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Why Did Julie Zhuo Struggle to Speak Up at Facebook? · First of Kind

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The Miseducation of Julie Zhuo

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  1. What Is High-level Design? at 1:59

    Julie Zhuo calls high-level design one motion used at every scale. A task, a team, and a company are the same kind of work. Full answer

  2. Why Do Enterprise Products Still Pick Up the Phone? at 6:35

    Julie Zhuo says enterprise products still have to answer the phone in the middle of the night. Full answer

  3. How New Was Early Facebook Growth Work? at 10:59

    Julie Zhuo says a lot of what Facebook did back then was very new. Full answer

  4. Why Does Being in Person Help You Learn? at 15:12

    Julie Zhuo says being in person makes a big difference to learning, because an environment where other people think about similar things gives more exposure… Full answer

  5. What Did Julie Zhuo Realize About Customers? at 18:01

    Julie Zhuo realized, six months into building her company, that she had not talked enough to customers. The team was stuck choosing whether to do A or B. Full answer

  6. Why Do Hypotheticals Beat a Ready-made Process? at 23:19

    Julie Zhuo believes people learn product development far more when they create the process themselves and then reflect on whether they believe it is the best… Full answer

  7. Do People Remember Failed Facebook Launches? at 38:46

    Soleio says nobody remembers the Facebook launches that failed. Full answer

  8. Why Does Julie Zhuo Treat Team Confusion as a Mirror? at 43:19

    Julie Zhuo treats confusion on the Sundial team as a mirror of a conflict she has not settled in herself. Full answer

  9. How Did Fear of Failing Hold Julie Zhuo Back? at 46:21

    Julie Zhuo waited to start a company because she was too scared she could not succeed. Full answer

  10. How Did Julie Zhuo Get Into Writing? at 1:05:39

    Julie Zhuo says going home to write every night is probably how she got into her writing practice. Full answer

  11. Why Did Julie Zhuo Struggle to Speak Up at Facebook? at 1:17:06

    Julie Zhuo struggled to speak up at Facebook because she cared so much about being part of the whole that she lost a little of herself. Full answer

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