Davis Dudchock

tweeting about product, tech, sports, and what I'm reading; fascinated by what makes product orgs + product people most effective

[Davis Dudchock @ddudchock3]

@ProductFont Where is the multi select or all of the above option?? 😁

[Tamara Winter @tamarawinter]

I love asking people what they have unreasonably high standards for. The answers are always very revealing. And if they don’t have an answer—well, that’s also revealing.

So, what do you have “unreasonably”high standards for?

[Davis Dudchock @ddudchock3]

@HamelHusain The chef and the knife!

[Davis Dudchock @ddudchock3]

@petergyang This is what the people wanted! This is what we needed!!

[Davis Dudchock @ddudchock3]

@clairevo @lennysan @chatprd Pace and expectations, we love it!!

[Davis Dudchock @ddudchock3]

@hpdailyrant I was also “today years old” when I found this

[Andrew Phillips @aphillips71]

“They gave us everything we needed, but let us figure a lot out for ourselves.”

@StanfordFball is the greatest fraternity of men on planet earth.

I’m beyond lucky to be a part of it.

[Davis Dudchock @ddudchock3]

@petergyang TL;DR 🤝 team love

[Davis Dudchock @ddudchock3]

@iamireneyu Irene, glad you are OK, I know that was a shock and adrenaline rush. Crazy

[Ryan Hoover @rrhoover]

Everyone's group chat just exploded

[du @thedulab]

I am an avid proponent of the unprovoked update. The lighthearted tidbit. The innocent share. Tell me what you had for lunch. Bless me as a recipient of the coveted haircut selfie. Invigorate the group chat with your new house plant. Let me validate you with the utmost sincerity.

[Julie Zhuo @joulee]

The magic incantation for workplace conflict

If you ever find yourself:

1. Taking 20+ minutes to compose a 2-sentence Slack response
2. Taking 1+ hour to respond to an e-mail
3. Raising your voice in a meeting

It’s time to use the the magic incantation:
"Let’s continue this tomorrow."

You can tack on a "I’ve got more to say but..." or "I don’t think we can resolve this today..." or even "I’m not feeling my best..." before the magic incantation, but use the incantation.

You can’t solve conflict when you’re seeing red.

You’ll probably make it worse if you keep at it.

Let the moment pass.

Go for a walk. Get a good night’s sleep.

It will be easier tomorrow.

[Davis Dudchock @ddudchock3]

@ParvSondhi Cash is king sure, and so is context

[Danny Miranda @heydannymiranda]

New episode with @ScottHYoung!

Scott is a writer, entrepreneur, and high-signal thinker.

This was an incredible conversation on...

• Life
• Learning
• Writing

3 Big Takeaways
1. Instead of trying to be confident, just be relaxed.

2. The world is going to change, so it's important to learn how to learn.

3. Athletes have practice days and game days. But this hasn't translated to business yet (or many other professions).

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:29 Level Of Peace
4:21 “Reality Rarely Reflects Our Anticipation Of It”
7:21 “I Like Being Married”
8:38 Dating Advice
13:41 What Is Scott Doing Online?
15:02 High Signal Human Beings
18:00 How To Do Research
23:40 Was Scott Always Like This?
27:02 MIT Challenge
31:02 You Can Learn Anything
35:12 Planning & Action?
40:21 Lessons From 15+ Years Of Writing Online
42:28 The World Is Going To Change…
48:49 Misconceptions About Learning
52:01 Total Mental Bandwidth
1:01:21 Why Knowledge Matters
1:05:33 Reading Vs. Other Mediums
1:09:01 The Psychology Of Writing
1:12:58 Writer’s Block
1:17:32 What’s “Practice” For Writers?
1:22:01 Experts Are Not Always Right
1:25:23 Challenge

Hope you enjoy!

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

This is one of the best visualizations I've seen on how large language models work.

Check out the full post from the Financial Times: https://t.co/OjWifzDDM2

📌 Also don't miss my interview on how a gen AI product is actually built: https://t.co/XXnIOXplcD

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

"if we don’t continually outgrow ourselves, if we don’t wince a little at our former ideas, ideals, and beliefs, we ossify and perish."
~@brainpicker

17 Life-Learnings from 17 Years of The Marginalian https://t.co/z9wUAnA1hF via @brainpicker

[claire vo 🖤 @clairevo]

@scottbelsky “Valuing resourcefulness over resources” — stealing this for my next managers meeting. It’s a framework not just for new startups but how companies can (should?) operate overall.

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

Don't confuse the work behind the work with the actual work.

- OKRs
- Specs
- Meetings
- Strategy docs
- Product review decks

These are all intermediate steps that you might take to achieve your end goal.

But remember this:

Your job is not to craft the perfect OKR, internal doc, or product review deck.

Your job is to deliver value to customers and grow your business.

[David Perell @david_perell]

If you're early in your career and want to stand out, start writing. Take notes. Write the plan. Take charge of the next internal memo.

"The person who writes down the thing has tremendous power." — @pmarca

[Davis Dudchock @ddudchock3]

@nbaschez It’s a fun and informative genre