Hey everybody. So here is the audio version for this episode, finally. Apologies for the delay. The weather is quickly turning inhospitable, and I’ve been trying hard to get everything around here ready for a long winter. I’ll tell you all about it someday. The good news: I’m going to be snowed, rained, and frozen inside for most of the next few months, with nothing to do except wrap up this series and get you the first episode of my upcoming series on World War 2. It’s been a long summer, and I know I’ll be crying about the weather by February, but I’ve never looked forward to subzero temperatures as much as I am right now. OK, here we go. Oh, to all of you unpaid subscribers out there, what better time to become a paid member now that I’m about to be locked indoors with nothing else to do but pump out subscribers-only content? It’s just $5 p/month or $50 p/year, and it’s how I can do this without worrying about pleasing anyone but you. Enjoy... Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Martyr Made Substack to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. A subscription gets you:
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The Peculiar Institution, pt. 14
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How to Localize 8 Inputs with a Country Field
The most important field for international forms is the Country field. If you have users worldwide, you need to localize your field inputs to make your form faster to fill out. The Country field is the linchpin to doing this. The country field allows you to localize international calling codes for phone numbers, postal codes, states, currency, metric units, dates, time, and language. As a result, users don't have to worry about entering their input in the wrong format. It just works as expected. Avoid forcing users to choose a Country from a long menu list. You can reduce this work by geolocating their country from their IP address. From there, you'll be able to localize various fields to make their lives easier.
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4 questions Shreyas Doshi wishes he’d asked himself sooner | Former PM leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google
4 questions Shreyas Doshi wishes he’d asked himself sooner | Former PM leader at Stripe, Twitter, GoogleShreyas Doshi shares insights on product leadership challenges, good taste, and listening skills in this live episode from the Lenny and Friends Summit.
Listen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. Brought to you by: • WorkOS—Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs — Shreyas Doshi is a former product leader at Stripe, Twitter, Google, and Yahoo. He’s now a full-time advisor and coach to founders and executives. Shreyas is known for his incredibly insightful writing on products, which has garnered him a passionate following in the PM and startup community. Last week, we sat down together at the very first Lenny and Friends Summit in San Francisco for a special live episode. We covered:
To learn more from Shreyas, check out these courses: • Improving Your Product Sense: https://bit.ly/product-sense • Managing Your PM Career: https://bit.ly/pm-career-course  Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/shreyas-doshi-live Where to find Shreyas Doshi: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreyasdoshi/ • Threads: https://www.threads.net/@shreyas.threads • Linktree: https://linktr.ee/shreyasdoshi • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ShreyasDoshiVideos In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Introduction (05:35) Question one: Why am I so busy? (10:08) Annual planning as an example (16:48) Tactical tips for staying less busy (25:20) Question two: Do I actually have good taste? (38:09) Question three: Why does my job feel so frustrating? (43:29) Question four: Am I really listening? (44:35) Closing remarks Referenced: • Shreyas Doshi on pre-mortems, the LNO framework, the three levels of product work, why most execution problems are strategy problems, and ROI vs. opportunity cost thinking: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/episode-3-shreyas-doshi • LNO framework: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1492345184171945984 • Time management techniques that actually work: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/time-management-techniques-that-actually • Part 2: Time management techniques that actually work: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/part-2-time-management-techniques • Eisenhower quote: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/dwight_d_eisenhower_164720 • Stripe Connect: https://stripe.com/connect • Jeff Bezos explains one-way door decisions and two-way door decisions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxsdOQa_QkM • Spotify Is America’s Most Loved Workplace: https://www.newsweek.com/2021/10/29/spotify-americas-most-loved-workplace-1639982.html • Shreyas on “thinking is cheap”: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shreyasdoshi_thinking-is-very-cheap-doing-is-very-expensive-activity-7225237421813116929-Qzi3/ • Good Product Strategy, Bad Product Strategy from Shreyas: https://x.com/shreyas/status/1244810075908128768 • Shreyas on annual planning and metrics: https://x.com/shreyas/status/1302423854095036421 https://x.com/shreyas/status/1304628719374544896 • Jensen Huang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenhsunhuang/ • Patrick Mahomes’s website: https://www.adidas.com/us/patrick_mahomes • Virat Kohli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virat_Kohli • Reversible and Irreversible Decisions: https://fs.blog/reversible-irreversible-decisions/ • Fail fast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_fast • 3 levels of product work: https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1370248637842812936 • Shakespeare quote: https://nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/to-thine-own-self-be-true/ • Rick Rubin: Legendary Music Producer | Lex Fridman Podcast #275: https://Dwww.youtube.com/watch?v=H_szemxPcTI • Blake Burge on Rick Ruben: https://x.com/blakeaburge/status/1794470295828341222 • Rick Rubin on X: https://x.com/RickRubin • Dee Hock on X: https://x.com/deewhock • Dee Hock quote on listening: https://x.com/shreyas/status/1351279398423465984 • Peter Drucker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Drucker • Peter Drucker quotes on listening: https://www.azquotes.com/author/4147-Peter_Drucker/tag/listening • Lenny’s first podcast recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP_QghPLG-8 Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. You're currently a free subscriber to Lenny's Newsletter. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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