…fairly unique product cultures often develop within each company. This typically stems directly from the personalities and proclivities of the founders & senior executives within the organization and ultimately permeates throughout the entire organization… Through my time in Silicon Valley, I’ve found four specific product cultures dominate tech companies: engineering-driven, data-driven, design-driven, and sales-driven product cultures.
This article then goes on to describe each one of these cultures. Definitely a useful read if you’re a product manager, good read if you’re in the tech industry, but also helpful if you’re not – whether you’re a passionate user of a product or evaluating making a significant purchase of subscription to one, it helps to have a sense of the company’s culture. It’ll inform the decisions they make, features they’ll get around to building, the way they’ll address issues, treat your data. And therefore help you set better expectations with yourself.