Have you ever wondered how your career decisions can influence your future success? Sahir Azam, the former Chief Product Officer at MongoDB and a Partner at Index Ventures, shares his unique career journey, starting from pre-sales engineering to leading product development at a globally recognized tech company. In this episode, Sahir highlights the importance of cross-functional roles in understanding both technology and customer needs. He also discusses how his experience in pre-sales engineering helped him develop skills that contributed to his career growth and leadership. Join us as Sahir takes us through how his early career decisions shaped his path and how we can all learn to make better, informed choices to succeed in our own careers!