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🏄‍♀️ Not 🧗‍♀️: Why New Grads Should Surf, Not Climb
or "what catching waves has taught me about a career in tech"
 • Adam Harmetz
💎 Hidden Gems for PM's Inside Taylor Swift Lyrics
Eras Tour (Mind the Beet's Version)
 • Adam Harmetz and Helen H.
💎 Advancing from Product Manager to Product Leader
Navigating the most important inflection point you’ll have in your career in product
 • Adam Harmetz
📋How does a VP at Microsoft spend their time?
My calendar audit, May 2025 Edition
 • Adam Harmetz
Vessi Footwear: A Seattle Dad Review (Reprint)
5 key tests in the quest for the best waterproof everyday shoe
 • Adam Harmetz
🎂 Celebrating 17 years at Microsoft
Career, product, strategy, and leadership stories
 • Adam Harmetz
Burnout & Boredom: A Manager’s Pandemic Retrospective on Mental Health
Pandemic-born strategies for managing stress, setting boundaries, and finding peak performance
 • Adam Harmetz
Work Travel and Mom Guilt
Ten tips to help navigate parenting and traveling for work
 • Helen H.
📖 Book Review: The Geek Way - The Radical Mindset That Drives Extraordinary Results
Andrew McAfee's new framing on why tech ate the world
 • Adam Harmetz
🔦 How You Can Find Learning Opportunities Everywhere
Top 10 areas for product management learning & a framework to incorporate into your routines.
 • Adam Harmetz
💯 How to Thrive as a GPM at Microsoft
A 4-step process for onboarding to Microsoft's most dynamic Product Leader role
 • Adam Harmetz
Vessi Footwear: A Seattle Dad Review
90 days of wear and 5 key tests in the quest for the best waterproof everyday shoe
 • Adam Harmetz
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