Ethics – Week 2 – CS177 October 1, 2026 I think I would take a job at WhatsApp, even though I’m pretty uncomfortable with some of Meta’s business practices. Coming from India, WhatsApp… Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushup 2: Three Ways Into a Market October 1, 2026 Jira Jira entered an existing market. Teams already tracked work, and Jira won by being flexible enough to fit almost any workflow. It plays… Continue Reading
Week 2 PSP October 1, 2026 I believe Jira entered an existing market, a red ocean where Bugzilla was the incumbent, and succeeded by building a better tracker and selling… Continue Reading
Week 2 PSP: Three Ways Into a Market October 1, 2026 Jira entered the project management market very early on, and did not seem to have any direct precursors (project management tools that supported the… Continue Reading
Week 1 PSP: Three Ways to Organize a Company October 1, 2026 At Spotify, product development is organized into small cross-functional “squads” that are grouped into larger “tribes.” The PM sits in the squad and creates… Continue Reading
Week 1 PSP October 1, 2026 Spotify, Airbnb, and Zappos organize their product teams in vastly different ways. The people who decide what gets built are the product owner within… Continue Reading
Ethics: Ethical Jobs October 1, 2026 “I love this technology but I hate how the companies are making it” ~Wodtke Truly, the advances in AI are fascinating, and quite useful… Continue Reading
Ethics: Ethical Jobs October 1, 2026 Why I Wouldn’t Work at xAI I wouldn’t accept a job at xAI, even though I admire a lot of the technical ambition behind… Continue Reading
Ethics: Ethical Jobs September 30, 2026 I think I would accept a job at Meta, but it would depend a lot on the role and whether I felt I could… Continue Reading