I’m building a Product Manager

Fast-tracking the journey to Senior Product Manager?

Typically speaking, it takes two years to get promoted to Senior Product Manager at OVO, my employer for the past three months. In my first monthly performance review following my triumphant passing of probation (particularly welcome…

Hacking a hackathon

Tell people that you’re taking part in a work hackathon and you’ll get all sorts of responses.

• “Amazing! Love a hackathon.”
• “Lol, I didn’t know anyone still did hackathons. Super old school.”
• “I bet you’re building…

The Introverted Product Manager

I don’t think, when we go to squeeze yet another meeting into someone’s work diary, we ever consider whether shoehorning it into their last half hour slot of free time might be just a step too far for that person. Or maybe we do, but the demands of the job, and the fact…