Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth Succeeding as an introvert, building zero-to-one, and why you should PM your career like you PM your product | Deb Liu (CEO of Ancestry, ex-Facebook, PayPal, eBay)
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Aug 22, 2024 Deb Liu, CEO of Ancestry and former VP at Facebook, shares her journey from product management to leadership. She emphasizes the importance of managing your career like a product—focusing on continuous learning and resilience. Liu discusses the challenges introverts face in the workplace, advocating for self-promotion and inclusivity. Listeners will appreciate her insights on creating effective 30-60-90-day plans and overcoming perfectionism, as well as her encouragement to embrace failures as stepping stones to success.
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PM Your Career
- Approach your career like a product manager approaches a product: with intention and a plan.
- Define career goals, milestones, and metrics, just like you would for a product.
Accidental Career Path
- Deb Liu's career path, although successful, lacked initial intentionality.
- She emphasizes the importance of agency and planning for career development.
Introvert Bias
- Introverts face a bias in the workplace because speaking up is often equated with competence.
- Introverts must become their own best marketers, sharing their accomplishments and contributions.
