General Prep: What to Read
Reading about technology and product helps you come up with better strategic insights during your product design interviews. Here is our reading list:
Read on the web:
To keep with with trends and to be challenged, you need to read, read read. We recommend the following thought leaders and tech news outlets or blogers:
Ben Thompson - Stratechery - Required reading for all PMs.
Robinhood Snacks - I love this short daily email for keeping up with the news.
Pick One or Two of these PM Thought Leaders - Gibson Biddle, Lenny Rachitsky, Andrew Chen, Product Coalition, Ravi Mehta, Sequoia Capital.
Reforge - You have to pay for most of the content but it is worth every penny. Start with the newsletter.
Medium.com - If you follow a few key PM writers, Medium.com will send you a weekly digest that will quickly learn your preferences and send you relevant product articles written by professionals and novices alike.
Candor - Their bread-and-butter is helping candidates with an offer negotiate a fair salary. They truly have their finger on the pulse of tech hiring. I love reading their weekly newsletter on hiring trends in tech. Sign up for it here.
Tech Crunch - Many swear by Tech Crunch.
Quartz Daily Brief - Quick daily read to keep up with the news you need for work. News highlights. Not particularly tech focused but I have found it helpful for keeping up with trends that fall into the 'user trends' part of strategy questions for Google.
Weekend Briefing from Kyle Westaway - Quick summary of thoughtful reads on Web3 and other important items.
Books:
Thinking Big: ThinkerToys - Go to page 72 and read the SCAMMPER chapter
