Contrary to Silicon Valley stereotypes, we exist. Becoming a product manager without the CS degree and coding skills is possible, albeit difficult. By Bo Ren (Product Manager, Facebook) I know a handful of non-traditional product managers out there. Psych to...
Quitting is different than giving up. Persisting is useless if you’re on the wrong path. By Bo Ren (Product Manager, Facebook) “The way I see it in thinking about my own life…it as being framed and the narrative of it being pushed along by quitting, by quits.” — Evan...
Why you should keep learning to fall back in love with yourself, your city, your life. By Bo Ren (Product Manager, SigFig) Around my third year anniversary in SF, I started to feel like things were flatlining a bit, stagnating a bit, and just settling down. The rush...
Stuff I wish someone told me about… besides my hair falling out. By Bo Ren (Product Manager, SigFig) No one said it would be easy. Today, clumps of my thick curly black hair fell out while showering. Stunned, I forced myself to reassess the amount of stress I’ve...
How do you get unstuck when life is not what you imagined it to be? By Bo Ren (Technical Project Manager, Opower) You’re in your 20s, a couple years into your first corporate job and you feel stuck; you’re in a less-than-ideal living situation; you’re in an unhappy...