Oversimplified: Volume 119
Starting a new job, doing extra, and data science + product management
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Oversimplified is a digest of the best links I stumble upon each week. If youâre enjoying the newsletter, share it with a friend. If this is your first issue, welcome! You can subscribe with the big blue button below:
âď¸ The First 90 Days
Thereâs a lot of writing out there about best practices when starting a new job. I thought Iâd join in on the fun. These are my favorite pieces of advice and how I think about onboarding in general.
đ Always Do Extra
My favorite post of the week by a long shot. The distinction here between doing more vs. doing extra is an important one. Particularly if you work at a larger company, this is well worth your time.
đ How to Leverage a Data Science Background as a Product Manager
This one felt like it was pointed right at me. As is the case with all things, Iâm largely figuring it out as I go right now, so itâs really comforting to hear from someone else on a similar path.
đ The SaaS Metrics That Matter
I enjoyed this short write-up from the always interesting David Sacks. Itâs also fascinating what theyâre doing here, productizing an analytics template to source new potential investments. Savvy stuff.
đ When Did Things Happen?
Play along with Alex Danco in this fun game trying to guess when major historical events took place. I clearly need to brush up on my history.
đ Slow Down
I remember reading The Phantom Tollbooth as a kid and stumbled upon this quote from it recently. Something to chew on if youâve been running around with your head cut off lately (Guilty).
Food for Thought
âA breakdown is not merely a random piece of madness or malfunction; it is a very real â albeit very inarticulate â bid for health and self-knowledge. It is an attempt by one part of our mind to force the other into a process of growth, self-understanding and self-development that it has hitherto refused to undertake. If we can put it paradoxically, it is an attempt to jump-start a process of getting well through a stage of falling very ill.â â Alain de Botton
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