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Prioritize Patiently

Prioritize Patiently

With the help of tools like AI, productivity has increased in various aspects such as writing articles, planning and executing tasks at work, and writing software. While this allows me to accomplish more, it also...

26 Dec 2023

CAPE - the "ikigai" of buiness onboarding

CAPE - the "ikigai" of buiness onboarding

The Japanese philosophy of Ikigai embodies the idea of discovering purpose, meaning, and fulfillment in life. It is frequently characterized as the convergence of four elements: passion, competence, societal need, and financial viability. When we...

18 Sep 2023

参与感读后感

参与感读后感

读完这本书受益匪浅。作者的很多观点非常适用于做互联网产品。 互联网思维就是口碑为王。如果没有好产品，一切都会变得没有意义。而如果产品给力，哪怕营销做得差一点，也不会太难看。 互联网创业：第一是和用户互动来做好产品，第二是靠用户的口碑来做传播和营销。只关注一点：口碑。 互联网七字诀：“专注、极致、口碑、快”，专注和极致，是产品目标；快，是行动准则；而口碑，则是整个互联网思维的核心。 用户关系指导思想就是——和用户做朋友—做企业就像做人一样，朋友才会真心去为你传播、维护你的口碑，朋友是信任度最强的用户关系。做出有爱的产品，用户就会回报予爱。用户的爱会持续激励团队。 做品牌传播，要少花钱办大事，就是说要善用巧劲，四两拨千斤——就是要有幽默感，勇于自嘲，甚至自黑。企业要花精力让自己成为能持续提供优质内容的自媒体，同时，也应该发动用户来产生内容。 创业如创作，从开始第一步到最后冲刺，掌声与关注之外，更多的是寂寞的长跑。能支撑你咬牙坚持的，除了热爱，别无他途。

12 Jan 2022

Time, expectation, and emotion

For everyone, time is the one true limited resource. For everyone, expectation leads to how we spend our time. How we spend time is manifested through actions. Our actions, together with our expectation, impact our...

27 Sep 2021

Principles as compass

Principles as compass

Imagine a group of people going on a journey to pursue a guiding star across a mountain range. As the time goes on, that guiding star is always out there on the horizon, never attainable,...

21 Feb 2021

Production is on fire, and we are all remote

Production is on fire, and we are all remote

All of a sudden, things start to go badly. Support tickets begin to flood in with the same complaints - the app stops working. The engineers start to investigate in their own homes. The production...

14 Feb 2021

Tech lead and engineering manager

Tech lead and engineering manager

Tech leads and engineering managers are instrumental in engineering organizations. Why are they necessary? What is the difference between these two roles? Both tech lead and engineer manager are responsible for the outcome of a...

12 Feb 2021

Feedback with a growth mindset

Feedback with a growth mindset

Everyone can grow, and that’s why we ask, give, and receive feedback. Practicing feedback is an art that requires us to ask the right questions and set proper expectations. fixed vs. growth mindset A fixed...

23 Jan 2021

Squads, chapters, and tour of duty

Squads, chapters, and tour of duty

People and organization structure must scale closely together. When we scale from one engineering team to multiple teams, it’s more than just splitting one group into many groups. New communication patterns emerge, and new concepts...

17 Jan 2021

Build effective engineer career framework

Build effective engineer career framework

At the beginning of a startup, the team is small and scrappy, and there’s litte structure on career growth. As a startup grows, more engineers join, and each engineer has different expectations and needs. To...

03 Jan 2021
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