Quora: What do MIT admissions interviewers look for?
I used to interview applicants to MIT (undergrad), and the biggest things I looked for were...
Quora
My articles that were originally posted to the Quora.com question & answer website.
Quora: What level of coding experience should a good product manager have?
My answer, originally published on Quora
[http://www.quora.com/What-level-of-coding-experience-should-a-good-product-manager-have/answer/Sue-Raisty]
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Q: What level of coding experience should a good product manager have?
My Answer
Caveat: I'm assuming we are talking about software products.
In THEORY,
Quora: What Kellogg MBA classes have students found to be the most useful and why?
My answer, originally published on Quora.
Q: What Kellogg MBA classes have students found to be the most useful and why?
My Answer
Here are the classes that have proven the most useful in my career as high tech product
Quora: Is it fair for men & women to have different criteria for Y-Combinator, MIT & Caltech?
Summarized from a discussion I had in the comments on Quora
[http://www.quora.com/How-could-Y-Combinator-be-more-female-friendly].
Original Question: How could Y Combinator be more female-friendly?
This isn't so much about how YC treats women once they get in,
Quora: Is a product manager responsible for product documentation?
My answer, originally published on Quora
[http://www.quora.com/Is-a-product-manager-responsible-for-product-documentation/answer/Sue-Raisty-Egami]
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Q: Is a product manager responsible for product documentation?
##My Answer:
Product managers are typically _responsible_ for the "whole product" -- which
means the product
Quora: Why should I remove features that are not popular?
My answer, originally published on Quora
[http://www.quora.com/Why-should-I-remove-features-that-are-not-popular/answer/Sue-Raisty]
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Q: Why should I remove features that are not popular?
I've read many articles that suggest that product managers should be removing
features that are
Quora: How does the work-life balance of Product Managers compare to that of Software Engineers?
My answer, originally published on Quora
[http://www.quora.com/How-does-the-work-life-balance-of-product-managers-compare-to-that-of-software-engineers/answer/Sue-Raisty]
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Q: How does the work-life balance of product managers compare to that of
software engineers?
I am trying to decide between a software engineering and a product
Quora: Is there a market for fractional or part-time product management?
Quora: Can you push out a founder before stock is issued?
*Question was originally posted to Quora on 2 Mar 2014.
As a startup, if no ownership shares have been issued and no documents have been signed by any founder yet, but a lawyer has incorporated the business and drafted the
Quora: Why aren't there more female programmers?
The percentage of programmers who are female has dropped significantly since its peak in 1985 (37%). In 2015, only 15% of coders were women. I'm going to discuss why so many women are basically driven out of tech using my personal experiences as examples.
Quora: What are some must-read books for product managers?
My answer, originally published on Quora.
My Answer
The Must-Read Books for Product Managers
For product managers working on business-to-business high tech products and early technologies, the following are absolute must-reads:
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Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to
Quora: Do parents love biological children more than adopted children?
Quora: How should paternity leave be arranged for a gay man with an adopted child?
Orignally posted to Quora
[http://www.quora.com/How-should-paternity-leave-be-arranged-for-a-gay-man-with-an-adopted-child]
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Q: How should paternity leave be arranged for a gay man with an adopted child?
Should he get paternity leave, which is usually shorter, or maternity leave? If
he gets maternity
Quora: Options for adopting from abroad as a single woman
I answered the following question on international adoption on Quora
[https://www.quora.com/Im-a-single-female-in-my-40s-and-would-like-to-adopt-a-child-internationally-Which-countries-should-I-be-considering]
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Q: I'm a single female in my 40s, and would like to adopt a child
internationally. Which countries should I be considering?
I&
Quora: Why is having biological children usually a couple's first choice, rather than adopting a newborn?
My answer to a question about adoption on Quora:
Q: Why is having biological children usually a couple's first choice, rather than adopting a newborn?
My Answer:
Because the adoption process is:
* Potentially very long & uncertain. You
Quora: On nannies, stay-at-home parents & feminism
My comments on an answer to a Quora question.
Original Question: Motherhood: Are stay at home moms/dads who have a full-time nanny lazy?
One person who answered this question basically said YES for the following reasons.
* "This trend
Quora: Why is it so difficult (time, money, etc.) to adopt a child?
Quora: If you are an adoptive parent, do you celebrate your child's 'gotcha day'?
Quora: What illnesses may disqualify someone from adopting a child internationally?
My answer, originally published on Quora.
Q: What illnesses may disqualify someone from adopting a child internationally?
If one of parents has a history of cancer and doctors said < 1% of its coming back, may the family apply to
Quora: Why do so few African-American children get adopted?
My answer, originally published on Quora
[http://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-few-African-American-children-get-adopted/answer/Sue-Raisty]
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Q: Why do so few African-American children get adopted?
My sister has been looking to adopt for a while now so we've been talking about