Our guest today is Sam, a product manager who shares her two-year odyssey, navigating from her background in electrical engineering to the unfamiliar terrain of product management. We journey alongside Sam as she deliberates between traditional education routes like an MBA and more specialized options like product bootcamps. Discover why she ultimately chose the immersive environment of a product bootcamp, specifically the renowned Co.Lab program, which offers students a simulated work experience mirroring real-life product management scenarios. For those considering a career pivot into tech ..read more

In this episode, we’re joined by the homie Amir Prodensky. Amir’s first job out of college was in Banking, but he always knew he wanted to get into Tech. He first made a transition into a BizOps role at Revolut and eventually into a Product role. He later became one of the first business hires at an early stage Stripe backed fintech company and is now the CEO and Co-Founder of Strada, a YC-backed automation tooling company. Amir talks through how he discovered product management and why he ultimately decided to leave a path of certainty in Banking to pursue the tech industry.  This episo ..read more

This is part 2 on Dara, the chief product office at HiveStack, an adTech company based in Montreal with over 150 employees. Dara is an incredible hustler and grinded his way from Associate Product Manager to VP of Product within three years. In this episode we talk about: The importance of questioning the why before jumping into execution Why it’s important to build a strong relationship with engineers, and how to do so The #1 important thing to focus on as a successful product manager Trade-offs on staying at a product large org vs. jumping to a smaller org as the first product hire ..read more

(Episode Part 1/2) In this episode, we're joined by Dara, Chief Product Officer at HiveStack. Dara's story is an inspiration – starting from a customer support role, he made his way up to becoming the Chief Product Officer of a 100+ employee company in just 5 years. Today's discussion is split into two parts We'll delve into Dara's unconventional strategies for breaking into the tech industry and transitioning into product management. ? In our next episode, we'll uncover how he accelerated from an Associate Product Manager to a Chief Product Officer in just 4 years. Whether you're an asp ..read more

Nora is a product manager at Microsoft. Nora has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry.  In this episode we talk about: How she went from Chemistry to breaking into product at Microsoft Why she rejected her offer from dental school to follow her intuition How her interest in product started Her approach to being more effective at networking events Crafting a product resume for someone without product experience Preparing for the Microsoft interview What it's like being a new product manager at a big organization ..read more

Quincy is a senior product manager at Shopify. Previously, Quincy worked as a product manager at SSENSE and eventually switched over to become the head of personal styling, managing a team of +30 people. In this episode we talk about: Entering product from a consulting background The benefits of switching teams as a product manager and being a generalist Exiting the product role into a completely new domain How to learn when constantly context switching Being a generalist vs. specialist PM ..read more

Andrew is a senior product manager intern at Amazon, and currently an MBA student at Harvard Business School. Previously, Andrew worked in Business Operations at Airbnb and as a management consultant at McKinsey. In this episode, Andrew and I talk about his journey into product management from his days in college, why he ultimately used an MBA as a transition into Product, his thoughts on recruiting into product from business school, and how to overcome the technical barrier when recruiting as a non-technical candidate ..read more

Jesar is a product manager at Whatsapp. Previously Jesar worked as a product manager at Codecademy and was part of the inaugural twitter APM class. Jesar and I talk through: her journey into product management, her experiences with the Twitter APM program, her thoughts on the product interview process, the challenges that she faces as she reflects on her career as a PM, and her approach to these challenges ..read more

Paul is the first product manager at Kepler, a tech company with the mission of bringing the internet to space. In this episode, Paul and I chat about the responsibilities of a satellite operations engineer, breaking into product internally, working with and inspiring engineers, our opinions on product management courses, and leveling up as a product manager ..read more

Kiki is a senior product manager at Rent the Runway, a fashion tech company based in New York City. Kiki was previously a product manager at Microsoft and has spent half her career as a PM in big tech and half at a scale-up / startup. In this episode Kiki and I chat about the differences between working in big tech vs. at a startup as a product manager. We cover the interview process, culture, the scope of work, personal fulfillment, and other random fun topics. Kiki shares her advice on how to be successful as a PM in both types of organizations and talks about the next steps in her career ..read more