Lenny's Podcast: Product | Growth | Career

Unorthodox frameworks for growing your product, career, and impact | Bangaly Kaba (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Instacart)

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May 26, 2024
Bangaly Kaba, Director of Product at YouTube and former growth leader at Facebook and Instagram, shares vital insights for tech professionals. He discusses a framework for making strategic career choices that prioritize impact over compensation. The concept of 'understand work' emphasizes grasping user needs before product execution for better outcomes. Bangaly also highlights the strategy of targeting 'adjacent users' for growth, backed by lessons from his rich experience in the tech industry.
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ADVICE

Prioritizing Impact in Career Decisions

  • Prioritize impact when choosing a job, as compensation and level are reflections of your impact.
  • Evaluate the environment and your skills to maximize your potential impact.
INSIGHT

Impact Drives Career Growth

  • Impact is the key output to optimize for in your career, not compensation.
  • Increased impact leads to greater scope, independence, and ultimately, higher compensation.
ADVICE

Annual Environment Evaluation

  • Evaluate your work environment annually by scoring key factors like manager, resources, scope, team, compensation, and culture.
  • Assign scores to each factor and consider if and how they might change.
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