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S3E26 Nonsense Product Management | Post-Interview Day-to-day Breakdown
I’m a product manager with a mechanical engineering background, and in this video I walk through what product management actually looks like day to day—right after coming out of a job interview while…
S3E24 The Hero's Journey
Schuyler tears apart the seductive myth of hero-hood — the certainty, the safety, the warm bath of moral validation we trade our own judgment for. This is not a redemption arc. This is reckoning (a…
S3E22 My Identity Crisis Turned Into My Leadership Philosophy
I'm sharing something more personal than usual: my “leadership journey” — and how it’s shaped the way I’ve shown up online, built my voice, and learned (sometimes the hard way) what it means to…
S2E20 The 60-Day Clock: Priya's Story
Key challenges highlighted: The immediate 60-day deadline to find new employment or leave the country Companies' reluctance to sponsor H-1B transfers The complex and time-sensitive visa transfer…
S2E19 Stepping Into Her Shoes: A Man’s Reflection on Being a Woman Today
A reflective narrative exploring what it means to be a woman in September 2025, as Epstein survivors break their silence and demand justice while navigating an increasingly challenging political…
S2E18 Product Flow: A Yoga & Product Management Practice
Unique yoga practice podcast that weaves together mindful movement with product management fundamentals.
S2E17 The Market for Love
I take you back into the red-carpeted hush of a TED stage, where Dan Pallotta walked out in sneakers and shifted the way an entire room thought about leadership, charity, and scale. You’ll hear the…
S2E16 Breaking Free: A Journey Through Vaping Addiction and Recovery
Marcus Chen thought moving from Nebraska to San Francisco would finally let him breathe freely as a gay man in tech. Instead, he found himself unable to breathe at all—trapped in a vaping addiction…
S2E15 The Best Work of Your Life: When Your Deepest Principles Meet Your Daily Practice
Are you tired of proving you can make money while hiding who you really are? In this episode, we explore the radical shift from optimizing for paychecks to optimizing for principles. We dive into why…
S2E14 The History They Don't Teach: An American Story
They never told us about the teenagers sleeping in San Francisco doorways in the 1950s, or the lovers denied hospital visits during the plague years. From Harvey Milk's hope to the forgotten…
S2E13 The Logo That Let Her Hair Down (And Stood Her Ground): The Extended Cut
A theatrical meditation on design as resistance, fluidity as freedom, and why the future of DEI might have really great hair. In a 2025 world scrubbing rainbows from corporate windows, one logo…
S2E12 Webflow Delivers Superior ROI Over Traditional CMS
Walker & Dunlop saved $6M annually. Dropbox Sign went from weeks to minutes for page launches. Dell's design team eliminated developer bottlenecks. What do they have in common? They ditched…
S2E11 The Modern Product Manager's Guide
From startup garages to Fortune 500 boardrooms, product management has transformed from a 1931 marketing memo into one of tech's most influential roles. Join us as we explore how modern PMs navigate…
S2E10 "All Things Considered" - Special Extended Report
Veteran correspondent Eleanor Hartwell, 81, delivers a haunting firsthand account of the Trump-South Korean President Lee Jae-myung meeting that left her shaken to her core. Broadcasting through a…
S2E9 James and the Giant Product
A narrative exploration of modern product development challenges, following a team's journey through AI implementation, documentation management, and the critical balance between technical debt and…
S2E2 Escape Velocity: Jay Graber and the Protocols that Launched a New Internet
In a dramatic tale of tech rebellion and orbital revolution, Jay Graber transforms from witness to warrior as she watches a social media empire crumble before her eyes. Rising from the ashes of a…
S2E1 Shoggoth, the Learning Monster: An Exploration of LLMs
Dive into Shoggoth’s fascinating journey—from random beginnings to advanced AI. Learn how transformer layers, attention mechanisms, and alignment shape language models. Explore the deeper questions…
S1E8 The Farmer and the Paper Straw Scarecrow
A farmer's journey toward sustainable agriculture is guided by an unlikely companion—a paper straw scarecrow. Through a devastating flood, the scarecrow sacrifices itself to save the farmer, becoming…
S1E7 Allison Duboce: The Medium Between Vision and Execution
A compelling journey of transformation as Allison Duboce navigates her role as the first product manager at an AI-driven document creation startup. This narrative explores how she bridges vision and…
Koa TallChief: Two-Spirited Product Leader
Meet Koa TallChief, a groundbreaking Two-Spirit product leader whose journey bridges Indigenous wisdom and modern technology. As a respected figure in Silicon Valley, Koa transformed traditional…
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Stories by ssentially has published 25 episodes since January 2025, covering topics in Technology.
Stories by ssentially is currently sporadic with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 12m.
