Fareed Mosavat

@fareed-mosavat

Product leader at Reforge, Slack, Instacart, and Pixar who emphasizes that PM skill development requires real work on real products with real customers and real data.

#product-management#leadership#skill-development#career#execution

Fareed MosavatFeb 9source

To earn sponsorship, go "two stack levels up, two stack levels down" in your curiosity. Understand what your boss's boss cares about. Know what's left and right of your work. Be the desk people come to when connecting dots.

#leadership#design#growth#analytics#career#engineering

Fareed MosavatDec 30source

The manager death spiral: you got promoted by being the best IC, so your instinct is to keep doing the work yourself. You end up owning all the good projects, blocking your team, and preventing others from growing.

#leadership#design#growth#analytics#career#engineering