The Origins and Mission of Stack Overflow

This chapter discusses the origins of Stack Overflow, a popular forum for programmers, and its mission to provide free Q&A for developers. The speakers highlight the collaboration between Joel and Jeff Atwood, who were influential software bloggers before starting Stack Overflow. They also touch on the speaker's personal experience finding alternative roles in software development and the need for Stack Overflow to reinvent itself.

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Marty sits down with Will Cole to discuss his new writing on the five invariant elements of product management and how to build an effective strategy for your company.

Will on Twitter: https://twitter.com/willcole

0:00 - Intro

6:17 - Marty is sleepy

11:07 - Stories behind Will’s writing

19:10 - Invariants and levels of abstraction

30:25 - Why a product manager exists

33:57 - Think, then do

36:30 - Running through the invariants and strategy doc

42:41 - Timeline

46:55 - Minimizing meetings with good writing

48:53 - Iterating vs incrementing

56:44 - Who has better and worse product management?