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Ep 18: Focus. More than just time management from 2019-06-01T04:06:11
In this episode, Rick and Karman did a retro for the past two weeks. Karman is trying to set things straight so she could get home on time for her family after work. Rick is getting annoyed that...
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Ep 17: promotion through seniority vs experience vs personality, usability lab, AI for good - lawn mowers from 2019-05-05T03:12:51
In this episode, we talked about different dimensions of promotions, an ideal usability lab and capturing real time data for intelligent-proactive-type of feedback. Rick talked about buying his dre...
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Ep 16: Should a designer push or drive the project agenda and why are we working so hard? from 2019-04-20T04:33:40
In this episode, Karman is still sick and Rick is helping her to unearth another way to approach a cross-functional project. Rick is feeling young again because he's learning statistics and Karman ...
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Ep 15: Component library? Who's taking an Udemy course? Reimagining a new world of Netflix films from 2019-04-06T03:41:48
In this episode, we did our usual retro for the last few weeks and then dive into Rick's new thing. Rick shares his experience about some Netflix show that he watch, which makes Karman dre...
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Ep 14: Interviews again. How many hours do you need to get to know the team? Hate lunch interviews.. from 2019-03-17T04:03:37
In this episode, we have our friend Wendy joining in and we compare interview experiences. Head of engineering vs product owner roles and what kind of process did we went through.
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Ep 13: Personality vs Social Skills. Are you the right fit for this position? Product review - Instacart from 2019-03-09T04:34:20
In this episode we explore some feedback from Rick's interviews, what he would like to do better and what is a good fit. We made a short product review on Instacart.
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Ep 12: Mentorship versus subject matter expert, taking design related criticisms from 2019-02-23T05:48:51
In this episode, Rick tries to understand what Karman wants to do to advance her career, then chat about how different team members interpret design criticisms differently. Rick wants to learn more...
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Ep 11: Anchor and spotify, Rick is broken, Karman had a boring week from 2019-02-16T03:19:06
In this episode, Karman and Rick talked about the acquisition of Anchor by Spotify and how it does not affect them as podcast creators. Also Rick opens up to talk about some incidents that happe...
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Ep 10: Non-scientific study on our Instagram usage from 2019-02-09T04:44:57
In this episode, Karman and Rick talk through on how they use Instagram and trying to learn something from this exercise. Also, did the usual retro.
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Ep 9: 2 steps forward 1 step back and interviewing strangers from 2019-01-26T05:01:45
In this episode Karman and Rick talked about an Adobe XD plug-in called Stark. A designer that codes and make her boss uncomfortable. How to interview strangers, and some random ideas about video/a...
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Ep 8: User data and privacy, live listen, white noise your OK google, and rant about Glassdoor from 2019-01-19T05:52:13
In this episode Rick has a growing concern about his privacy, found good use cases for live listen on AirPod and why he is having a bad day because of Glassdoor.
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Ep 7: Our practice, talking rice cooker, success metrics and product management tools from 2019-01-12T05:05:16
In this episode we did our retros then sidetrack and talked about voice interface, tips to get back to work mode after a long vacation and briefly talked about product management tools.
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Ep 6 : Product hook, feature parity, and new year resolution for our careers from 2019-01-07T04:38:59
In this episode, Rick and Karman trying to understand what makes a hook for a good software product, and share their new year resolutions.
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Ep 5: Downtime, productivity and holidays. from 2018-12-22T04:08:57
In this episode we talk about company holiday events, how to stay productive during the nearly empty office and keeping this episode short and sweet. Happy holidays everyone!
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Ep 4: Business meetings, team meetings, online meetings from 2018-12-15T04:25:35
Today’s episode we have a special guest, Wendy, from New York City. She is a Engineering Manager and has a wealth of knowledge in building the right product. Today’s theme is around types of meetin...
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Ep 3: Wearing multiple hats from 2018-12-08T04:14:40
Karman’s second week at work, sharing some experience on team members in different geographic locations. We talked about wearing different hats at work and having complimentary skill sets. We also ...
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Ep 2: Townhall. What's in it for me? from 2018-12-01T05:02:52
Karman talks about her first week on-boarding experience for her new job. Rick talks about his frustrations during a townhall meeting and what could make it more effective for the product team.
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Ep 1: A clean slate from 2018-11-23T22:24:31
Karman and Rick chat about roles and responsibility in the product family, and starting fresh on a new job.
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Ep 0: Rick got a job offer! from 2018-11-17T04:52:58
Karman and Rick talk about job interview experience as a Product Owner, and discuss the thought process on accepting / declining a job offer.
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