Nikhyl Singhal is the founder of The Skip, a community for senior product leaders; a former product exec at Meta, Google, and Credit Karma; and a many-time founder. He’s also one of the most honest, unfiltered voices on what’s actually happening in product management right now.

In our in-depth conversation, we discuss: 1. Why the next two years will be the most chaotic period in product management history 2. Why half of current product managers are at risk, and what separates those who’ll do well 3. Why you need to find your “moments of joy” with AI 4. The “smiling exhaustion” he’s seeing across the product community 5. The psychological barriers that prevent people from reinventing themselves 6. Why your resume’s fancy logos matter less than ever, and what matters now 7. His prediction that companies will shed 30,000 people and rehire 8,000—all AI-first — Brought to you by: WorkOS—Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs Vanta—Automate compliance, manage risk, and accelerate trust with AI — Episode transcript: lennysnewsletter.com/p/why-half… — Archive of all Lenny's Podcast transcripts: dropbox.com/scl/fo/yxi4s2w998p1… — Where to find Nikhyl Singhal: • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nikhyl • X: x.com/nikhyl • Podcast & Newsletter: skip.show • Skip Community: skip.community • Skip Coach: • Skip.help: — Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: • X: • LinkedIn: — In this episode, we cover: — Referenced: • Building a long and meaningful career | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google): • COBOL: • United Airlines: • State of the product job market in early 2026: • Head of Growth (Anthropic): “Claude is growing itself at this point” | Amol Avasare: • Demis Hassabis on X: • Sam Altman on X: • Dario Amodei on X: • Cross on Prime Video: • Jack Ryan on Prime Video: • 24 on Prime Video: • Claude Code: • Codex: • Lovable: • Sonos: • “There are only four jobs” on X: • Paradise on Hulu: • Lioness on Paramount+: • Tesla: • Albert Einstein’s quote: — Recommended books: • James: • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: — Production and marketing by . For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. — Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.