We’re back with part 10 of Overheard in Product—a series where we round up all of the tantalizing conversations from product folks that you may have missed on the web last week.
This week, we talk about a bunch of unpopular opinions in tech, whether or not your company is actually design-led, the benefits of crisp language, the new way of buying software, and the 3 types of marketers.
Let’s get to it.
Tech mix
Front-end developer Amaechi Amarachi tweeted a gold mine on Saturday.
People went wild with their own unpopular opinions. Folks got into the problems tech interviews, the need for junior engineers, the correlation between bugs and humility, and so much more.
Food for thought: What’s something you fully believe in that most folks would disagree with?
Design-led is a business fed
Eli Montgomery, Head of Product and Design at Quorso, gave some clarification to the term “design-led”.
Food for thought: What should “design-led without customers driving” be called instead?
Don't mince your words
Ha Phan, Senior Product Manager for Search at Pluralsight, touted the importance of language in systems thinking.
Food for thought: What language can you sharpen for your team to have them better understand your mission and focus?
Easy to come buy
Peter Caputa IV, CEO at Databox, drew a line in the sand about the old and new ways of buying software.
Sounds like Peter is talking about becoming product-led—both with freemium/free-trial pricing and personalized experiences.
Food for thought: Are you selling the way folks are buying? What’s blocking you?
Bonus: The 3 marketeers
David Fallarme, Hubspot’s Head of Marketing for SEA and India, posted a great thread about the 3 types of marketers.
The first type—artists—care most about connecting with people and need creative freedom. Soldiers—the second type—care about breaking through obstacles to get results and need structure and rules. The final type—gamblers—are heavy into resource allocation and need resources and freedom to fail.
I’d go so far to say that product folks can fall into these same 3 categories. And if that’s the case, which one are you?
