Brandon Chu on building product at Shopify, how writing changed the trajectory of his career, the habits that make you a great PM, pros and cons of being a platform PM, how Shopify got through Covid

If you're a product manager, you've almost certainly come across one of Brandon Chu's medium posts. His writing about all aspects of the job. Is some of the best writing out there on the skills of being a PM. and has informed a lot of my thinking on both product management

And writing. Brandon is currently a VP of product at Shopify. Where he's been for seven years, and in our conversation. We talk about what it's like to build product at Shopify. What Shopify has learned about being effective working remotely, having done it from day one?

The impact of writing on one's career and how to get started. The benefits of becoming a platform PM. The manager track versus the IC track. And a bunch of other stuff. Brandon is a wealth of knowledge on the art of product management.

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