Extreme Clarity pt2: Percentages and Percentage Points on Tradeoffs and Payoffs simoncross.substack.com/p/percentages

Tradeoffs and Payoffs: Junior PM vs Mid-level PM vs Senior PM simoncross.substack.com/p/pm-levels?ut…

Turns out, a few small changes to how you present data can make a huge difference to a product team's execution toward their goal. simoncross.substack.com/p/the-perfect-…

Tradeoffs and Payoffs -- Scorecards: a way to set goals and track progress when all else has failed. simoncross.com/p/scorecards?u…

When I started in Integrity / trust & safety in 2018, precision & recall were two concepts I needed to understand fully, and fast. This is the article I wish I'd been able to send myself back then. Once you understand them, you'll see them everywhere. simoncross.com/p/precision-an…

Tradeoffs and Payoffs: Joining Soundwide simoncross.com/p/joining-soun…

Wanna geek off about design? Checkout 3 insane design details of the Beosound 9000 -- the best CD player ever made (IMHO). simoncross.com/p/beosound-9000

At Native Instruments, we're hiring! Looking for a director of product to lead the team that builds our instruments & sounds platforms including Kontakt. You're an experienced PM who's into music production? This might be for you. native-instruments.com/en/career-cent…

Something crazy happening at home or at work? Feeling overwhelmed and powerless? The Circle of Control can help. simoncross.com/p/the-circle-o…

The video for my North Bay Python talk is out, and I've put together an accompanying edited transcript with annotated slides and links simonwillison.net/2023/Aug/3/wei… If you haven't been completely immersed in this world for the last year, my hope is this can help catch you up!

What's your personal NPS score? I'm not suggesting you actually find out, but NPS is a pretty useful way to think about building personal reputation over time. And that might just bend the curve on your career. simoncross.com/p/nps-of-you

Perfect is a high bar, but this thing is pretty darn good at it's job. musictech.com/reviews/brainw…

Finally found the time to write up my talk from Product at Heart Hamburg in June. Some folks told me they found it super actionable, to thought I'd share it more widely. simoncross.com/p/conference-t…

Some cool stuff from our Audio Research team

If you're a podcaster/vlogger/streamer, we've been working hard on taking the amazing technology that's used across the TV and Movie industry (from RX), and put it into a simple but powerful package with just three controls that make you sound your best. izotope.com/en/products/ve…

This is an important partnership for us at NI. The music industry is male-dominated; the tech industry is male-dominated. We're committed to doing our part to bend the curve.

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