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A Poet's Guide to Product Management with Peter Bogart-Johnson

A Poet's Guide to Product Management with Peter Bogart-Johnson

Update: 2023-08-15
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Peter Bogart-Johnson was one of Jane Street’s first program managers, and helped bring the art of PMing—where that “P” variously stands for “project,” “product,” or some blend of the two—to the company at large. He’s also a poet and the editor of a literary magazine. In this episode, Peter and Ron discuss the challenge of gaining trust as an outsider: how do you teach teams a new way of doing things while preserving what’s already working? The key, Peter says, is you listen; a good PM is an anthropologist. They also discuss how paying down technical debt isn’t something you do instead of serving customers; what Jane Street looks for in PM candidates; and how to help teams coordinate in times of great change.

You can find the transcript for this episode  on our website.

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A Poet's Guide to Product Management with Peter Bogart-Johnson

A Poet's Guide to Product Management with Peter Bogart-Johnson

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