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Published · transcript-backedLenny Rachitsky: evaluation
21 Dec 2023 Lenny's Podcast The essence of product management | Christian Idiodi (SVPG)
“I think another added benefit of doing these things before you say you're VP is that is the best way to get promoted to a VP is you are already doing the job.”
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- Lenny Rachitsky
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- evaluation
- Recorded
- 21 Dec 2023
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
Transcript context
…I'm doing VP things. All the time, I see them live, but what's a VP thing? I'm doing VP things. I think another added benefit of doing these things before you say you're VP is that is the best way to get promoted to a VP is you are already doing the job. That's right. And nobody bites you on it. You see that? And you're not even surprised by it and it's very safe because when you're not in the job, you can make mistakes and nobody blames you. He's not a VP, look at him trying to do VP things. You see? But the second you're a VP, there's so much leverage in the role that your mistake is serious because it impacts everybody. But when you're not, it's like you get coverage, you get protection, nobody's as mad at you. It's like, yeah, he was just trying to take a stab at it. Let's coach him on that. But what is the best time to know those things? It's before you're in it. Before you're in it…
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