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I spent over 16,000 hours working in Product. 8 things I wish I had known before I started.
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I spent over 16,000 hours working in Product. 8 things I wish I had known before I started.

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Paweł Huryn
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I’ve been working in Product Management for 8 years. For 5 years, I was running my software company.

I made hundreds of mistakes. But some were worse than others.

Here are the top 8 things I wish I had known before I started:

1. Control doesn’t work

The more you tighten the control, the more you need it. It can only result in people being disengaged at wor…

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