Oana went from award-winning celebrity photographer to waiting tables in London to building a 500K-user app: then led product at Avon and Meta. After coaching 500+ product leaders, she's now building her second startup to systematise product thinking at scale.

We talk about the skills that survives AI automation, such as why coding is getting commoditised, how to develop skill-sets to adapt, why premium pricing is a founder's best filter, what's wrong with "ship fast, ship broken," how to hire your first team member, when to actually pivot, and the advice she'd give her 18-year-old self.

For founders, aspiring PMs, developers thinking about the business side, and anyone building a non-linear career. Pivots aren't detours: they're how resilient people move forward.

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Oana went from award-winning photographer to waiting tables in London to building a 500K-user app: then led product at Avon and Meta. After coaching 500+ product leaders, she's now building her second startup to systematise product thinking at scale.

We talk about the skill that survives AI, why premium pricing is a founder's best filter, what's wrong with "ship fast, ship broken," how to hire your first team member, when to actually pivot, and the advice she'd give her 18-year-old self.

For founders, aspiring PMs, developers thinking about the business side, and anyone building a non-linear career.

We've been taught to think about careers as an individual journey: climb the ladder, make your mark, change the world on your own. But what if that's the wrong framework?

Ming Zee is an environmental lawyer at a global law firm and co-founder of Legal Voices for the Future, a collaborative learning forum for young lawyers on the climate crisis. She's proof that you don't have to quit your corporate job to build something meaningful.

She reminded me: "Your life is so short, you can't influence things globally. You just have to do a little bit and find your community."Listen to this episode for:

→ Balancing corporate work with climate activism

→ Why ego gets in the way of meaningful work

→ A quote that shifted her perspective about impact

→ Why local, intimate action matters more than we think.

This isn't a "quit your job and follow your passion" podcast; it's about finding your people and doing what you can with what's around you. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the pressure to have some massive career impact, this one's for you.

Connect with Ming Zee Legal Voices for the Future: https://legalvoicesforthefuture.com/

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