I’m a reporter at the San Francisco Standard. Curious to speak with Bay Area-based people who are taking time off next week for their mental health during the election and aftermath. Get in touch at rjetha@sfstandard.com. 

I am told:

1. The PM in an engineering-driven firm doesn't actually have veto power over the engineering team's decisions, because they can just find a new PM. If you act like you do, it just destroys trust between you and the engineering team, which will make you ineffective.

2. Tech PM is just the long arm of Eng Management. It’s the way to get technical topics into the teams without having to fight for priority with a non-Technical, product oriented PO. So if you too, are blocking Eng Management requests, then of course they are unhappy.

3. Pick and choose your battles. Sometimes it’s easier to just say yes

I am a Tech Product Manager in an engineering driven firm. My manager says that I am not good at stakeholder management, because I say no to my engineering counterparts many times. I have tried all means of persuasion, but the engineering manager wishes to focus on their priorities like bug fixes etc.

They have raised concern that I am not aligned with them many times. My manager says that this is underperformance.

I think they are asking me to say yes, so that they can get promoted.

#product #pm

Sometimes it feels there are two choices - (1) Events for families with kids or (2) Club parties with mostly 18-25 but maybe I'm wrong as I am relatively new to the Bay Area and hoping to meet people my age

Been dating this cute girl, we want to do shrooms somewhere nice in nature and watercolor together. Any nice secluded nature spots people would recommend close to South Bay?

Ideally with lots of grass and a stream

Hey everyone! I'm part of Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, the largest student-run entrepreneurship society in Europe. We're organizing a trip to US and will be traveling as a group of 15 to San Francisco between 11/29/2024 and 12/10/2024. Our goal is to talk with as many interesting startup founders as possible to learn their story and insights to early-stage entrepreneurship.

Our way of organizing meetings is such that everyone contacts people that they find interesting by sending cold email/LinkedIn messages. Our networks in SF are limited as we're based in Finland. It has been surprisingly difficult to arrange meetings sending cold emails.

If you are a founder of a startup or know founders who would like to meet entrepreneurial students, and perhaps hear about how we do things in Finland (our association has a budget of a million dollars completely run by students), we would be happy to arrange a meeting!

Also, if you have any suggestions to how to reach people and arrange meetings, I would love to hear those as well!

Guys is there any recommendations I am coming for a meeting for one week in palo alto, and it seems palo alto has very expensive hotels! What do you think of staying in sunnyvale and using taxi to go to Palo Alto ?

Hey all,

I'm a tech / SaaS / devtool founder from Munich and will be the first time in SF / Silicon Valley the last week of October (28/10 - 01/11). I would love to catch the real Valley spirit, so I'm eager to connect with tech startup / developer communities and like-minded people.

If you have any tips on what to do, let me know. Specifically, I'm interested in:

• Startup and dev meetups where to connect with founders, developers, or investors
• Devtool / cybersecurity / authentication events, talks or networking opportunities
• Open demo days or pitch events
• Co-working spaces

Can anyone suggest upcoming events, regular meetups, or tips for getting involved in the local tech and startup community while I'm there?

Any recommendations are highly appreciated!

Hi,

im doing a research on best and newest company HQ building cafeteria in Silicon Valley and tech comapnies.

Could someone suggest what is the latest top HQ cafeterias? Ideally built or renovated recently too!

Thanks

Hi All, I've been working hard on a blog post about Palo Alto, and I just finished it. I hope it's ok for me to share here. The post includes my review (and video) on the hotel I stayed in "Hotel Keen". Please let me know if you have any other advice visitors might want to know about Palo Alto. https://sojournswithsue.com/whats-the-deal-with-palo-alto-california/