Budi Tanrim's Newsletter

Practical insights for product practitioners

This newsletter is for people who want to build products and solve hard problems.

It’s for people who want to go on the journey as a Product Designer, a Product Manager, or a Design Manager. You will get practical ideas, mindsets, and habits to help you solve hard problems better.

This newsletter is for you if you want to…

• Adopt human-centered practice to build great products

• Build habits that help you to be a good problem-solver

• Get practical tips for working more effectively as a product builder

• Get principles that translated around life

Use Table of Contents to browse easily

You can go to this Table of Contents to easily discover all posts grouped by topics. The table of contents is a living document, you can also see what topic I’ll be focusing on and upcoming posts.

Here are some popular posts:

• Dear Budi: What cadences do you run in your team?

• How to scope your product design work

• Essential skills to enter Product Design

• Community discussion: How to get that first product design job?

• Dual-track development

• Product strategy series

• Designing an onboarding experience

• Trust battery

• See more on Table of Contents

Who am I?

Hi, I'm Budi Tanrim. I'm currently working as a Group Product Manager at GovTech (previously Senior Principal Product Designer). We’re supporting Indonesia's Ministry of Education. We're on a mission to improve student learning outcomes. To see more of my professional journey, go to my LinkedIn.

What I can offer is a practical perspective from my experience in the product design industry and product management in the past 12 years.

This newsletter is for everyone who wants to continually improve and become a better problem-solver.

Budi

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To maintain this newsletter, I continuously research to produce valuable topics for the readers. I put aside time in the evening and morning to write about practical ideas that people rarely talk about in the industry. By subscribing, you help me to maintain this newsletter and produce practical tips to help you be a better problem-solver.

Firzan 🥝 @iamfirzan

Try to implement Design Scoping Template from @buditanrim Newsletter. seems very helpful

May 24th 2022

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Alim @cerealcoklat

I just subscribed to Budi's newsletter. I will try to use the template on the actual project. Thank you for making your brain accessible! @buditanrim The article👇 How to scope product design work newsletter.buditanrim.co/p/how-to-scope…How to scope product design workEstimating and scoping your product design work is important. Especially if you’re in the fast-pace environment. Here’s how.newsletter.buditanrim.co

August 4th 2022

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femke 💛💙 @femkesvs

Really enjoyed the latest email issue from @buditanrim that included this framework for an effective product design portfolio An effective product design portfolio – StructureHere’s the hard truth: It takes me less than 2 minutes to decide whether I want to interview the candidate or not.buditanrim.co

January 8th 2021

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ali @si_ali

Good onboarding design is about minimizing the setup time so that new users can feel the core value of your product sooner. It’s the moment where users feel, “Oh, this product is actually useful.” —@buditanrim Dear Budi: How to be strategic in designing onboarding experience?Onboarding is about minimizing the setup moment, so users can reach to the valuable moment.newsletter.buditanrim.co

August 11th 2022

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Amy Fourie @AmyFourie_

I’ve been subscribed to Budi’s newsletter for a month or so and have really enjoyed the thought provoking content he writes! I highly recommend 🌟

Budi Tanrim ✏️ @buditanrim

Finally got a chance to draw some post illustration. https://t.co/lyH9vXMgbm

April 3rd 2021

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Vamsi Batchu @vamsibatchuk

Love this piece... do read it.. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Human-centered team vs. Feature-centered team – Strategic relationship buditanrim.co/2021/human-cen… via @buditanrimHuman-centered team vs. Feature-centered team – Strategic relationshipMove from discussing the solution to the outcome.buditanrim.co

February 8th 2021

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Randy J. Hunt @randyjhunt

I love the content @buditanrim is creating and sharing. Really solid and thorough guidance for early- and mid-career product designers. Many principles apply much more broadly as well.

Budi Tanrim ✏️ @buditanrim

I've explored how to make a good portfolio in my blog recently. It will make you stand out among the candidates, but it is not a guarantee you will get a job. Normally, the next step is the interview. You should at least prepare 3 things: 🍍Last role 🍍Aspiration 🍍Questions

January 10th 2021

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Caesar @caesarzkn

Journal buditanrim.co via @buditanrim . The last article tell us 5 key points to be better designer and also better human. Thanks for always write an insightful content !Budi TanrimBudi Tanrim’s blog on problem solving, design practice, and mindset.buditanrim.co

September 17th 2020

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Nurdea P. Mashar @deaizwell

Belum lama follow twitter mas @buditanrim terus mampir ke buditanrim.co wah langsung suka sama gaya nulisnya dan isi pembahasannya, gak panjang2 tapi dapat intinya.. Dari tulisannya nemu jawaban yang related dengan problem. Thank you for sharing mas Budi 😁Budi TanrimBudi Tanrim’s blog on problem solving, design practice, and mindset.buditanrim.co

January 15th 2021

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Melis ❄️ @zirswanka

@buditanrim @femkesvs I keep coming back to read your articles, spent all day on user metrics :) thank you so much for doing this.

February 9th 2021

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