🧠 Community Wisdom: Common mistakes when hiring a growth PM, using AI to speed up bug reporting, launching a solo consulting practice, resume titles for engineers transitioning to PM, and more

By Lenny Rachitsky · Lenny's Newsletter ·Feb 7, 2026 · 19 min read

👋 Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of ✨ Community Wisdom ✨ a subscriber-only email, delivered every Saturday, highlighting the most helpful conversations in our members-only Slack community.

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✨ Upcoming community meetups ✨

Upcoming community-organized meetups—click the city name to RSVP:

Asheville. February 18th. Thanks to @Nathan Phillips!
Austin. February 26th. Thanks to @Andy Keil - Austin!
Bangalore. February 15th. Thanks to @Akhil Agrawal & @Anand Prasad!
Barcelona. February 19th. Thanks to @Marc Bisbal!
Berlin. February 19th. Thanks to @Özge Yıldız!
Boston. February 11th. Thanks to @Doug C & @Melissa Appel!
Cambridge. February 17th. Thanks to @james r!
Chicago. February 18th. Thanks to @Shivam Malhotra & @Erik Krag!
Dallas. February 18th. Thanks to @Buddy!
Denver. February 9th. Thanks to @D. Thad Whitaker!
Dublin. February 24th. Thanks to @Emma Sheridan!
Hong Kong. February 28th. Thanks to @Manny E. Reimi!
Lisbon. February 18th. Thanks to @Gabriela Naumnik & @Nina Un!
London. February 26th. Thanks to @Anna Popova!
Long Beach. February 19th. Thanks to @Raphael Sisa & @Evan Goldin!
Madrid. February 12th. Thanks to @Alex Carrasco!
Marin. February 25th. Thanks to @skipper!
Mexico City. February 24th. Thanks to @Chris Stanislawek!
Munich. February 10th. Thanks to @Lukas Gerhardt!
New York. February 25th. Thanks to @kaila!
Nashville. February 26th. Thanks to @Davis & @Brady Josephson!
Philadelphia. February 19th. Thanks to @Keriann Sabatini & Doug!
Princeton. February 19th. Thanks to @Jaya!
Richmond. February 18th. Thanks to @Sally Clements!
San Francisco. February 25th. Thanks to @Schaeffer & @Annie Warner (Community Lead) !
Santa Barbara. February 17th. Thanks to @Joni Hoadley, @Cody Landstrom, & @Oliver Barton!
Sao Paulo. February 24th. Thanks to

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