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Scott Triglia

Scott Triglia

📍 hill climbing in San Francisco

Ask your manager for 5 growth areas, so they can pick 1-2 that actually work

I always try to remember two golden rules of managers – they’re often busy juggling many problems unrelated to you, and they cannot read your mind. I have heard (and have also sometimes personally felt!) complaints like “my manager isn’t offering me the opportunities I want” or “my manager

Make sure your foundations can support your high velocity product growth

You own a system. You are obsessed with your users. You are building value as fast as you can for them, your laggard dependencies be damned. Where dependencies can't keep up, you solve problems yourself! You have seen the dire warnings from stagnant, slow bureaucracies. You've

Know your neighbors

Do you know your team's various stakeholders? Do they know you?