Quora

My articles that were originally posted to the Quora.com question & answer website.

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: 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] . 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] . 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] . 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] . 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: * 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] . 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] : 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: If you are an adoptive parent, do you celebrate your child's 'gotcha day'?

Quora: How do gay male parents substitute for breast-feeding for their babies?

My answer, originally published on Quora. My Answer They do it the way ANY adoptive parent -- male or female, gay or straight -- does it: usually bottle-feeding with formula. Entire generations of kids grew up healthy on just formula,

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] . 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

Quora: Do people in other countries adopt American children?

My answer, originally posted on Quora [http://www.quora.com/Do-people-in-other-countries-adopt-American-children/answer/Sue-Raisty] . My Answer Yes, but there is some debate about how many are adopted each year. It is probably in the 100s, and the leading foreign adopter of