Ian Robbins

Product leader 🤓 tennis player 🎾 and father of two 👦👩.

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@HarryStebbings This feels like an example of the deterioration of our local communities. It used to be that people like Nik were local heroes and people looked up to them in giving back. Sad to also see you agree so whole heartedly @HarryStebbings Should we really feel no allegiances anymore?

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@jefielding While it may be true most founders start a business to solve a problem (and not to make a quick buck / retirement), it is not true most founders have multiple such passion problems in them. I concur with most others here that I too know many that break the mold you describe.

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@paulg Definitely common sense from a character and morals perspective. He’s a sex offender, convicted felon, fraudulent business man, and a pathological liar to boot. He’s been able to fool all those bros out there tuning into Joe Rogan and MMA fighting that it’s “fake news”.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

If the Democrats controlling the White House will enable tyranny, why don't they just do it now? They already control the White House.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Some org cultures are PM Dominated:
In such a culture, PMs call all the shots, are seen as the sole source of what needs to be built & why, other functions such as Eng & Design mostly work in service of the PMs & “The Business”.

While some PMs want to work in such orgs, you should understand that they almost never build very good products. Largely because these other functions are not allowed nor incentivized to care deeply about the user experience and the end business outcomes. They are repeatedly asked to “stay in your lane” when they bring up questions, concerns, ideas about why we are building what we are building.

No matter how great a given PM is, that greatness cannot overcome the resulting apathy of the other functions who are directly designing, building, and marketing the product.

That’s why a PM Guided culture is much better for ambitious PMs than a PM Dominated culture.

Here’s what you can do as a leader to move your team / org from PM Dominated to PM Guided:
https://t.co/ZaGmZIxYIz

[Tobias 永久に幸く Solem @tobiassolem]

Hunger Games: The common folk resisted the rich arrogant fascist tyrants (similar to the French Revolution)

Star Wars: The Rebel Alliance rose up against the dogmatic "kindness is a weakness" religion that controlled the military industrial complex.

The Matrix: The common folk rejected a futuristic super-overlord AI mastermind that turned them into batteries.

Divergent: Chicago has 5 different stereotypes, and if you don't fit in any (are divergent) you will be an outsider.

V for Vendetta: An autocratic fascist society with a dictator rulership gets overthrown by a masked avenger/anarchist with a passion for using the letter V and references bombing the English parliament.

In nearly every story listed here, it's about the small/weak resisting the megacorporations/arrogant narcissist dictators/religious/cults of personality that through megalomania want to rule the world.

Which side, exactly, do you honestly consider yourself belonging to?

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@ylecun Agree WhatsApp would be difficult to live without today. BUT iMessage is better for the one to few use case. That’s a pain with WhatsApp (always setting up groups).

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@jack Must I pay extra for recovery tools?

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@skidmarxist1 @Jason While I get your point, I think you do yourself a disservice by being overly verbose and philosophical. Better to keep things simple. Otherwise your reasoning feels like the philosopher in the movie princess bride.

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@Jason Oh wow, that was a list of complete b.s.

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@cggaurav She left Kleiner so less visibility maybe but still does her predictions.

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

Guessing Apple will launch AR/VR this week with 4 different head strap colors. Meta all white is the old Apple.

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@rohansingh Lol 😂

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@SahilBloom Resting after workouts becomes more and more important as people age. Not sure I would recommend this to just anyone. Sounds like a fun/tough challenge though!

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

It’s January, I’m in the northern hemisphere and it’s nearly too hot to sit and read in the sun. I’m one happy European.

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@shreyas Would advise future PM managers to never lose track of the fact that you are still a builder. Maintain a pulse on the PM craft, techniques, etc. Accept that you might “graduate” one day and build something yourself.

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

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[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

Any other Americans living abroad think this is annoying?

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@johncutlefish Also think it’s odd the PMM and EM 1:1 in this case. Would question the need for that.

[Ian Robbins @irobbin2]

@johncutlefish The trip that’s represented in management is not represented in the team. I might draw one line for a sync across the three functions on both management and inside the team. All said fewer 1:1s and lockstep alignment up the chain. Also suggest removing sync b/t PM and DM.