Who is cranky pm

Sometimes I help companies usually startups kickstart their Product Management function. In another post, I speculate about why this widespread ignorance of Product Management exists. But for…. Product Management Work. My answer, originally published on Quora. My Answer The most obvious answer: Fewer and fewer girls are studying math and computer science in college, and Of those women who do graduate in those fields, and who even become programmers, they are likely to leave the field after a few years.

I feel like the tech industry has gotten increasingly nasty since or so. Where there was once a community feel and a sense that we were all in this together, trying to do the right thing for our customers…. Women In Tech Startups. My answer to a question about adoption on Quora: Q: Why is having biological children usually a couple's first choice, rather than adopting a newborn? You might not…. Family by Adoption Quora. Let's say that you're a junior-ish Product Manager.

Your product is NOT killing it not yet, anyway. You have stiff competition. Your product is missing key capabilities that the market demands -- perhaps because this technology looks to fundamentally disrupt…. Product Management Work Product Strategy. Originally published in However, by , I could not keep up the "cranky" attitude that had propelled the blog to success.

I found it draining to adopt a snarky persona when my real life was actually quite happy and fulfilling although very, very busy, being a working mother with 2 small kids. For two years I posted very sporadically, hoping that writing inspiration would strike again. Alas, it never did, so I decided to shut the blog down for good in I've transferred the best articles from crankypm. You can find them in the archives. The Cranky Product Manager is a fictional product management professional at a fictional enterprise software vendor named DysfunctoSoft.

These are her fictional stories. The Cranky PM has been officially in product management for many years, but before that spent time in the trenches as a developer and professional services slave. All told, she's been working in tech for lots of years, at companies ranging from itty-bitty startups to huge behemoths.