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How We Manage the StackAdapt UI Design System (Link)

Posted on January 27, 2023March 20, 2023 by Ellery

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…

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5 Years Later, I Became a Remote Product Manager After All

Posted on September 4, 2022September 4, 2022 by Ellery

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…

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4 Tips to Manage Career Risks During Tumultuous Times

Posted on July 4, 2022September 4, 2022 by Ellery

Many often think of the tech industry as an ever-growing job haven filled with endless opportunities, but the recent months have certainly reminded us it too is not immune to economic downturns. With large-scale layoffs and offer rescissions frequenting our feeds, you might be wondering how to best manage career risks in such raucous times….

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Networking is part of the PM job

Posted on February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 by Ellery

We all recognize the importance of networking, but we often think of networking as a “career”-focused activity, instead of part of our “job”. However, what I have gradually learned in my career as a product manager is that, networking is indeed part of my job description, and I strongly believe this is also true for…

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How to tell stories in interviews

Posted on September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 by Ellery

We all need to tell stories in job interviews. The question might be a casual “How did you do X?“, or a more formal invitation of a story such as “Tell me a time you led a product innovation!“. But for many people, the challenge is that there are too many ways to tell stories,…

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3 Principles to Maintain Work/Life Balance when Life Gets Busy

Posted on August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by Ellery

Work/Life Balance seems to be an important concept that’s on the mind of many workers and employers these days — and rightfully so. But the discussion around Work/Life Balance seems to generally focus on one direction — namely, how to maintain a healthy Work/Life Balance when Work gets demanding. A huge fan of that topic,…

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How to request Peer Feedback

Posted on April 18, 2021April 18, 2021 by Ellery

Having been on my current team for 9 months, I recently started asking for feedback from my colleagues. My goal is to get a 360 view of how I am doing my job and use these perspectives to keep growing my skills. In this short article, I share how I do this. (Here, by “Peer…

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