Maria Angelidou
15 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 4, 2024 by Maria Angelidou · across every show →
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Oct 4, 2024
Leaders must overcompensate when rewarding ambitious, high-risk product swings
“It is much easier to deliver incremental gains, because they're, they can happen in shorter periods of time, and they're much more you know, reliable. Then to go after bigger ideas, which take more time, they're more unpredictable, right? And so as a leader, y…”
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Split R&D capacity into 40% existing, 40% new, and 20% maintenance
“So let's say you invest 30 to 40% in your existing products and 30 to 40% in new products. And then the rest, whatever it is 25, 30% goes to maintain, like, KTLO and internal productivity. As part of that new products bucket, my advice is to keep at least five…”
Oct 4, 2024 neutral
Oct 4, 2024 negative
Any process not driving speed or product quality destroys company culture
“There's, companies do better when there is, yeah, just minimum process and the process and means to an end, and that end is, you know, it's either for, to help people go faster, or to help them ship better products. Any other process is waste of time, and you …”
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US tech workers exhibit greater ownership than their European counterparts
“I would say that there is a difference in the states People feel like their job is a much bigger part of their identity, and I think in Europe is just less of a phenomenon, and when you feel that your job is important to you personally, I think you put in more…”
Oct 4, 2024 negative
Product leaders who prefer philosophizing over fast decisions are a red flag
“Like, any product leaders who love philosophizing, for me, it's a big red flag, right? Like, I love people who are action-oriented, who know how important it is to make decisions fast. The faster you make a decision, the better it is, because you unblock your …”
Oct 4, 2024 positive
Oct 4, 2024 negative
Talking is expensive because it consumes valuable team execution time
“I disagree with the philosophy that talk is cheap. Just because talk doesn't cost us any code doesn't mean that we need to do more of it. I think, like you said, you know, talking costs us time, and that is the time that you can be spending, you know, progress…”
Oct 4, 2024 negative
Europe has 10 to 20 times fewer solid specialized product candidates
“You know, this is actually one of the things that I had to adjust, is that for every let's say, 20 maybe 10, 20, if it's specialized role, candidates that you get in the U.S. That are solid, maybe you get one in Europe. And that actually really slows down your…”
Oct 4, 2024 negative
Tech entitlement stems from younger workers expecting cushy workplace benefits
“I actually think it's more kind of like the younger generation across Europe and the US. I think especially people who maybe this is their first job, and they had a job that is, like, pretty just cushy from the perspective of, like, you know, all the benefits …”