Overcome imposter syndrome and accelerate your career | Julie Zhuo (Sundial, Facebook)
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Published 2022-09-08
Julie started her career at Facebook as a product designer and eventually led teams of 100+ designers as the VP of Design. Her experience leading at Facebook motivated her to publish the Wall Street Journal best seller The Making of a Manager in 2019. On the side, Julie shared her thoughts on technology, design, and leadership in The Looking Glass, the blog that inspired Lenny’s Newsletter.
Find the full transcript here: www.podpage.com/lennys-podcast/julie-zhuo-on-accel…
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Where to find Julie Zhuo
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/julie-zhuo/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/joulee
• Sundial: sundial.so/
• Book: The Making of a Manager: www.amazon.com/dp/B079WNPRL2/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1
• Substack: lg.substack.com/
• Medium: medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass
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Where to find Lenny:
• Newsletter: www.lennysnewsletter.com/
• Twitter: twitter.com/lennysan
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/
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In this episode, we cover:
[00:00] How Julie found her way into product design
[09:24] How Julie navigated impostor syndrome at Facebook
[12:31] Advice for people feeling imposter syndrome
[16:57] The challenges Julie faces as she transitions from VP to founder
[20:48] What goals Julie was able to achieve through writing
[26:00] What did she do to build a habit of writing?
[29:56] Why Julie decided to write a book
[38:16] Tweeting vs blogging
[40:50] How to become a successful online writer (and what to avoid)
[43:48] Three tried-and-true steps to develop product sense
[48:35] When to choose intuition over data
[54:28] The secret to facilitating great product/design review meetings
[1:02:33] How to give valuable design feedback
[1:05:28] What can you do to unblock your path to become a manager?
[1:09:50] A must-know trick in competing for design talent
[1:13:05] Where to find Julie
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• Amplitude: amplitude.com/
• Productboard: www.productboard.com/
• Sprig: sprig.com/lenny
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All Comments (10)
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It's inspiring to hear how Julie, despite having imposter syndrome, had the perspective and drive to see it as an opportunity for growth and learning instead of being consumed by it.
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Julia is authentic! Inspiring!😊 thank you for this podcast ❤
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This is a great podcast, keep up the hard work Lenny!
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This is amazing! Thank you Julie and Lenny! ❤
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Such a beautiful conversation. Lenny you're doing a brilliant job.
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Love your podcasts!
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Really good Pod
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Thanks for the podcast. Lenny, could you please name the two product design experts she is talking about at 46:50
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Lenny it sounds like you are looking for work. Let me know if you want a PM role :)