I write about products and the PM role.
Before I joined StackAdapt I had no adtech experience, so there was a ton to learn about this industry. Thinking back to my experience with that learning curve, one exercise that I found really helpful in ramping up was what I call Intensive Reading of Industry Publications (I guess I can use IRIP as its…
I’ve done both. And I just changed role again*. So I thought this is a perfect time to jot down my thoughts on the differences between internal- and external-facing PM’s. If you’re wondering what’s the difference between PM’s who serve external clients vs who serve internal teams, or if you’re trying to decide between these…
As Product Managers we often need to take on tasks that we haven’t done before (this is probably true for many who aren’t PMs as well). When learning something new in such scenarios, when unsure of how to get started, I have usually found it very helpful to build a toolbox for this new task/skill….
Recently, the topic of Leadership without Authority came up time and again in my various conversations, so I thought to write about some thoughts and learnings in having these conversations. I believe most people need to practice Leadership without Authority at some point in their professional and personal lives. Product managers is a good case…
Recently I travelled to China for the first time in three years. During the month-long stay (mostly in my hometown of Taiyuan), I became fascinated by the hyperlocal technologies there. From my point of view, the increasingly ubiquitous hyperlocal techs in China offered interesting examples of how such technologies can inject productivity and delight into…
Recently I’ve been working on a writing piece for StackAdapt’s tech blog, and we just published this article at: How We Manage the StackAdapt UI Design System | by Ellery Yang @ StackAdapt | Jan, 2023 | StackAdapt Tech Blog. Check out my article for the story of how I led the evolution of StackAdapt’s…
When I first started my career as a Product Manager almost five years ago, it seemed like a common belief that a PM job cannot be done remotely. Where I was, remote work was generally frowned upon, but the PMs didn’t even get the bit of leeway that developers did: the argument was that you…