Comments on: Top 10 Reasons Why the Cranky Product Manager Would Make a Good Vice Presidential Candidate http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/ Product management, product marketing, and the ugly side of software product development. Tue, 15 May 2012 21:21:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Hank, Product Manager Extraordinaire http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Hank, Product Manager Extraordinaire Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:55:14 +0000 http://crankypm.com/crankypm/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/#comment-916 OK, clearly the CPM is giving us clues about her true identity. Methinks she went to MIT... Check out number "6-3". 6-3 is MIT shorthand for majoring in Computer Science. And <a href="http://www.mit.edu:8001/sipb/sipb.html" rel="nofollow">SIPB </a> is a very geeky MIT club, short for Student Information Processing Board. CPM, YOU'RE BUSTED! (Plus a brainiac. Explains why you can write so well. Are you at Google like all those other MIT people?) OK, clearly the CPM is giving us clues about her true identity. Methinks she went to MIT… Check out number “6-3″. 6-3 is MIT shorthand for majoring in Computer Science. And SIPB is a very geeky MIT club, short for Student Information Processing Board.

CPM, YOU’RE BUSTED!

(Plus a brainiac. Explains why you can write so well. Are you at Google like all those other MIT people?)

]]> By: Would you make a better VP? http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-897 Would you make a better VP? Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:20:37 +0000 http://crankypm.com/crankypm/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/#comment-897 [...] new here, you may want to subscribe to my free RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Follow the lead of the Cranky Product Manager … maybe you would make a better VP.  Great post from a product manager who knows her [...] [...] new here, you may want to subscribe to my free RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Follow the lead of the Cranky Product Manager … maybe you would make a better VP.  Great post from a product manager who knows her [...]

]]> By: Jim http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Jim Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:43:31 +0000 http://crankypm.com/crankypm/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/#comment-890 And such a nice ass it is, too... As a reader from the other side of northern border of the Excited States of America, aka Canada, let me say that American elections are most amusing. And somewhat inefficient: Canada called an election on September 7th, we'll vote on October 14th, and have a new Government on the 15th - without Supreme Court interventions. Only 5 weeks of TV advertisements, baby kissing and roadside signs. We're also seeing a massive influx of immigration applications from American voters in swing states. On the upside, Sarah Palin is pretty hot. And, while looking for Alaska in the atlas, many Americans are likely to stmble across the location of Canada for the first time (hint: it's where you get your hockey players, coins that don't work in vending machines, cold fronts, and 30% of your oil). And such a nice ass it is, too…

As a reader from the other side of northern border of the Excited States of America, aka Canada, let me say that American elections are most amusing.

And somewhat inefficient: Canada called an election on September 7th, we’ll vote on October 14th, and have a new Government on the 15th – without Supreme Court interventions. Only 5 weeks of TV advertisements, baby kissing and roadside signs. We’re also seeing a massive influx of immigration applications from American voters in swing states.

On the upside, Sarah Palin is pretty hot. And, while looking for Alaska in the atlas, many Americans are likely to stmble across the location of Canada for the first time (hint: it’s where you get your hockey players, coins that don’t work in vending machines, cold fronts, and 30% of your oil).

]]> By: The Cranky Product Manager http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-579 The Cranky Product Manager Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:52:56 +0000 http://crankypm.com/crankypm/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/#comment-579 <p>Firecracker PM,</p> <p>May the Cranky Product Manager remind you that she is a fictional character with a fictional ass. So YES, it is a genuinely fictional photo, from a stock photography website, on the masthead. <br /> </p> Firecracker PM,

May the Cranky Product Manager remind you that she is a fictional character with a fictional ass. So YES, it is a genuinely fictional photo, from a stock photography website, on the masthead.

]]> By: Firecracker PM http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Firecracker PM Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:12:26 +0000 http://crankypm.com/crankypm/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/#comment-580 <p>Dear Cranky PM,</p> <p>Is that really your ass in the masthead picture? This is important, as it weighs on my decision whether to pencil you in on the November ballot.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Firecracker PM</p> Dear Cranky PM,

Is that really your ass in the masthead picture? This is important, as it weighs on my decision whether to pencil you in on the November ballot.

Regards,

Firecracker PM

]]> By: Moody IRS Agent http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Moody IRS Agent Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:06:57 +0000 http://crankypm.com/crankypm/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/#comment-581 <p>Hi Cranks,</p> <p>This is your long lost cousin, Moody IRS Agent. I liked the part about "Further, the Cranky Product Manager's nanny is from South America."</p> <p>I was recently reviewing the CPM recent tax records and I did not see any taxes withheld for your so called Cranky Nanny. </p> <p>Furthermore, pictures from an IRS SPY SATELLITE show that Cranky Nanny has been in your employ for a little while.</p> <p>Oh my... This will not bide well for your VP candidacy.</p> <p>Your long lost cousin,</p> <p>Moody IRS Agent </p> Hi Cranks,

This is your long lost cousin, Moody IRS Agent. I liked the part about “Further, the Cranky Product Manager’s nanny is from South America.”

I was recently reviewing the CPM recent tax records and I did not see any taxes withheld for your so called Cranky Nanny.

Furthermore, pictures from an IRS SPY SATELLITE show that Cranky Nanny has been in your employ for a little while.

Oh my… This will not bide well for your VP candidacy.

Your long lost cousin,

Moody IRS Agent

]]> By: Dave http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Dave Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:21:18 +0000 http://crankypm.com/crankypm/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/#comment-582 <p>Imagine a company with internal lobbists that you'd hire to get your projects funded. Out of whose budget would that money come? </p> <p>They would probably be the first ones to go when the budget cuts hit. <br /> </p> Imagine a company with internal lobbists that you’d hire to get your projects funded. Out of whose budget would that money come?

They would probably be the first ones to go when the budget cuts hit.

]]> By: Saeed Khan http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Saeed Khan Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:58:17 +0000 http://crankypm.com/crankypm/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/#comment-583 <p>Dissecting frogs and fetal pigs in high school biology. Brings back some memories. I did that as well. We had to work in pairs. My lab partner, Alex, and I named our pig Fred, in honour of another student in our class who was particularly nasty (at least we thought so then).</p> <p>This led to the mantra -- Better dead than Fred -- which itself is a variant of the political slogan -- Better red than dead or is it the other way around?</p> <p>BTW, why stop at Veep? Given your credentials, why not claim qualifications for the top job? Good PMs play second fiddle to no one!</p> <p>SAeed</p> Dissecting frogs and fetal pigs in high school biology. Brings back some memories. I did that as well. We had to work in pairs. My lab partner, Alex, and I named our pig Fred, in honour of another student in our class who was particularly nasty (at least we thought so then).

This led to the mantra — Better dead than Fred — which itself is a variant of the political slogan — Better red than dead or is it the other way around?

BTW, why stop at Veep? Given your credentials, why not claim qualifications for the top job? Good PMs play second fiddle to no one!

SAeed

]]> By: Stewart Rogers http://crankypm.com/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Stewart Rogers Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:21:31 +0000 http://crankypm.com/crankypm/2008/09/top-10-reasons-why-the-cranky-product-manager-would-make-a-good-vice-presidential-candidate/#comment-584 <p>Higher aspirations than I. I always wanted to be mayor. However, this seemed to be the jump start that Palin needed. Maybe I have career goals after all!</p> Higher aspirations than I. I always wanted to be mayor. However, this seemed to be the jump start that Palin needed. Maybe I have career goals after all!

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