What Kelsey Hightower thinks about product management

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Self-taught software engineer, formerly a distinguished engineer at Google Cloud and one of the most visible voices in the Kubernetes community; retired from full-time work in 2023 and now advises and invests.

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3 Jun 2026

Our readingA launch is a party; a landing is customers paying for the thing, and only the landing is worth measuring a career by.

Their wordsSo launches is we ship the thing, people have a big celebration. I know that doesn't matter as much as the landing. People are actually paying for it.

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