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Camille Fournier: Why PMs lose engineers to credit hoarding

Through ideation invites and shared-credit launches, Camille Fournier: ends 'telephone' loops; rewrites should yield to staged platform migrations.

LRLenny RachitskyhostCFCamille Fournierguest

Sep 15, 2024·1h 23m·Watch on YouTube ↗

📖 CHAPTERS

1. 1
   0:00 – 2:17

   Camille’s background

2. 2
   2:17 – 7:09

   Common annoyances between PMs and engineers

3. 3
   7:09 – 8:05

   Avoiding the telephone game

4. 4
   8:05 – 9:55

   Hoarding ideas and over-engineering

5. 5
   9:55 – 11:37

   The importance of involving engineers in ideation

6. 6
   11:37 – 14:21

   The middle-person dilemma

7. 7
   14:21 – 20:40

   Rewriting systems: a big trap?

8. 8
   20:40 – 36:02

   Engineering leadership lessons

9. 9
   36:02 – 40:32

   Moving from IC to management

10. 10
    40:32 – 45:10

    One-on-one meetings

11. 11
    45:10 – 45:27

    Pushing beyond comfort zones

12. 12
    45:27 – 48:01

    Building a balanced work culture

13. 13
    48:01 – 54:15

    Effective time management strategies

14. 14
    54:15 – 1:02:42

    Advice for platform team success

15. 15
    1:02:42 – 1:04:43

    Platform team responsibilities

16. 16
    1:04:43 – 1:07:02

    When to form a platform team

17. 17
    1:07:02 – 1:12:48

    Thriving on a platform team

18. 18
    1:12:48 – 1:17:03

    AI corner

19. 19
    1:17:03 – 1:23:14

    Lightning round and final thoughts