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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

very thoughtful piece by @eryk.bsky.social about how AI is an excuse that allows those with power to operate at a distance from those whom their power touches... mail.cyberneticforests.com/a-fork-in-th...

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A Fork in the Road

AI is an excuse that allows those with power to operate at a distance from those whom their power touches.

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Some thoughts on how product leaders can respond to C-level requests for (accurate) ROI estimates of future products, features, projects... when that's the wrong tool for the job. richmironov.substack.com/p/roi-seduct...

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

very smart thought from @addyosmani.bsky.social about how #AI coding tools help senior (experienced, seasoned, knowledgeable) engineers much more than juniors or non-devs. No danger of replacement yet. addyo.substack.com/p/the-70-pro... HT @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com

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The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding

A field guide and why we need to rethink our expectations

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

TIL a new (for me) word: "embiggen" from a neat post about energy by Brian Potter (substack.com/home/post/p-...) from his Construction Physics blog. def: to make bigger or more expansive

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Energy Cheat Sheet

Building an intuition about energy

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Just got this video of my Oct closing keynote www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-dZ... at Productized/Lisbon. Not my usual hard-nosed product talk... instead on finding joy in product work, embracing our backstage role, pulling folks up the ladder behind us. See you next year at productized.co ?

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I joined Murray Robinson & Donna Spencer's No Nonsense Leadership podcast for an extended discussion of corporate organizations, politics, how executives think/behave, servant leadership, and making change by *showing* rather than telling. nononsenseagile.podbean.com/e/0115-influ...

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

“Rich’s course has helped me to both hone my craft as an individual contributor and to refine my thinking and communication as I grow my career,” is what one past participant of my Maven course said about the experience. Learn why here: maven.com/richmironov/...

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Moving Up to Director: Organizational and Career Skills for Product Managers by Rich Mironov on Maven

Product managers often wonder how to move "up" to director-level roles and how that would change their work. We'll dissect that journey.

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Moving up the product career ladder isn’t just about core product skills—you also need to learn how to navigate organizations and do thoughtful internal outreach. Join my Maven course to learn more about applying a product mindset to your career: maven.com/richmironov/...

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Moving Up to Director: Organizational and Career Skills for Product Managers by Rich Mironov on Maven

Product managers often wonder how to move "up" to director-level roles and how that would change their work. We'll dissect that journey.

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I’ve written a lot about how we (product folks) love to talk about how our teams build things: releases and sprints and product operating systems... But some colleagues are deeply uninterested in what happens in the kitchen. A thought on reading the room (audiences) www.mironov.com/read-the-room/

audience with some people paying attention, others not

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

When you’re looking to move up the career ladder in product, you need a safe space where you can talk through your frustrations and challenges. Join the next cohort of my Maven course to engage in real conversations and network with your peers: maven.com/richmironov/...

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Moving Up to Director: Organizational and Career Skills for Product Managers by Rich Mironov on Maven

Product managers often wonder how to move "up" to director-level roles and how that would change their work. We'll dissect that journey.

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I found @eryk.bsky.social's deep analysis of Slop Infrastructures & genAI to be especially insightful: "AI slop is the media form that inevitably emerges from a production technology built on symbols stripped of any connection to reality." mail.cyberneticforests.com/slop-infrast... and -3-4

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Slop Infrastructures 1 & 2

"Maybe the Human Part of Human Connection is Overstated." 💡This week, I'm trying something new. Starting today, and ending on Tuesday, I'll be e-mailing smaller sections of a single piece, Slop Infra...

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Once you’ve done the hard work of figuring out how to excel as a product manager, you might wonder how to take the next step in your career. In my Maven course, we’ll discuss strategies to help you prepare for director-level roles. Learn more here: maven.com/richmironov/...

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Moving Up to Director: Organizational and Career Skills for Product Managers by Rich Mironov on Maven

Product managers often wonder how to move "up" to director-level roles and how that would change their work. We'll dissect that journey.

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Could you do me a favor? If you know any product managers/owners who might benefit from it, please let them know about my “Moving Up to Director” course on Maven, which will help them learn when and how to move up the product career ladder: maven.com/richmironov/...

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Moving Up to Director: Organizational and Career Skills for Product Managers by Rich Mironov on Maven

Product managers often wonder how to move "up" to director-level roles and how that would change their work. We'll dissect that journey.

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

wonderful to catch up with Bruce McCarthy in Boston: breakfast ran all morning as we chatted about product communities, business models, politics, moving to new places, colleagues that we're quiet fanboys of... 3 decades of mostly-remote-occasionally-F2F collaboration and friendship

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

wrapping up a NYC theater visit: new play "Maybe Happy Ending" is charming, tightly written/directed, heartwarming. Channeling Philip K Dick. I left humming the stunning sets and visual effects. :-)

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

was thrilled to see the brilliant, transcendent Audra McDonald in new Bway production of Gypsy. Lovely, generous revival... thx to my better half for scoring NYC tix.

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Just starting to channel my inner Marie Kondo... what small subset of our stuff goes with us overseas (Lisbon) and how much can we toss/donate/lend? Handle the easiest 10%, then the easiest remaining 10%...

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

ICYMI... 10-year-old series of posts on the Four Laws Of Software Economics that have held up decently. Starts with "Reality #1: Your development team will never, ever, ever be big enough" www.mironov.com/4laws1/

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Four Laws Of Software Economics (Part 1)

Newton taught us that gravity’s not just a good idea, it’s the law. I’ve spent a lot of the last decade with one foot in the engineering organization and the other with marketing/sales. While the tw...

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

300 baud modem to timeshared HP100, circa 1973. 8-hole tape reader lived back in the CPU room.

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

New post in my long-running series (23+ years) on product issues and organizations, about GTM expectations that replatforming and migrations are mostly done when we ship the code. (Would that it were so.) Apologies for any PTSD, but comes out of my CPO coaching. www.mironov.com/migration-end/

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“When Will We Finish This Migration So R&D Teams Can Work On Innovation?”

There’s a funny bit of split thinking that I often run into, and which came up in a recent CPO coaching discussion. It’s when we confuse delivering a new (or re-architected) platform and pushing the ...

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Rich Mironov @richmironov.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

first bit of news on Bluesky... we're moving to Lisbon/Portugal in March! Looking forward to joining the IRL product community there, reconnecting with PT/EU/UK friends & colleagues, finding adventure in a new place/language/currency/culture, bringing well-earned CPO scars to a younger tech scene.

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