Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
01:22:13 · Lenny Rachitsky, Tom Verrilli
[01:22:13] S1: And how's this work? They put in ice, ship it next, same day? [01:22:16] S0: It's in a dry ice kind of container and it's UPS overnight, on my door the next day. And that is why agentic commerce is going to be great, but not all encompassing because I had no intention of buying a spiny California lobster that morning. [01:22:29] S1: Unless your agent decides you need eat lobster today and we- [01:22:31] S0: I got to be honest with you, it was delicious. [01:22:34] S1: Amazing. I did not know you could buy stuff like that. Tom, where can folks find you online if they want to follow your writing/hiring? Talk about what you're hiring for. And finally, how can listeners be useful to you? [01:22:45] S0: You're looking for me online, I'm TDRobbo, T-D-R-O-B-B-O on Twitter, or X, I guess, which is where I do most of my musing. It's a mix of product management and yelling about Warriors games, so apologies in advance. And then on LinkedIn is the other place I've put most of my work writing. I will say I try for quality over volume, so don't expect daily drops from me on either. [01:23:09] S1: Just bangers, just bangers once a year. [01:23:11] S0: That was the nicest thing anyone said about me in ages. Just dropping casual bangers. And how can folks be helpful? Honestly, would always welcome feedback around Whatnot, and how people are finding it and what more we can do better. So hit me up on either of those platforms with hot takes, feedback, or thoughts.
01:23:11 · Tom Verrilli, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:23:11] S0: That was the nicest thing anyone said about me in ages. Just dropping casual bangers. And how can folks be helpful? Honestly, would always welcome feedback around Whatnot, and how people are finding it and what more we can do better. So hit me up on either of those platforms with hot takes, feedback, or thoughts. [01:23:28] S1: And then you're hiring PMs, even in spite of the many strong opinions about product management. Maybe just talk about that and where folks can apply. [01:23:34] S0: Sure. Listen, we are constantly looking for PMs. The intent of explaining how many people applied versus hired was not to discourage people. It was more along the lines of the proliferation of product management doesn't itself naturally lend to the people with the skillset that you and I have spent the better part of 90 minutes talking about right now. But we hired two people yesterday. I'm very excited for them to come start. And we've always got a variety of PM roles open. The Whatnot, if you just Google Whatnot jobs, the right application process will pop up there. Or I've found that the value is small enough and product management is not that kind of obscure that you can probably find one of the 20 or so humans who work at Whatnot and reach out to them. But we're looking at a variety of things right now. Payments, very high on our list of what we're doing as well as logistics. So if anyone is really excited to come work on the future of shipping lobsters overnight, it turns out there's quite a lot of nuanced product work happening there.
01:23:34 · Tom Verrilli, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:23:34] S0: Sure. Listen, we are constantly looking for PMs. The intent of explaining how many people applied versus hired was not to discourage people. It was more along the lines of the proliferation of product management doesn't itself naturally lend to the people with the skillset that you and I have spent the better part of 90 minutes talking about right now. But we hired two people yesterday. I'm very excited for them to come start. And we've always got a variety of PM roles open. The Whatnot, if you just Google Whatnot jobs, the right application process will pop up there. Or I've found that the value is small enough and product management is not that kind of obscure that you can probably find one of the 20 or so humans who work at Whatnot and reach out to them. But we're looking at a variety of things right now. Payments, very high on our list of what we're doing as well as logistics. So if anyone is really excited to come work on the future of shipping lobsters overnight, it turns out there's quite a lot of nuanced product work happening there. [01:24:29] S1: Amazing. Tom, thank you so much for being here. [01:24:31] S0: It was a pleasure, mate. Thanks for having me.
01:24:31 · Tom Verrilli, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:24:31] S0: It was a pleasure, mate. Thanks for having me. [01:24:33] S1: Bye everyone. Thank you so much for listening. If you found this valuable, you can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. Also, please consider giving us a rating or leaving a review as that really helps other listeners find the podcast. You can find all past episodes or learn more about the show at lennyspodcast.com. See you in the next episode.