Notes on product management, Agile facilitation, and things I'm learning.
August 26, 2026
A fancy designation costs a company nothing. Actually treating people well costs something. I've noticed which one gets prioritized more often.
August 23, 2026
For a while, I thought being a good product manager meant explaining myself well in the room. I don't think that anymore.
August 16, 2026
Before I ever ran a stand-up, I was troubleshooting DNS failures and antenna alignment at Nepal Telecom. Turns out, most of what actually matters about managing a team, I learned there first.
August 14, 2026
We talk a lot about funding gaps and talent retention. The quieter problem is how decisions actually get made once a company has both.
August 6, 2026
Nepal was just ranked the fastest-growing startup ecosystem in the world. Here's what that number does and doesn't tell you.
July 10, 2026
Reflections from a decade moving between network engineering, QA, and Agile delivery in Kathmandu's IT scene.
I get asked this a lot lately — usually by people deciding whether to spend money on a CSM course. Here's my honest answer.
The biggest mistake I see teams make with their backlog is treating it like a parking lot for ideas.
My engineering instincts helped me — and also actively worked against me — in my first year as a PM.
I thought getting certified was the hard part. It wasn't even close.