Fri 28 Aug · 18:33 IST
Day 9 — FOUNDATION
Senior PM (SPM) at big tech. Product management, consumer + AI. · solo-first · regenerated 28 Aug 18:33
Today
The one thing now
pull-based metrics retrieval (name one existing story + 10s opening line) + self-rate 1-5. Issued 2026-08-28.
pick story for "moved a metric" prompt, name it, give one-line opening, self-rate 1-5. On reply: log story + score. If no reply, easy stop: prompt-swap next.
Morning floor · 8 min
repeat, graduating difficulty when 4-5 on a category 2w in a row
Storybank
0/8
gate to advanced drills
Cold baseline
none
2-weekly unassisted mock
Sessions logged
6
state 2026-08-25
Automation
5 jobs
delivery failure — see system
Gaps
Storybank 0/8 — the gate to advanced drills
No cold baseline yet — the 2-weekly unassisted mock hasn't run
Coaching state 3d old — answer the pending micro-step to close the loop
Automation delivery failure — check watchdog / WhatsApp session
Refresher — keep warm
Answer shape under pressure
Every behavioral answer: context in one breath → decision → your specific move → measured outcome. If you can't name the number, you don't have the story yet. Land the number before the nuance.
Pacing & early NSM (your known leak)
History shows weak pacing and early 'not so much' signals. Rule: 10 seconds of silence to think is fine. Open with the headline, then support. Never narrate your way into a point.
PM2 → SPM story
Interviewers will probe platform-vs-feature depth and org-level influence. Every story should end with scope that grew: what you influenced beyond your lane, and who followed.
Impostor spiral antidote
Rust ≠ decline. The system's bet: retrieval beats review. A 5-minute pull drill on a hard day counts more than a perfect study block planned for tomorrow.
The rubric you're scored on
SPM bar = structured thinking · product judgment · execution credibility · influence · communication. Self-rate each drill 1-5 against one of these, not all five.
The process — you are here
Trunk — solo, daily
Always available, survives gaps. Morning 8-min floor (strong window): one micro-drill, one score. Evening lighter split at ~40% intensity. Powered by the interview-coach skill.
Reps — real-interview sim
Lenny's guest interviews: 1-2 tough, role-matched mocks per week. Akanksha resumes when she's back — no fixed cadence until then.
Event-driven
Only when a real interview is scheduled: research → prep → concerns → hype → questions → one mock. Deadlines override procrastination; never run it empty.
Sunday review
21:00 weekly review — fix the system, not the shame. Error ledger and drill progression get updated here.
System
Automation health
| Job | Schedule | Health | Last run | Next | Channel |
|---|
| Daily Muesli PM Mock Sync | 30 9 * * 1-5 | paused | 29 Jul 09:30 | 30 Jul 09:30 | telegram:1098603668 |
| Morning Prep Floor (8 AM) | 0 8 * * 1-5 | healthy | 28 Aug 08:00 | 31 Aug 08:00 | kapso |
| Sunday Solo-First Weekly Review | 0 21 * * 0 | DELIVERY FAIL
live adapter send failed: Kapso API HTTP 422: {"error": "Cannot send non-template messages outside the 24-hour | 23 Aug 22:07 | 30 Aug 21:00 | kapso |
| Evening Light Split | 0 20 * * 1,3,5 | error | 26 Aug 20:18 | 28 Aug 20:00 | kapso |
| Prep Delivery Watchdog | every 180m | healthy | 28 Aug 17:29 | 28 Aug 20:29 | telegram:1098603668 |
Session log (6)
| Date | What ran | Outcome |
|---|
| 2026-08-28 | morning floor (swap to pull-based retrieval) | Two retros answered. Swapped to pull-based drill per Coaching Note to cut friction: pick existing story for metrics prompt + 10s opening, self-rate 1-5. Awaiting reply; log story + score on response. |
| 2026-08-27 | morning floor (story surfacing) | Re-issued metrics retrospective prompt (storybank still <8). Awaiting reply; score + Error Ledger row on response. |
| 2026-08-25 | morning floor (story surfacing) | Sent retrospective prompt to surface a metrics story (moved a number). Attempt-first, self-rate 1-5. Awaiting reply; score + Error Ledger row when it lands. |
| 2026-08-24 | evening split (story retrieval drill) | Prompted solo retrieval drill: pick right story for a stakeholder-conflict prompt + 10s opening line, attempt-first, self-rate 1-5. Awaiting reply; score and Error Ledger on response. Next micro-step set to same drill with metrics prompt. |
| 2026-08-21 | morning floor | Acknowledged cron job receipt. Foundation cadence continues. |
| 2026-08-20 | system setup | Trunk created: solo-first FOUNDATION system. Akanksha on hold. Morning floor + evening split + Sunday review live. |
Verified working methods
| Method | Works when | Evidence |
|---|
| None verified yet — methods graduate here once evidence lands. |
Coaching notes
ADHD: needs micro-steps (<5 min), no-choice greetings, visible number scores, no shame. See references/adhd-overrides.md.
Strongest focus window: morning. Evening is lighter.
Gap: hasn't had a real mock in months (Akanksha traveling). Rebuild story retrieval first.
Signals possible stall on story surfacing drills (08-25 prompt unanswered). If second retro prompt gets no reply, swap drill type to pull-based retrieval (name the story for a metrics prompt) to reduce friction.
Error ledger (0)
| Date | Error/Gap | Evidence | Cause | Handling | Recurs |
|---|
| Clean — no logged errors yet. Evidence, not shame: log the first one when it happens. |
Interviewer's lens
They'll like: $20M portfolio ownership, $1M+ opportunity discovery, multi-year revenue turnarounds, 0→1 features, A/B testing, stakeholder mgmt.
They'll probe: depth of platform vs feature work; org-level influence; technical depth (counter: AI/LLM learning is a strength).
Narrative to close: build the 'PM2→SPM' story; platform-thinking proof points.
Your read on yourself: impostor spiral; gap since last real sim; weak pacing/early NSM historically. · anxiety profile: post-gap / impostor-lean. · history: active in past but system dormant 6+ weeks. Experienced, rusty.