George Salakirov

People want a simple solution for their mental health. Most mental health companies pretend to have one. But the simplest solution, truly, is to work on yourself, every single day, for the rest of your life. It's not easy, but it does work.

I chatted to @ebiatawodi about two big bets she took on money products at Uber. One came off and the other didn't - loads to learn from each on where innovative ideas come from, how to get started on a new bet and how to inspire your team and org. bigbets.substack.com/p/uber-money-w…

@shreyas I felt and occasionally feel the same as an engineering manager. Quite often it’s been my PM that’s been my closest partner and ally who sees me. For PMs partnering with your EMs (or other cross functional leads) can be a way to find support and less loneliness.

A universal aspect of Product Management that people don't expect is just how lonely it feels to be a PM. You could be working with a team of 100 people, be in 10 meetings a day, and yet often feel super-lonely because no one else shares your struggles or truly understands them.

I'm close to publishing the vetted & reviewed data set for NL. An interesting observation is how there seem to be 3 "groups" of companies in terms of salaries, depending on who they compete with. This is how e.g. a sr eng salary can be a range of €55K-€240K in this graph:

Meet the people behind @UberEng: people.uber.com/eng #UberEng