Walter: EQ skills are harder for PMs to learn than IQ skills
Jules Walter · Leveraging mentors to uplevel your career | Jules Walter (YouTube, Slack) · Jan 5, 2023 · at 22:04
Jules Walter, product leader at YouTube and former Slack leader, discusses the difference between developing hard product skills versus emotional intelligence with host Lenny Rachitsky.
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“Number one, it's much harder to learn these skills than the IQ stuff. The IQ stuff is very intellectual. Sometimes you just need a mental model, practice a bit. The EQ, I'm still learning these things. It's just like every year I'm trying to get better. And then the other thing beyond it being hard to learn is that the EQ stuff It's what you need to focus on is specific to you. So you, Lenny, would you probably work on something different than what I would work on versus if we're both trying to be better at strategy or execution, there's a lot more overlap.”
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