Building a long and meaningful career | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google)

Brought to you by Superhuman—The fastest email experience ever made | Microsoft Clarity—See how people actually use your product | Eppo—Run reliable, impactful experiments—Nikhyl Singhal is VP of Product at Meta, overseeing teams building messaging, groups, stories, and the main Facebook feed. Before that, he served as the Chief Product Officer at Credit Karma and held various leadership roles at Google, leading teams on Google Photos and Google Hangouts. Nikhyl was also co-founder of three startups, including SayNow and Cast Iron Systems, which were acquired by Google and IBM, respectively. Alongside his successful career, he is passionate about coaching and mentoring, sharing his knowledge through the Skip podcast, newsletter and CPO community. In this episode, we discuss:• Finding your North Star and building a long and meaningful career• Why your superpower may actually be holding you back• Wisdom for aspiring product managers in the early stages of their career• Reasons you aren’t getting promoted, and advice on what to change• How to avoid short-term thinking early in your career and how to become a better manager long-term• Signs you work at an “ex-growth” company and that it’s time to leave• Signs the IC path is a reasonable pursuit• The importance of finding a community—Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-a-long-and-meaningful-career—Where to find Nikhyl Singhal:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/nikhyl• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhyl/• Newsletter: https://theskip.substack.com/• Podcast: https://www.skip.community/• Skip CPO Community: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skip-community-for-cpos/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Nikhyl’s background(04:37) Nikhyl’s mentoring approach during critical periods of change(07:07) The power of long-term career planning