In this episode, John mansplains the history of product management to Nate, they talk about the one question all couples should discuss before marriage, and the conversation centers on the questions imposter syndrome keeps us from asking and what that costs.

In this episode, John and Nate talk about the disconnect between product features and value, and how that can discourage newcomers and hurt adoption. John discusses bears and something he learned about solid waste, and Nate gets sucked into the toilet talk.

Nate tries to teach John about the value of competitive intelligence (defense) and how not all of us get to work on segment defining products. They talk a little about how great product wins, a new concept John learned, and why kids are maybe the best film critics.

In this episode, we discuss one of John's more questionable takes: you're either a janitor or a creator. Nate challenges the idea, gives a new perspective to consider, and they talk about the differences between leading a team as a manager versus leading an initiative as an individual contributor.

Welcome to the very first episode of Gettin to Market — a podcast about shipping software, building stuff, and figuring it out as we go. It’s hosted by John and Nate, who have day jobs in product and marketing, but decided to fire up the mics anyway.

We’re not overthinking it. There’s no studio, no producer, and very little budget. What we do have, though, is coffee and 30 minutes to get together to chat about what we've learned in building software for in large and small organizations.

We’re showing up. Because the hardest part of starting something is… starting it.

In this kickoff episode, we talk about who we are, what we think this podcast might be, and how every great idea starts somewhere. Hit play if you like software, shipping, side quests, and people figuring it out in public.