Lenny Distilled

Dogfooding reveals cultural fit instantly

Leadership → Culture

It's a great way to weed out people that maybe we wouldn't want to work with, because not every software engineer wants to hop in their Tesla and go out and deliver McDonald's to some kids.

Keith YandellLeading with empathy | Keith Yandell (DoorDash, Uber)
Supporting

Make this the year of the customer. Product teams have to step up. Be the voice of the customer. Be the VP of free, be the whatever. Be the champion.

Jason LemkinWe replaced our sales team with 20 AI agents—here's what happened next
Nuanced

More product managers and teams are getting laid off. The problem is the message that Daniel Ek from Spotify sent out with their layoffs in 2024, we still have too many teams doing work around the work.

Matt LeMayThe one question that saves product careers