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Show Notes

Our first episode is all about introductions. Introducing ourselves and what we each would like to get out of doing this podcast together, along with a few fun anecdotes (ceiling fan trauma, anyone?) from our hosts, Amber, Will, and Tammy.

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Transcript

[00:00:00] Amber Hansford: Welcome to Product Outsiders. We’re not product managers, but we’re close.

In a world awash with MBAs and fancy suits, we’re the people standing on the outside, our sleeves rolled up, ready to get some ish done. We’re not product managers in the way you might think, but we’re passionate about solving real problems for real people in ways that actually create real value. So I guess that makes us product managers.

Whatever you call us, we’re passionate about building great collaborative teams that make great products together. 

I’m Amber, I am a former front-end developer, former product manager, and now user experience manager. I keep my hands kind of in the mix with product management. And I’m also a huge proponent of design thinking.

[00:01:07] Will Sansbury: So I’m Will. I’ve been a tech writer, a web designer, a scrum master, a product manager. I’ve done pretty much everything there is to do inside of software development, I think, except QA testing. But what I’ve learned over the years is that there’s something absolutely magical about getting an awesome group of people together to solve real problems.

And so, you know, I kind of stumbled into the realm of product management out of that desire to find better ways to get good stuff out to people. 

[00:01:38] Tammy Bulson: I’m Tammy, and I am an Agile coach by day, a writer by night, and I don’t have any practical product management experience. I’ve never held the role of a product owner or a product manager, but I have, like, an unquenchable curiosity about what makes people tick and how to get them all to work well together, to do awesome things like build great products. I’m a huge fan of the Agile methodology and the way we approach our work, and even our personal lives. Yes. I use a Kanban board when hosting big events at my home.

I am one of those people. And when I’m hanging with Amber and will I do a lot of Googling because they are super smart, and I’m usually the one running to keep up with their awesome brains. And I’m really looking forward to hanging out with y’all. 

[00:02:31] Will Sansbury: And when she says “super smart,” she means obscure pop culture references.

[00:02:36] Amber Hansford: Very obscure pop culture references, which you’ll probably get a lot of on this podcast.

[00:02:43] Will Sansbury: Tammy, if it makes you feel any better, I have managed more than one home improvement project with the Kanban board. 

[00:02:49] Tammy Bulson: Ah, you’re my people, Will. 

[00:02:52] Amber Hansford: I have not. I will say that. 

[00:02:56] Tammy Bulson: You’re missing out on things, Amber. 

Yeah, I’m probably the only one that would look at it though. 

[00:03:00] Will Sansbury: Oh, you think anybody in my family looked at my Kanban board for home improvement? No! It was mine and mine alone. Team of one. 

[00:03:10] Amber Hansford: Well, I want to start us off, since this is our very first podcast, with what we really want to do with it. One of our many little taglines on our website is that we’re kind of bitter, so hey, podcast? Will, what do you want to do with this podcast?

[00:03:30] Will Sansbury: You mean, besides working out the bitter