Kirupa: Senior Director at Salesforce, Creator extraordinaire

On Path

English - December 08, 2020 13:52 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Show notes:

2:12 IDDQD cheat code3:03 An explanation of Product Management4:27 Skills Kirupa looks for when hiring PMs5:12 Solutions sometimes provided by a technical customer base6:40 Why MIT?7:51 Online personality = Offline personality8:54 Working at large tech companies10:54 Working on Silverlight tools12:05 A love for pixel art13:37 Gray areas of fields like design and development15:54 Staring kirupa.com19:31 Juggling a full-time career with side projects20:39 Youtube videos21:30 Kirupa's cat: a regular attendee at work meetings22:25 Deciding what to invest time in23:36 How working from home has changed things24:58 Walking meetings25:17 Influential people in Kirupa's life26:37 The role of luck28:36 Would any of this have been a surprise?31:02 An 80th birthday toast32:25 Ask for help early, ask for help often