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15 things Product Managers might do at Zapier

In no particular order:

  1. Talk to users
  2. Do remote or in-person user testing for new UI
  3. Commit HTML or JS code directly to our main repo
  4. Ship good looking CSS directly to our main repo
  5. Set and communicate a project timeline with your team
  6. Write a project spec
  7. Own technical context about how Zapier works
  8. Decide core KPIs for projects at Zapier
  9. Learn a new skill to fill in a gap on your team
  10. Do support at Zapier
  11. Use Sketch/Photoshop/etc. to design user flows and wireframes
  12. Manage your team's tasks on a weekly basis
  13. Be responsible for hitting or missing a big company goal (maybe a metric or timeline)
  14. Dream up the future of Zapier, inspire and motivate your teammates
  15. Interview and decide from a list of Product Managers to hire
  16. [Write-in something that is not listed]
@courtleeard
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Hi MIke,
Here are The 5 things that most excite me (Courtney Leeard):

  1. Do remote or in-person testing for new UI
  2. Set and communicate a project timeline with your team
  3. Write a project spec
  4. Learn a new skill to fill in a gap on your team
  5. Be responsible for hitting or missing a big company goal

The 5 things that least excite me

  1. Manage your team's tasks on a weekly basis
  2. Interview and decide from a list of Product Managers to hire
  3. Own technical context about how Zapier works
  4. Ship good looking CSS directly to our main repo
  5. Commit HTML or JS code directly to our main repo

@rossibul
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rossibul commented Apr 3, 2016

Hi Mike,
please see my top and bottom 5s below:

Top 5:

  • Talk to users
  • Remote or in-person user testing for UI
  • Manage and communicate project specs, timelines, KPs and daily tasks
  • Dream up the future of Zapier
  • Learn a new skill to fill a gap in the team

Bottom 5:

  • Do support
  • Interview Project Managers to hire
  • Commit HTML or JS code directly to our main repo
  • Use Photoshop to create wireframes
  • Ship good looking CSS directly to our main repo

@theworldofkk
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Kia Ora Mike!

My list of lovelies in order:

Top 5 Choices:

  1. Talk to Users - I LOVE to know what makes a good experience and what makes a suck one!
  2. Write a Project Spec - What good is it knowing what makes great experiences, if it's not communicated to the Makers?
  3. Manage My Teams Tasks on Weekly Basis - A good team is self-organizing and adaptive, but let's huddle up and make sure we're all tracking together, and achieving Zen on our project goals.
  4. Be Responsible for Hitting... or missing a Big Company Goal - Being Buck is ok with me, hitting 'dem goals makes me Goosebumpy!
  5. Dream up the future of Zapier, inspire and motivate your teammates - Being a visionary and having eagle-eyed focus is the deal and it all goes back to Choice 1, knowing what makes a great user experience and making it happen, picking up new trends - well that's just yum!

Less Liked Choices:

  1. Commit HTML or JS code directly to our main repo - having coded for years, I developed square eyes for a time....
  2. Ship good looking CSS directly to our main repo - Also goes back to coding, I do it but I don't love, love it, I tend to get obsessive
  3. Do support at Zapier - I actually would like this but not as much as the other's
  4. Own technical context about how Zapier works - I LOVE to write but I love visioning better
  5. Use Sketch/Photoshop/etc. to design user flows and wireframes - I love the user experience, so still love this aspect but love generating the ideas first.

@nirgal2002
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Here's the list that I came up with (Erik Carlstrom). It was pretty difficult for me since I'm actually looking forward to doing most of this list. I tried to put these in order as well.

Most liked items:

  1. Be responsible for hitting or missing a big company goal (maybe a metric or timeline)
  2. Decide core KPIs for projects at Zapier
  3. Talk to users
  4. Learn a new skill to fill in a gap on your team
  5. Dream up the future of Zapier, inspire and motivate your teammates

Least liked items:

  1. Ship good looking CSS directly to our main repo
  2. Commit HTML or JS code directly to our main repo
  3. Write a project spec
  4. Use Sketch/Photoshop/etc. to design user flows and wireframes
  5. Interview and decide from a list of Product Managers to hire

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