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Welcome to the kick off episode of "Not for Your Co-Workers," a spin-off series from The Product World. In this candid and honest conversation series, I sit down with tech industry professionals to delve into the real experiences and challenges they face.

For our first episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with my good friend G (Gresshaa), Product Design Lead at Metropolis. With an impressive background at Apple, Uber, and Spotify, G brought a wealth of insights to our conversation.

We left no topic untouched as we discussed our career journeys, the personal impact of work, and the delicate balance between work and life. If you're seeking genuine transparency, a good dose of laughter, and a relatable perspective on the uphill battles of the tech industry, this episode is for you.

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In our May episode, I had the incredible opportunity to sit down with Kareem Mayan, the co-founder of Savio. Savio is an extraordinary product management platform that empowers SAAS teams to consolidate customer feedback and craft roadmaps based on solid evidence.

During our conversation, Kareem delved into his fascinating background, recounting his experiences in product management across diverse industries such as media and education. He shared the story of his transformation from working in corporate settings to becoming a multi-time founder.

One of the key highlights of our discussion was Kareem's remarkable product superpower: the art of active listening, skillfully asking thought-provoking questions, and truly understanding the needs of users. He shared his invaluable insights on how he hones this superpower to create exceptional products. Additionally, we dove into another fascinating aspect of Kareem's expertise—the ability to envision the future and develop innovative solutions to solve people's problems.

This conversation is an absolute must-listen for anyone interested in the path to becoming a tech founder. Don't miss out!

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In our April episode of The Product World, I had an awesome chat with Jose Miguel Rady Allende, who is the Principal Product Manager Lead at Xbox Cloud Gaming. We talked about his impressive journey, going from working with teams in Azure and Cortana, and now finding his place at Xbox within Microsoft.

We also chatted about the differences between building consumer gaming technology and B2B software, which was super interesting. On top of that we also touched on some of the challenges Jose has faced in his career and how he's dealt with tough situations and setbacks.

If you're looking for some inspiration and motivation to help you with building products or advancing in your tech career, this episode is definitely worth checking out!

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In this episode, our guest Jeremee Peters, Group Product Manager at Cloudbeds, shares valuable insights on how to succeed as a PM and ramp up in the tech industry from a non-tech background.

Jeremee's journey from receiving her Bachelor’s at Harvard in Social Anthropology and Psychology to program management at Oracle to becoming a product manager is a testament to the fact that anyone can make the transition to a successful career in product management. We have a great time cracking jokes and sharing our experiences, including the challenges we faced while starting our careers.

Jeremee also offers tips on how to grow your career fast in product management, which include seeking out opportunities for learning, being open to feedback, and being comfortable with ambiguity. She also shares her tools for how to communicate and work effectively with global teams in a remote work environment, which is especially relevant in the current climate.

If you're interested in product management or just looking to gain insights into how to grow your career in the tech industry, then this episode is definitely for you! Tune in to learn from Jeremee's experiences and to get a fresh perspective on the world of product management.

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I had a completely unfiltered and honest one on one with my friend and product manager at Meta, the phenomenal Shally Banh. Shally shared her journey of transitioning from software engineer to product manager at Microsoft and described her experiences undergoing layoffs for the first time at Meta. No topic was off limits as Shally dived deep and opened up about her views staying true to her most authentic self, as usual. Truly a hilarious, no f**** given, candid, informative conversation that you don’t want to miss.

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In our special edition Thanksgiving episode of The Product World I had the pleasure of sitting down with my friend and brilliantly talented product designer, Lauren Lo. Lauren is a Senior Product Designer at Microsoft and one of my favorite people. She and I had a riveting conversation about the product designer role in tech, her design process to build delightful, impactful product, and how to cultivate a successful and strong product designer to product manager relationship that fosters the building of great product. An absolute must listen conversation with major learnings and takeaways!

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Had literally the best time chatting with Ben about his experiences leading product and engineering teams at Cloudbeds and Booking.com. This conversation was filled with so much great content running the gamut from how to successfully scale and build teams to effectively identifying and removing blockers to how to change culture. I learned so much that I can apply and improve in my day to day and this is definitely an episode you don't want to miss if you work on any team across industries. One of our best conversations yet!

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Steve Teixeira, Chief Product Officer at Mozilla, shares his career journey and dives deep on how to build a successful career in product from figuring out what you’re passionate about to identifying valuable opportunities around you to building successful teams, culture, and jumping headfirst into the unknown. Prior to his move to Mozilla, Steve and I sat down for a riveting conversation where Steve shared valuable learnings and philosophies that have helped him forge lasting impact acting as the Director of Product at leading tech companies such as Microsoft, Meta (formerly Facebook), Twitter, and now Mozilla. Listen to this episode for skills and advice on how you too can cultivate and grow your career in product.

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It was a pleasure sitting down with Ross Smith IV who is a Technical Program Manager at Meta and former Principal Product Manager Architect at Microsoft to discuss the difference between product managers and technical program managers, skills and tips that you can apply to your day to day as PMs and TPMs, and how to become a subject matter expert in your field to drive results for teams. 

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Join us for an informative conversation with Principal Product Manager Lead Ting Zhang on who are the different people product managers work with and how to effectively engage, drive, and mobilize teams for success. Ting started her career at Microsoft as an intern and went on to drive growth as a full time PM within Bing Ads before trying out the start up world at Flipp. Her learnings from Flipp helped her gain insight into another segment in tech prior to her returning to grow the Outlook mobile iOS and Android app at Microsoft from a nascent product to the #1 most popular, highly used mobile application within the whole company.

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