Elezea: resources for product leaders - Resources for Product Leaders #3
Hi there, and welcome to another edition of Elezea! This is a newsletter with resources and real-life stories for technology product leaders who want to enable empowered teams to build great products. Resources for Product Leaders #3Engineering advice from non-technical people, how to make better decisions when scaling a company, how to differentiate between good and great product leaders.
I’m still working my way to a better and more predictable cadence for the newsletter, but for now I wanted to share a few leadership articles I found really useful over the past few weeks. I hope everyone is having a good week so far! All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people →This is a fantastic post by Marianne Bellotti, who discusses how advice she got over the years in non-software industries has helped her be a better engineering leader. This reflection, based on the advice “People like us make our money in the seams of things”, really stood out to me:
The Tactical Guide to Making Better Decisions When Starting and Scaling Companies →I am late to the Annie Duke party, but after reading this article with advice like this, I am all in:
I immediately ordered her book Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, and I am excited to dig in. How do YOU differentiate between good and great product leaders? →Gibson Biddle’s newsletter is always insightful, and this is one of my favorites. He discusses what he looks for when hiring product leaders, and goes into detail on each of the following points:
Short and sweet for this edition. More soon as I try to get back into the writing groove! -Rian
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