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Pillar 4: Career Systems & Product Leadership Games Are Not a Simpler Version of Tech. They're a Different Craft.

Games Are Not a Simpler Version of Tech. They're a Different Craft.

15 Apr 2026
Pillar 1: Product Operating System Putting Stakes in the Ground: Leading Through Broken Systems and Change

Putting Stakes in the Ground: Leading Through Broken Systems and Change

26 Nov 2025
Pillar 4: Career Systems & Product Leadership Designing Your Product Management Career Roadmap (Not Just Your Next Job)

Designing Your Product Management Career Roadmap (Not Just Your Next Job)

06 Aug 2025
Pillar 4: Career Systems & Product Leadership Why I Started Modes of Play

Why I Started Modes of Play

15 Jun 2025
When Everything Is on Fire: How to Prioritize in Live Games

When Everything Is on Fire: How to Prioritize in Live Games

13 May 2026 4 min read Pillar 4: Career Systems & Product Leadership
Saying no is good advice. But it is not the advice you need when you are staring at four fires at once and all of them are real. If you have not read
How to Run a Live Service Game: The Weekly Operating System I Use

How to Run a Live Service Game: The Weekly Operating System I Use

29 Apr 2026 6 min read Pillar 1: Product Operating System
If you run a live service game, you already know that shipping a feature is the easy part. The harder part is knowing whether it worked, why it worked, and what to do
Games Are Not a Simpler Version of Tech. They're a Different Craft.

Games Are Not a Simpler Version of Tech. They're a Different Craft.

15 Apr 2026 6 min read Pillar 4: Career Systems & Product Leadership
It took me years to develop it, and I didn’t fully trust it until I was at Jam City. I could open any match-3 game, play a handful of levels, and know
The Invisible Cost of Staying Composed

The Invisible Cost of Staying Composed

01 Apr 2026 4 min read Pillar 4: Career Systems & Product Leadership
The Invisible Cost of Staying Composed What your team sees as calm, and what it actually takes to hold that line. The Feedback That Stung A few years into my time at Jam
What Actually Drives You? The Question Review Season Rarely Asks

What Actually Drives You? The Question Review Season Rarely Asks

18 Mar 2026 5 min read Pillar 4: Career Systems & Product Leadership
Before you can design your career roadmap, you have to answer something harder: what do you actually want, and does that answer still hold? I Didn't Plan Any of This It
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