Jon Cho

Psychonaut, triathlete, morning person

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@dbustac Crush it!

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@sevedkim I just discovered this series and LOVE IT

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Showed my mom the JWST photo and explained life could be out there.

Her reaction: Just leave them alone

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Saw @aboveandbeyond in Amsterdam recently. Shows out here hit differently. Also, Dutch people are really tall.

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@sevedkim prev: sufu/tumblr
now: IG

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@tobiasrogers I agree - Concept alone isn't enough of a factor to determine success in PM. I found that claims of PM courses being THE path to PM is a bit misleading.

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Remote work + travel learning:

Poor internet connectivity is the best way to learn better async work habits.

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More on the musicality of Barcelonians. This morning, we heard a man belting out the lyrics to Dragostea Din Tei (the numa numa song) and it was a total vibe. My only regret was not joining him. :/

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It's 17:30 (in Barcelona) and our neighbors are blasting melodic trance...and my primary reaction is FOMO.

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@dbustac Working in a different timezone than the majority of my remote colleagues has been a surprise gift of remote work for me. A kind of timezone arbitrage.

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Took me 4 full days in Barcelona to realize, it isn't my HS-level Spanish has completely degraded (only partially)...it's just that everything is Catalan.

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There is no such thing as a "quick" 30 min meeting.

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@PMDiegoGranados This becomes so much more important as one PMs at larger orgs. The value comes from empowering your partners to make creative contributions.

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The smaller the team, the more important it is to have a culture that is receptive to members openly correcting themselves.

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@138lesthanthree fall upwards is a skill...sort of 🙃

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It's difficult to trade the pace of progress in exchange for deeper understanding.

But it's in these moments where choosing to dig deeper pays dividends in the future.

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@sevedkim Shorter feedback cycles!

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How to easily develop product sense as a PM:

1. Complain a lot and bore your partner with how you'd make it better

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@Jenyangwong It's also important to keep in mind why a process/structure was originally put in place + frequently question if it's still serving it's intended purpose.