Hey there,
I caught a cold (how old-fashioned!), and as much as I tried to get today’s edition out anyway, I couldn’t get it to a place where I felt it was ready. So I’m going to take a sick day (my first) and instead focus on resting and making next week’s post that much better.
In the meantime, I’ve still got a few things to share, including an extended Inspirations for the week ahead. And if you’re pining for more, don’t forget that as a paid subscriber you have access to a thriving Slack community of thousands of PMs, founders, growth leaders, and all manner of product builders. It’s a very special place, and a great way to get answers to your burning questions.
I’ll see you next week 🧡
🚨 Reforge Spring 2022 applications now open
Twitter, books, blogs, and newsletters are invaluable, but they won’t provide the immediate step-function change in your career that a live cohort-based course can. And there is no better ongoing program for accelerating your product, growth, engineering, or marketing career than Reforge. Trust me, I’ve looked. Especially while my PM course is on hiatus, this is going to be your best bet.
This spring, Reforge is offering *six different courses on product management (all awesome):*
1. [Product Management Foundations](https://www.reforge.com/product-management-foundations): Build a foundational understanding of the product manager role, and learn the tools and strategies needed to succeed as a product manager. 2. [Mastering Product Management](https://www.reforge.com/mastering-product-management): Level up your product management abilities by mastering critical product management tools. Learn to identify and execute on high-leverage work that generates disproportionate product returns. 3. [Product Strategy](https://www.reforge.com/product-strategy): Build, communicate, and execute a cohesive product strategy across feature, growth, scaling, and innovation product work. 4. [Product Leadership](https://www.reforge.com/product-leadership): The methods of building high-performance product teams, managing up/down/across, and creating cross-functional influence. 5. (New!) [Data for Product Managers](https://www.reforge.com/data-for-product-managers): Unlock your full potential as a product manager by learning to drive impact for the metrics that matter most for your product. 6. [User Insights for Product Decisions](https://www.reforge.com/user-insights-product-decisions): Learn to make key product decisions based on a deeper understanding of customers.
There are also courses on growth, marketing, and engineering:
- Growth: Growth Series, Advanced Growth Strategy, Retention & Engagement, Monetization & Pricing, Experimentation & Testing
- Marketing: Marketing Strategy (updated), Growth Marketing (new)
- Engineering: Scaling Product Delivery, Technical Strategy, Engineering Management (new)
For one flat yearly fee, you get to participate in any three courses each year, plus year-round access to their content, ongoing workshops, and deep-dive sessions led by Reforge partners. Apply by March 11 (2.5 weeks!), and cohort onboarding starts March 21. First come, first served.
🧠 Inspiration for the week ahead
1. Laugh: What are we searching for? by Michelle Rial and Raph Lee in collaboration with Google Trends
2. Watch: Derek DelGaudio’s [In & Of Itself](https://www.hulu.com/movie/derek-delgaudios-in-of-itself-19b9d405-40b2-483e-8e1f-e25fe10c7299) on Hulu 3. Watch: Be so good they can’t ignore you by Steve Martin
4. Listen: Boyd Varty and Tim Ferriss—The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life
5. Listen: Why “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” hit number one on the charts by Switched on Pop
6. Read: [Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh\t: Why That Is and What You Can Do About It](https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Wants-Read-Your-Sh-ebook/dp/B01GZ1TJBI) by Steven Pressfield 7. Read:* Is less than 7 hours of sleep actually harmful? by Alexey Guzey
🔥 Featured job openings
1. CommerceHub: Director of Product Management, Delivery (Remote-US) 2. CommerceHub: Sr. Product Manager (Remote-US) 3. Elevate Labs: Senior Product Manager, Balance (Remote) 4. Oath Care: UX Designer (Remote-US) 5. Oath Care: Community Marketing Manager (Remote-US) 6. Hex: Growth Product Manager (SF, Remote-US) 7. Monarch: Data Lead - Growth (Remote-Global, Remote-US) 8. Monarch: Performance Marketing Manager (Remote-Global, Remote-US) 9. Convosight: Sr. Product Owner (Remote-Global, Remote-US, Remote-India) 10. Siteline: First Product Manager (SF, Remote-US) 11. Koodos: Product Engineer (NYC, Remote-US) 12. Mynd: Senior Product Manager, Communications (Remote-US) 13. Empower: Product Manager (Remote-Global) 14. Superjoi: UI/UX Designer (LA, Remote-Global) 15. Superjoi: Full Stack Engineer (LA, Remote-Global) 16. HireArt: Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Remote-US) 17. Universe: Product Lead - Commerce Tools (Remote) 18. Universe: Product Lead - Creation Tools (Remote) 19. Earthly Technologies: Senior Product Manager (Remote-US, Remote-Canada)
Browse more open roles, or add your own, at [Lenny’s Job Board](https://lennysnewsletter.com/jobs).
See you next week!