bring to the table. ⏰ Tomorrow, 4 Dec, 3pm GMT Register > buff.ly/3YZfPuj

SquaredUp will be at the MSP Show in London next week! Stop by to see how we help MSPs cut through cloud complexity with instant, on-demand dashboards – no more endless portal hopping or Excel exports. 📍 Come find us at booth 682! 📅 14-15 May | ExCeL London #MSPShow25 #MSP