It became clear that not all feedback is created equal: while some feedback is vital to achieving alignment, others are mere suggestions. I realized that I needed to identify the blocking feedback that needs to be addressed before moving forward. By doing so, I could move faster and achieve alignment quickly. At first I used my understanding of my partners’ priorities to filter the blocking feedback. While I did see some success, I often missed critical feedback or focused on the wrong aspects.
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I often get asked about the product culture at Facebook and what stands out for me. While team-level micro-cultures make it hard to generalize at Facebook’s scale, one thing I believe is true across the company is that building great products is everyone’s responsibility, not just that of PMs.
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The first time I heard about the Product Manager (PM) role, I got excited about it because of manager in the title. I was further excited after I googled to find several articles talking about PMs being the CEO of the product. On speaking to a few PMs, I realized that the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.
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The low participation by women authors in research is an important equity issue in Computer Science Research (CSR). There are various parameters and methodologies that can be used to measure the gender imbalance. In this paper, we present a study on gender gap, imbalance and women participation in CSR
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P-Hacking is a term used to describe the scientific manipulation of data to get the desired P value. All of us do this with our experiments, consciously or not.
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COVID-19 has created a market-wide temporary shock for which we just don’t know what the long term consequences will be. Several people have reached out asking for advice on conducting experiments in such unprecedented times. I thought of documenting my thoughts to start a conversation.
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