Marc Milberg

From failed launches to nightmare bugs, we ve all seen some wild things. What s the worst product-building disaster you ve witnessed firsthand? (Bonus points for a hilarious or painful lesson learned.)
I'll start.
At one of the past companies I've worked for, my team spent 8+ months building a highly-requested initiative. As we're about 2 weeks away from going into experimentation leadership decides to change strategic direction and kill the product.

This had cascading effects on morale and trust across many different team members in Product, Eng, DS, PMM, Sales, Legal, and Design. For more context, this initiative had alignment across the entire leadership and executive teams.

I ve noticed that the purpose of people on Product Hunt is always different. Of course, the vast majority want to become the Product of the Day, Week, Month, or Year (or win Kitty Awards).

However, some are there for the community and their success metrics may lie in something else (e.g. the number of discussions created and rated).

As a PM at Lyft and now building a tool to help PMs and engineers collaborate better with each other and other stakeholders, I ve seen firsthand how difficult alignment, documentation, and decision-making can be. Curious what s been your biggest challenge working across Product and Engineering while building and aligning on documentation, and what has actually worked for you?"