Product Management

February 17, 2022September 4, 2025

From the reddits — PM Q&A #3 Transition into PM

Over the past year I’ve been spending some time in the subreddit r/ProductManagement and with my background of 10 years in Software Development and 3 years in Product Management, I’m happy to write where I can contribute. In this series, I’ll republish some of the responses I’ve written and maybe expand on them. This is part three, also checkout Part One on Team Culture and Two on Company Mergers.

September 26, 2021August 31, 2025

From the Reddits — PM Q&A #2 Mergers

A lonely parked scooter on a dusty road in the hilly outskirts of Shianoukville. The road is slightly sloped and the hills in the background have high green grases.

Over the past year I’ve been spending some time in the sub-reddit r/ProductManagement and with my background of 10 years in Software Development and 3 years in Product Management, I’m happy to write where I can contribute. In this series, I’ll republish some of the responses I’ve written and maybe expand on them. This is part two, also checkout Part One on Team Culture.

September 19, 2021August 31, 2025

From the Reddits – PM Q&A #1 Team culture

December 5, 2019September 4, 2025

The Not-Always-On Manager

When I started my first job I had a colleague who only worked 4 days a week and I knew, this is something I want to try too. So when I interviewed in my current company, a 36-hour workweek was one of the first conditions we agreed on. Working in Germany, this used to be a regular week length, but for over a decade 40 hours have become the norm. It was a agreed. As a developer, this never posed an issue. As I switched into Product and Project Management, I resisted the expectation to go full-time. What this decision meant for my work, I’d like to share with you.

July 7, 2019September 4, 2025

Words are the glue — Setting up cross-functional teams

In our company, we experimented the last year with various setups of Cross-functional teams. These teams consist of members from different departments for a limited time to implement a specific goal. They do not have to be IT-focused, but coming from an IT background my experience is from being in and leading IT- and Product-focused teams.

If you are reading this setup guide, chances are high that you want to set up a new Cross-functional team. Awesome! This guide should give you a hand in where to start and what the main questions you and your team should discuss are.