👋 Hi, I’m @DecentralizedDan. I'm a software engineer and product manager. My approach as a PM is informed by my six years of experience as a frontend and full stack engineer in the cybersecurity space. I'd like to think this makes me better at communicating with developers, prioritizing features and, yes, writing tickets. In other words...
👀 I love to read about: Engineering, design, leadership, and literature, as well as graphic novels of all kinds.
🤝 How to work with me:
- Please OVERcommunicate!
- Although I might not respond right away due to family commitments or just being asleep etc.
- I'm taking small steps into Radical Candor (tm)
- I like to end meetings with "What's something I can keep doing to help you? What's something I can stop doing to help you?"
- I pretty much won't end the meeting without getting a substantive response!
- Speaking of meetings! To keep them productive:
- I make a detailed agenda for basically all of them
- I start on time and with a quick check-in to see how folks are doing
- I record outcomes (decisions, tasks) and post them where appropriate for accountability
- At the end of the meeting, I'll confirm those outcomes to make sure nothing is missing or wrong
- I try to end early if at all possible