#35 - From Pre-Med To Product Management, with Janine Co

I often hear about folks moving from engineering to product management and back. Others make the transition from marketing and sales to product management. In a first for this show, today I talk to Janine Co, a product manager who recently joined the Microsoft Teams team, who also happened to switch from following a pre-med path to one in product.

What things did she consider when making the switch? What did Janine do to build a network from scratch? It’s all in this episode.

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#84 - Tools Do Not Matter - Jason Lengstorf (Founder, Learn With Jason)

October 31, 2024

If you've been immersed in the tech world for some time, you probably have heard one specific YouTube channel mentioned more than once - Learn With Jason. It's a project started by Jason Lengstorf, a former VP of developer experience at a web tooling startup (he was a head of developer relations prior to that too), that is aimed at helping everyone navigate the always changing landscape of developer tools and frameworks. Which, by the way, according to Jason do not matter.

#83 - Don't Take The Easy Path - Jennifer Wong (Engineering Leader)

August 8, 2024

Jennifer Wong is a seasoned engineering manager who started her journey in civil engineering. The fast pace of the tech industry drew her in, and she stuck with it for years since making that call. In this episode, I chat with Jennifer about her transition from a non-traditional career path into software, reasons to take on management instead of being an individual contributor, and why taking the road less traveled in terms of career progression might just be the recipe for long-term growth and success.

#81 - Making A Career Out Of A Hobby - Kirupa Chinnathambi (Product Manager - Google)

July 2, 2024

In episode 81, Den Delimarsky chats with Kirupa Chinnathambi, a product manager at Google who has built his own personal brand in what is now known as kirupa.com. Kirupa is a talented web developer, designer, writer, and packs so much knowledge in his blog that you can learn how to create great web-based experiences on that content alone.