Katelynn Giao Nguyen comes on the podcast to discuss her journey to become a Microsoft Program Manager after originally being trained as a Civil Engineer and being at IBM as an IT Consultant. She intentionally used side projects while in university to develop skills that would allow her to break into the tech industry, while figuring out what she wanted to pursue for a career. Additionally, Katelynn is the Co-founder of Vivoce (https://getvivoce.com/) a language pronunciation app.   

Katelynn speaks on the importance of taking a step back and reflecting on what you want to do with your education. Additionally, she highlights how critical it is to have healthy boundaries in your life and provides specifics on how to have these conversations with your employer at a fast paced company like Microsoft.  

She has written an article on her transition from Civil Engineer to Microsoft Product Manager you can read here: https://bit.ly/3l9HJkL (part 2 coming soon!)  

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