Wes Kao

Nov 23, 2024 | newsletter.weskao.com | Wes Kao

👋 Hey, it’s Wes. Welcome to my weekly newsletter on managing up, executive communication, and standing out as a higher performer. For more, check out my new intensive course on Executive Communication & Influence. Read time: 7 minutesToday’s newsletter is sponsored by Uptempo. Planning season hits hard—with months of meetings, data dives, and presentations. Yet results often fail to tie back to corporate strategy and revenue.

Jul 6, 2024 | newsletter.posthog.com | James Temperton |Wes Kao

Welcome to Product for Engineers, a newsletter created by PostHog for engineers and founders who want to build successful startups. Startups ship more per person than big companies – everyone knows this. But how do you retain that advantage as you scale? Our answer is small teams – speedy, innovative, and autonomous one-pizza teams where individuals can still have an outsized impact. They enable us to scale, while retaining the culture and speed of an early-stage startup.

Jun 9, 2024 | read.highgrowthengineer.com | Jordan Cutler |Ian Vanagas |Raviraj Achar |Wes Kao

Hi everyone 👋, Jordan here. Today, we have a special guest post from at , one of the fastest-growing tech newsletters. Product for Engineers helps engineers build product-thinking skills and 10x their impact. It’s also written by folks at PostHog, an open-source and all-in-one suite of product and data tools. This article will give you everything you need to become a rockstar product engineer.

Apr 21, 2024 | read.highgrowthengineer.com | Jordan Cutler |Nicola Ballotta |Wes Kao

Imagine your best friend keeps interrupting you when you speak. Would you have a hard time telling them, “Hey, can you stop interrupting me?”Probably not. So why do you have a hard time sharing feedback with your coworkers? There is a lot more at play:They might have power over youYou might not be close to the personYou have no idea what will happen—will they write bad feedback for you? Will it be difficult to work with them afterward? I have worried about all of these. They’re all valid.

Apr 20, 2024 | hybridhacker.email | Gregor Ojstersek |Wes Kao |Nicola Ballotta |Raviraj Achar

A few days ago, as often happens, I found myself lying awake in bed at 4 AM, and I started reflecting on my career and what I might have done differently if I could go back 25 years to when I was 18. I woke up at 5:30 AM, took some notes, and over the following days, I decided to transform them into this essay. I often engage in this kind of retrospective, not because I am unhappy with where I am today, but to identify what still needs to be improved in my personal life and career.