My new life as a product owner… of a baby
When Isentia’s Petrina Harper gave birth recently, she began to notice some uncanny similarities between her employer and her new boss, also known as newborn 1.0.
In my nine to five job as a product owner, I’m responsible for working on projects to enhance Isentia’s Mediaportal website, which involves liaising with stakeholders, IT teams and developers, in order to keep improving our website as a product for our clients.
In 2017 I was blessed with the news that I was expecting a baby boy, due in November.
In October I started my parental leave. That sweet time in a parent’s life where they can take time off work, and enjoy nurturing their offspring without the pressure of work. Right? Wrong! You do not leave work, you have a new employer, and they want you to work 24/7, for no money, with no instruction on what to do. For my own experience as a first time parent, I soon noticed some uncanny similarities that my employer, the baby, was also very much like a product that I owned.
This is a new content low. Why on earth would you publish something like this?
This is a new content low. Why republish something like this? You’re not the Daily Mail, you’re a respectable news organisation. How does this article contribute to the content marketing dialogue? It’s garbage. You might as well start publishing articles made up of Twitter reactions to cat gifs.
When I start seeing someone suggesting their baby is a “product” I suspect they might need a little help …
Thanks David! Sorry you didn’t see the funny side 🙂 happy to take some help if you’re offering, the lawn does need mowing.
Jeez people are harsh! Nice story Petrina.
From a fellow product owner and owner of a womb.