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

Published on June 6, 2021

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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