The entry path. What the week actually contains, how people really get into the job, what to produce in the first three months, and which habits compound rather than merely look busy. Written for somebody who is moving into product management or has recently arrived.
| # | Lesson | The question it answers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Job on a Tuesday | What does the week actually contain, hour by hour, and which parts are the job? | ✅ |
| 02 | How People Actually Get In | What are the real routes, and which one are you on? | ✅ |
| 03 | The First Ninety Days | What should exist by day thirty, sixty and ninety? | |
| 04 | Building Your Information Advantage | How do you become the person who has talked to the most customers? | |
| 05 | Reading a Codebase You Cannot Write | How much technical understanding is enough, and how do you get it? | |
| 06 | Your First Decision | How do you make and record one, and what does a good first one look like? | |
| 07 | Your First Spec | What does the first document you write need to contain? | |
| 08 | Your First Launch | What goes wrong the first time, predictably? | |
| 09 | The Skills That Compound | Which abilities deserve deliberate practice, and which are credentials? | |
| 10 | Early Mistakes | What do first year mistakes look like from the outside, before anybody says? | |
| 11 | Working With a Manager | What should you be getting, and how do you ask for it? | |
| 12 | Knowing Whether It Is Going Well | What are the honest signals at three, six and twelve months? |
Read in order. Everything after lesson 04 assumes you have started the customer contact habit it describes.