Vocab From Reading

Question 1

Intuitive

Answer 1

การหยั่งรู้, Ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning

(Each block refers to the previous one, but computer scientists usually drawn chains like this with the arrows pointing from one block to the next one so it’s more intuitive.)

Question 2

tandem

Answer 2

ไปในทิศทางเดียวกันหมด
(The challenge for ETF investors remains that most cryptocurrencies’ prices move in tandem — when Bitcoin surges, everything else surges)

Question 3

nuanced

Answer 3

เหมาะสมยิ่ง

As you’ve seen by now, the answer is more nuanced than “crypto is a bubble” or “crypto is a revolution.”

Question 4

Ironic

Answer 4

เกิดขึ้นในทางตรงข้ามกับที่เคยคาดไว้

(This is all deeply ironic: the reason cryptocurrencies will succeed is because they’re abandoning a lot of their original philosophical goals. The technology designed to upend the monetary system and cut out banks and governments is being integrated with the monetary system, adopted by banks, and regulated by governments.)

Question 5

Hazy

Answer 5

Confused, uncertain

Now don’t worry if you’re hazy on any of these concepts.

Question 6

Hassle

Answer 6

ยุ่งยาก

(The average person won’t want to deal with the hassle of wallets, long private keys, irreversible transactions, and such.)

Question 7

Persistent

Answer 7

ยืนหยัด, ยึดมั่น
(By persistent, I mean pushing companies way beyond their comfort zone with compelling evidence, constant communication, and building bridges across functions in the face of stubborn resistance.)

Question 8

Product backlog

Answer 8

An ordered list of everything that might be needed in the product

(What’s hard is to make sure that what goes on the product backlog is worth building.)

Question 9

Incorporate

Answer 9

ผสานเข้าด้วยกัน

(They also understand that the product is in service of a business and can incorporate those constraints into the design of the product.)

Question 10

Fidelity

Answer 10

ความถูกต้อง, ความแม่นยำ

Having a more complete tool set allows them to work quickly at different levels of fidelity, depending on the context.

Question 11

Skeptical

Answer 11

ขี้สงสัย, ไม่เชื่อไรง่ายๆ

Engineers are typically smart and often skeptical by nature, so if you’re bluffing, they likely won’t be fooled.

Question 12

Brutal

Answer 12

โหดร้าย

If your relationship is not strong, your days as product manager will be brutal and probably numbered.

Question 13

Wireframe

Answer 13

โครงร่างของเว็บไซต์ เพื่อให้เห็นภาพรวมว่าหน้าตาของเว็บไซต์จะออกมาในรูปแบบไหน โดยจะเน้นไปที่โครงสร้าง องค์ประกอบ รายละเอียดต่าง ๆ และความต่อเนื่องบนหน้าเว็บไซต์

(You as product manager provide the interaction design—especially the wireframes.)

Question 14

Latitude

Answer 14

Scope of freedom of action

You want to give your engineers as much latitude as possible in coming up with the best solution.

Question 15

Soliciting

Answer 15

ชักชวน

In the first type of discussion, you’re soliciting their ideas and input for the items you’re working on in discovery.

Question 16

Sympathy

Answer 16

ความเห็นอกเห็นใจ

He graduated only because his teachers gave him undeserved Cs out of sympathy.

Question 17

Profound

Answer 17

อย่างเต็มที่, อย่างลึกซึ้ง

Another student also experienced a profound difference in his reading ability once he learned a technique.

Question 18

Avid

Answer 18

Having keen interest in sth

Those who have reached a high degree of success in life are almost always avid readers.

Question 19

Innate

Answer 19

โดยกำเนิด

People who excel at playing chess require an innate understanding of how things fit into space.

Question 20

Intrapersonal

Answer 20

การรู้จักตนเอง

If you have intrapersonal intelligence, you have a particularly refined sense of what is going on inside of you.

Question 21

Envision

Answer 21

จินตนาการ

Once you completely understand a new idea: You can envision it.

Question 22

Vulnerable

Answer 22

เปราะบาง, ถูกโจมตีได้ง่าย

A single, centralized source of truth is also vulnerable to natural disasters and power outages.

Question 23

Chronic

Answer 23

เรื้อรัง

Chronic illness

Question 24

Pervasive

Answer 24

อย่างแพร่หลาย

His goal was to attack the pervasive nature of chronic illness

Question 25

Liberate

Answer 25

ปลดปล่อย

Reading liberates your brain more than virtually any other activity.

Question 26

Leap

Answer 26

กระโดด, ข้ามผ่าน

You can’t make huge cognitive leaps if you don’t have a well-rounded view of a subject.

Question 27

Contemplate

Answer 27

ครุ่นคิด

consider these four steps the next time you contemplate a problem

Question 28

Crux

Answer 28

จุดสำคัญ

Concentration is at the crux of all human success and endeavor

Question 29

Manifest

Answer 29

เข้าใจอย่างแจ่มแจ้ง

If you can’t concentrate, you can’t manifest.

Question 30

Declutter

Answer 30

ขจัดความรกยุ่งเหยิง

Another key to boosting your concentration is de-cluttering your environment.

Question 31

Repress

Answer 31

ระงับ, อั้น

Repressing anxious thoughts won’t work; they will just pop up again.