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On this podcast, we interview people from different professions and gain an in-depth understanding of their job. Learn about different careers, from management consulting to mountain climbing - what each is all about and how to get in if you wanted to.
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How do you prepare for Data Science interviews in Tech? What are the components of the interview and what resources should you use? What do Hiring Managers look for in a candidate? And what's the point of behavioral questions in a data science interview?
Find out answers to all of the above and more in this discussion with Nick Singh, Author of Ace the Data Science interview and former data scientist and engineer at Google and Facebook, and Roy Keyes, Author of Hiring Data Scientists and ML Engineers.
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Nick's book Ace the Data Science interview: https://www.acethedatascienceinterview.com/
Roy's book Hiring Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers: https://dshiring.com/
How should you negotiate your job offer? How do you evaluate whether your offer is good enough? How should you frame that negotiation conversation?
This discussion features Ed Chang, founder of zerosum.net and former FAANG manager, on how you should approach your job offer negotiation. Get super actionable tips and insights on how you can increase your comp!
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What is it like to transition from Product Management in Tech to being the Founder of your own company? What skills are transferrable and what skills do you need to learn afresh? How do you hone these skills on the job?
Learn about all this and more in this discussion with Israel Shalom, former Product Leader at Google and Dropbox, who has now started his own company (currently in Stealth mode).
Israel is also taking applications for those interested in joining a startup! You can reach out to him at iz@goodones.app if you have questions!
Here are the Product Management resources curated by the LED team: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/shop
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Shereen Kassam has built two careers in parallel - She works as a Marketing Manager at Disney, and has also built up a career as a standup comedian. As a comedian, she performs in the US and internationally, has worked with comedians such as Arsenio Hall and Myq Kaplan, and was named as one of Orlando Business Journal's 40 under 40 in 2021.
Most recently, Shereen gave her own TEDx talk titled "Chicken Wings Made Me Unstoppable". You can check out Shereen's talk here: https://www.ted.com/talks/shereen_kassam_chicken_wings_made_me_unstoppable
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"How to live a fruitful life" was a speech given by Frank Oppenheimer to the graduating class of Pagosa Springs High School in 1960. Frank was an American particle physicist, who is perhaps the most known for founding the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Frank talks about the 4 things you need in order to live a fruitful life. A great listen!
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Sean Taylor, former Data Science Manager at Facebook and Lyft, talks about a career in Data Science, examples of projects you work on, and shares tips on how to evaluate a potential opportunity with a team/company.
He also describes how he built up a following on Twitter, his openness to sharing his work, and how that has helped him.
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We often hear about the role of “Chief of Staff”. It’s present in many different industries - Tech, Government, Healthcare, Retail, but the role is perhaps not as well understood. In this edition, we connect with Luke Leonhard, Chief of Staff on the Speech team at Google, and learn about what this role entails.
You can also read the discussion on our website: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/chief-of-staff-in-tech
We have added two new resources to the LED website, for those who are interested in Product Management in Tech and are preparing for interviews:
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Interview Guide for PM interviews: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/product-page/framework-and-resources-for-preparing-for-pm-interviews
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Question bank for preparing for behavioral questions for PM interviews: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/product-page/behavioral-questions-bank-for-product-manager-interviews-30-questions
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A Product Manager works with people across many different functions, to bring a product to life. A key role that Product Managers end up collaborating with is UX Research. In this discussion, we talk to Chloe Doan, a Senior UX Researcher at Google, about what makes for a great PM <> UXR relationship.
Link to transcript: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/product-manager-user-research-relationship
If you're curious about Product Management, check out our discussions here: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/product-management
If you're curious about UX Research, check out our discussion with a researcher at Airbnb here: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/user-experience-research
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Excerpts from letters by F. Scott Fitzgerald and N.C. Wyeth, written to their children, on focusing on doing good work rather than the outcomes.
"Nobody ever became a writer by wanting to be one" - F. Scott Fitzgerald
"A great painter is a great man painting" - N.C. Wyeth
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In this discussion, we catch up with Angel Steger, Director of Design at Facebook, on how she has built a career in Growth Design, what this function is and how it might differ from other disciplines in Design. She also shares numerous insights around how she has taken various steps in her career, and her tips for successfully navigating a long and rewarding career.
Link to the full discussion including resources mentioned by Angel: https://www.learneducatediscover.com/growth-design-in-tech
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While Product Management in Tech is a highly sought after function today, transitioning to Product Management without prior experience can be daunting. In this discussion, we talk to Anubhav Mangal, a Product Manager with AWS, Amazon, on how he switched from a role in Corporate Strategy at Cisco to Product Management at Amazon.
Anubhav has an undergrad in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Bombay, and MBA from Chicago Booth. He was a consultant with McKinsey for a few years before joining Cisco.
Things we cover:
Why he decided to transition to Product Management Examples of challenges he faced when recruiting How he overcame these challenges His advice for candidates who're interested in Product Management
Excerpt: "Getting my resume shortlisted without prior product management experience was definitely the biggest challenge. I definitely leaned into my Booth and McKinsey network to help me make connections. And even if you cannot find someone who can refer you, do not hesitate from cold mailing people on LinkedIn."
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Fabiola Cazares, Sales Manager at fintech startup Affirm, describes what it was like to transition from an Individual Contributor to Manager role.
In this conversation, Fabiola touches upon: 1. Why Fabiola decided to move from an IC to Manager role 2. What Fabiola found challenging about this transition 3. Unexpected aspects of being in a manager vs IC role
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Fabiola Cazares, Sales Manager at Affirm, describes in detail what working in Sales is like. Affirm is a series E FinTech company, co-founded by Max Levchin (of the PayPal fame).
Fabiola has a Bachelor of Arts from UC Berkeley, and has been with Affirm for close to 4 years.
In this episode, you'll hear Fabiola talk about:
- Difference between Sales and Business Development
- Role of a Business Development Associate or Sales Rep vs an Account Executive
- How sales reps source deals
- Day to day of a sales rep
- Measuring success in Sales
- Interesting parts of the role
- What someone might not like about Sales - there's a lot of rejection and down periods when no one responds positively to your outreach
- Common misconceptions about Sales
- Examples of questions to ask when interviewing for sales roles to understand the culture better
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Excerpts from Clay Christensen's address to his students at Harvard Business School, titled "How will you measure your life?". Clayton Christensen is best known as the author of "The Innovator's Dilemma" and his theory of "Disruptive Innovation".Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!! Subscribe to the show on iTunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/learn…ver/id1049159321
Tracey Pavlishin, Director of Global Internal Communications and Alumni Engagement at A.T. Kearney, shares a detailed account of working in Alumni Relations. Tracey has over 10 years of experience in this space. She has an MBA from Chicago Booth School of Business.
Some of the areas that Tracey touches upon include: 1. What got Tracey interested in working in Alumni Relations 2. Examples of projects Tracey works on 3. How someone in Alumni Relations defines success 4. Why organizations invest in Alumni Relations 5. The kind of exit paths Alumni Relations opens up 6. Interesting and not-so-interesting aspects of the job 7. Resources for interested candidates
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Happy New Year 2019!
Book mentioned in this episode: So Good They Can't Ignore You, by Cal Newport
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Nitin Julka, Group Product Manager @LinkedIn, describes how he went about getting his first PM job, and was able to get one in just 5 weeks.
Here are some things that Nitin talks about in this episode: 1. How Nitin prioritized getting meetings in the beginning, as opposed to getting a job 2. How Nitin got these meetings - from introductions, to cold mails, to even trying LinkedIn ads! 3. How he chose which companies to apply to 4. What worked for him during the job search process and what didn't 5. Advice for aspiring candidates
Ntin has also written a post on this topic: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141004134541-9712645-how-i-got-my-first-valley-based-product-management-job-in-5-weeks/
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Nereyda Espraza, Customer Success Manager at Amazon (Amazon Business), shares her insights on what working as a Customer Success Manager is like. CSM is a relatively new but up and coming function, found in a lot of tech companies today.
Nereyda has a BA in Latin American Studies from Smith College, and M.Phil from University of Oxford.
Some of the areas that Nereyda touches upon in this episode include:
- Nereyda's background and career path
- What is customer success management
- Difference between customer success management and account management
- How customer success is a relatively new role in tech
- Example of a project Nereyda worked on as a CSM, and examples of activities Nereyda undertook on the project
- Skills you need to do well in this function
- Advice for interested candidates and recommended resources
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Jordan Kong, Director of Business Operations and Board Observer at FoodTech startup Ando, talks about what working in Business Operations is like.
Some of the areas that Jordan touches upon in this episode include: 1. What's a venture studio (eg: Expa) and how it's great for people who want to work at a startup but dont have an idea 2. What does someone in Biz Ops do 3. Examples of projects someone in Biz Ops may work on 4. How this can be a highly cross-functional role and requires working with teams across the organization 5. How this is a data heavy role 6. How this role can take on either a strategic finance bent or an operations bent 7. How Biz Ops can be similar to an internal consulting role at times 8. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 9. How this is a relatively new function and so the career path is not very clear 10. How to assess the importance of the function on the outside/while recruiting 11. Qualities in someone who would enjoy this job 12. How to stand out in a cold mail 13. Recruiting and interviewing tips for interested candidates
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Nkem Nwankwo, Senior Product Manager at BetterCloud, describes what he does to excel as a Product Manager. Nkem has over 5 years of experience as a PM. His educational background consists of a B.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and MBA from Ross School of Business.
Some of the areas that Nkem touches upon include: 1. What Nkem focuses on - Ruthless prioritization, Time Management, Stakeholder management, Personal management 2. For prioritization, Nkem uses a whiteboard that forces him to focus on only the most important items each day 3. How he comes to office 3 hours before everyone else to get work done 4. How he does not go for meetings unless explicitly asked to 5. How having an understanding of the informal networks in your organization can really help get things done - since a lot of this job requires influencing people 6. Communication - bad news should flow faster in an organization than good news 7. Staying up to date with the industry and exposing himself to new ideas through reading and listening to podcasts 8. Mistakes Nkem sees business school candidates make when recruiting for PM roles 9. How you can add value in a variety of ways as a PM - being technical is not necessary. Eg: You can excel at communication and a thorough understanding of the user.
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Sunayana Gutta, Senior Financial Analyst at General Motors, shares a detailed account of what it's like to work in Corporate Finance - from examples of projects to her typical day to her advice for interested candidates.
Sunayana has an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
Some of the areas that Sunayana touches upon in this episode include:
- How Sunayna tried various functions such as VC and Investment Banking, and why she decided to get into Corporate Finance
- What does someone in Corporate Finance do
- Examples of projects someone in Corporate Finance works on
- Type of teams found within Corp Finance generally. Eg: Forex team, Capital Management team, Treasury team, etc.
- Examples of things someone in Finance thinks about when making decisions
- How companies generally have a generalist or specialist approach towards staffing Corp Finance, and how it's important to know about this before joining the company
- Why Sunayna enjoys working in Corp Finance, and elements she finds challenging
- Resources - CFO Magazine - http://ww2.cfo.com/source/cfo-magazine/, Annual Reports MD&A section, Ashwat Damodaran Blog (professor at Yale) - http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/
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Clara Nellist, Particle Physict at CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research), shares a broad overview of what it's like working in the field of science.
Some of the areas that Clara touches upon include:
- Types of projects she works on
- Defining characteristics of a career in science
- How there's a lot of failure and need for persistence
- Resources to learn more about the latest in the field
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Excerpts from Tweets by Naval Ravikant: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1002103360646823936 , Post by Taylor Pearson: https://taylorpearson.me/thework/ and the book "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1319.The_War_of_Art
Leah Burnett, Former Senior Director for Strategy & Planning @Viacom, shares her thoughts on what's involved in working in a Strategy function at a large company. Prior to Viacom, Leah has worked in consulting at BCG and Finance at UBS and Citigroup.
Leah has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and MBA from The Wharton School.
Some of the areas that Leah touches upon in this episode include: 1. Why Leah moved from finance to consulting to strategy 2. Examples of projects you might work in a Strategy team 3. Stages in a typical Strategy project 4. Sample team scructures 5. What to look for in a Strategy team 6. Interesting and Challenging aspects of the job 7. What Leah does not like as much about working in strategy 8. Skills needed to do well in Strategy 9. Typical background found in strategy teams 10. Recommended resources
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David Salazar, Head of Marketing for Amazon Business, shares some of the key decisions he took early in his career that helped him along the way, and his advice for early career professionals.
David has an MBA from Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.
Some of the areas that David touches upon in this episode include: 1. Why David prioritized joining a good company over the function he was interested in 2. How David thinks about moving from one job to another 3. Importance of having a vision for yourself 4. Recommended resources 5. Career advice
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Former Googler Sarah Cooper describes her journey as she moved from Tech to Comedy. Today, Sarah is a successful writer and comedian, with a popular blog https://thecooperreview.com/ that gets >100,000 readers per month. She regularly performs as a standup comic, and has authored multiple books inlcuding "100 Tricks To Appear Smart In Meetings" - https://www.amazon.com/100-Tricks-Appear-Smart-Meetings/dp/1449476058
Some of the areas that Sarah touches upon in this episode include:
- How Sarah kept working on her writing and her comedy, while she was doing her day job
- What convinced Sarah to leave her job at Googler
- The challenges she faced after quitting her job
- Some things that Sarah thinks helped her get through this transition phase
- Sarah's advice for anyone contemplating a similar career change
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Mariyam Zhumadil, Associate Investment Officer at International Finance Corporation or the IFC, describes in detail what it is like to work in the field of Development Finance.
Mariyam has a Masters in Accounting from Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Some of the areas that Mariyam touches upon in this episode include:
- What is Development Finance
- Difference between Impact Investing and Development Finance
- Example of projects that you might work on in Development Finance
- Sample backgrounds for candidates who end up in this space
- Interesting and Challenging aspects of the job
- Recruiting tips
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Dushka Zapata, VP Comms @Zendesk and Top Writer on Quora (>100M views on her Quora answers), shares more detail on one of her recent answers to the question "What are things you wish someone had told you when you were in your twenties?"
We delve into further discussion on the following points from Dushka's answer: 1. "Networking events = waste of time. No, I will not “work a room”. " 2. "Things will bounce back at you so fast you’ll get whiplash. Your intern will be your boss soon. So soon. Act accordingly." 3. "Travel. Read. Develop a point of view. Curiosity is where it’s at." 4. "Don’t regard peers as competitors; don’t concoct rivalries. We are in this together." 5. "It’s possible to make all the right decisions and end up with an undesired outcome. Ergo, the outcome cannot possibly be the measure of your decisions." 6. "Examine the reason — the real reason — behind the decisions you make. Your ego will get you every. Single. Time."
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"It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves."
Excerpts from the wonderful commencement speech delivered by Bill Watterson, Creator of Calvin & Hobbes, at Kenyon College.
Full speech can be found here: http://web.mit.edu/jmorzins/www/C-H-speech.html
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Uzo Osikhena, former Senior Program Manager with Clinton Health Access Initiative and currently with Aspen Management Partnership for Health (AMP Health), describes what working in the field of International Development (Global Health is like).
Uzo has an MBA from The Wharton School, with a focus on Finance and Management.
Some of the things that Uzo touches upon in this episode include:
- How Uzo's work in the international development practice at Accenture exposed her to the field and ultimately convinced her to work in Global Health full time
- How there are several disciplines within International Development - Global Health, Finance, Agriculture, Public Policy & Governance, Environment, etc.
- Examples of the kind of projects that someone would work in International Development
- How to think about the kind of roles you can pursue in International Development
- Uzo describes a project she worked on as part of the Clinton Health Access Initiative - Increasing access to family planning for women in Nigeria
- How her project involved changing people's attitude towards family planning, and why that was challenging
- Potential frustrations of working in International Development - financial tradeoffs vs other jobs such as banking, career trajectory can potentially plateau, it's not always the most efficient sector
- How to identify what problems to work on: Go to the website of a large donor such as Gates foundation, and start researching the areas you see there to see what aligns with your interests.
- Skills needed to do well on the job - Writing skills, ability to partner and build a sense of community, influence, communication and lots of compassion
- Resources: devex.com , developmentaid.org - https://www.developmentaid.org/#!/home , websites of orgs such as WHO, Unicef, Gates Foundation
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Jad Finck, VP of Innovation and Sustainability at Silicon Valley based eco-friendly woolen shoes company, Allbirds, shares his thoughts on what working in Sustainability is like.
Jad has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and MBA in Finance and Strategy, from University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business.
Jad will soon be hiring for his team, keep a lookout for openings on the Allbirds careers page here: https://www.allbirds.com/pages/careers If you're interested in applying, drop us an email with your resume at hello@learneducatediscover.com, so that we can share your resume with Jad.
Some of the areas that Jad touches upon in this episode include:
- What is Sustainable Innovation
- Examples of projects - Scouting for new materials, Lifecycle Assessment, etc.
- Types of activities a Sustainability expert might be work on during a project
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- How to be effective at your job - Sustainability needs to be backed by leadership
- How to assess importance of the sustainability function at a company by talking to people at the company - does it come up without you prompting them on it?
- Resources: Conferences such as Bio Based Markets, World Bio markets, Sustainable Brands, Outdoor Retailer, etc.
- How to stand out during recruiting - Have a point of view on what would you do if you were in our company
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Audio of the speech titled "You and Your Research", delivered by American Mathematician Richard Hamming in 1986.
This a great talk with a number of observations and recommendations for how to excel in your career. From working on important problems, to routinely examining your life, there are a number of ideas here that you can begin applying immediately.
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Jeremy Schifeling, Founder of BreakInto.Tech, a startup that helps people with non-technical backgrounds land jobs in Tech, shares numerous tips on how candidates can structure their job search and improve chances of success.
BreakInto.Tech has helped candidates land jobs at well known Tech companies such as Amazon, LinkedIn, Microsoft, etc. Jeremy has a BA in Political Science & Education from Swarthmore College and MBA from Ross School of Business, Michigan University.
Some of the areas that Jeremy touches upon in this episode include: 1. Why Jeremy started Break into Tech 2. How Jeremy realized that a technical background is not needed to work in Tech 3. Jeremy's recommendation for how to structure your job search process - Identify what role, position yourself, systematic approach to your applications, and interview prep 4. Examples of roles that are open to non-technical profiles 5. How non-technical roles tend to lie on a spectrum of super analytical (Eg: Business Analyst), to super relationships oriented (eg: Sales) 6. How to assess fit with a role - talk to people + volunteer for projects/gigs 7. Positioning yourself - focus on your LinkedIn profile and resume 8. How to optimize your LinkedIn profile - keywords and where to include them, good summary, and experience 9. Examples of how to phrase resume points differently depending on the function you are applying for 10. Don't wait for a referral when applying. You can add it to your application later 11. Resources - Google Alerts, Techmeme, Wikipedia, read 10K, https://www.breakinto.tech/, AngelList, LinkedIn , PMinterview.com 12. Don't hide your quirks and edges - they will help you stand out!
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On how to find fulfilling work. Excerpts from posts on BrainPickings.org and Paul Graham's essay on How to do what you love.
Posts cited: https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/04/23/how-to-find-fulfilling-work-roman-krznaric/ http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html
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As we approach the end of this year, and begin a new year, I would like to share this passage from the book 'On the Shortness of Life' by Seneca - on how life is long, if we know how to use it.
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Travis Moore, Founder of TechCongress (non-profit startup), describes how he and his team are creating a way for those interested to apply their tech skills to government. TechCongress is a year long fellowship, where fellows get the chance to work with members of Congress and leverage their technical skills to influence policy and legislation.
Some of the areas that Travis touches upon in this episode include:
- What is TechCongress
- Examples of projects TechCongress fellows work on
- Why Travis started TechCongress
- What a typical day looks like - from drafting statements in response to events (such as the Equifax breach), to working on longer term policy changes
- How this program is great for those looking to understand how govt and policy making works
- Future paths that Fellows end up taking
- Other programs like this - Presidential Innovation Fellows, but there are very few that exist
- Skills you pick up during the program - How Congress works, nuances of how coalitions form, negotiations, bill writing, policy research, etc.
- Skills a good fellow needs to have - technical ability, tech translation skills, people skills and teamwork
- Application timelines
- Interview Process
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Jiayi Liang, joined Amazon as a Product Manager in their Amazon Web Services business. After a few years, she joined their Entrepreneur in Residence program. In this episode, she shares her experience as an EIR (including what it was like to present to Jeff Bezos), and how she made the move from Product Manager to EIR.
Jiayi has a Bachelors in Economics from Beijing Foreign Studies University and MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Some of the areas that Jiayi touches upon in this episode include: 1. How she got into Product Management with zero technical background 2. How Jiayi focused on earning her team's trust from the get-go 3. How Jiayi developed proposals for ideas she had and circulated them within the company for two years, which helped her get in front of the right people 4. How Jiayi got into the Entrepreneur in Residence program at Amazon 5. Jiayi's meeting with Jeff Bezos to get seed funding for her idea 6. What happens in the Entrepreneur in Residence program 7. 3 qualities that enabled Jiayi to get into this program - openness to learning, resilience, and patience 8. How she really invested in learning about the business - which helped her build her network and earn trust 9. Setbacks that she had along this journey 10. Courses that Jiayi used to teach herself basics of computer science 11. Career advice
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Ian Murdock, Senor Manager of Marketing Analytics at cloud communications platform company, Twilio, describes in detail what a Marketing Analyst in Tech does. Good listen for anyone interested in Data and Tech.
Ian has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston, and MBA from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.
Some of the areas that Ian touches upon include: 1. Why Ian got interested in Analytics 2. What is Marketing Analytics 3. Examples of projects someone in this function might work on 4. Stages in a typical project 5. How analytics should drive decision making 6. Typical day in the life 7. How is success measured - timeliness, quality of analysis and ability to communicate 8. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 9. Examples of tools he uses - R, SQL, Python, Visualization tools 10. Not so interesting aspects of this job - how if your insights are unexpected, there can be a lot of resistance, and you really need to figure out how to persuade people 11. Difference between Analytics and Data Science 12. Career progression 13. Skills/Qualities in someone who is good at this job - comfort with numbers, ability to learn new tools and languages needed for the job, communication and curiosity 14. Typical background 15. Helpful resources for interested candidates 16. 3 questions you can ask yourself to assess if you will like the job 17. Tips for applying for similar jobs
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Taylor Pearson, Author of The End of Jobs, shares his thoughts on future of work, and his own journey as he transitioned from a full time job to writing a book and running a small business. Taylor's work has been covered in numerous publications including Business Insider, Huffington Post, etc. His book has also been recommended by James Altucher and Derek Sivers.
Taylor asserts that wealth is created at the "limit" or "bottleneck", that knowledge work is no longer the highest order of jobs given how we have access to amazing talent globally, and how entrepreneurial skills and being an entrepreneur is the new "limit".
Some of the areas that Taylor touches upon include: 1. Taylor answers the now famous Peter Thiel question - "What's one thing you believe in that no one agrees with you on" - Taylor thinks the skills of the future is going to be Marketing and the ability to distribute 2. Concept of limits - wealth is created at the bottlenecks, and how entrepreneurial skill is the new "limit" in careers 3. Taylor talks about how you can build the entrepreneurial skill - through apprenticeships or stair-stepping 4. Thoughts on "What are you optimizing your life for?"
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Simon Kirk, Co-Founder @RaisedBy.Us and Director of Business Development @InVisionApp, draws on his experience of organizing events over the last 10 years, and talks about how organizing events is a great way to build your own network. As co-founder of RaisedBy.Us, Simon has closed relationships with some of the leading startups of New York including Foursquare, Blue Apron, Birchbox, Squarespace, and many others.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. What kind of event to organize depending on the situation - Breakfast, Cocktail Hour/Happy Hour, Dinner 2. Whom to invite 3. How to get people to come when you're still new to the scene and don't know many people 4. How to "socially engineer" an event to make sure people have a good time 5. How a host's priority should be that attendees extract a lot of value from the event 6. Lots of resources and other tips for organizing events
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Alex Bentley, Product Management Leader and Coach at IBM, describes the role of an Offering Manager at IBM (IBM has renamed Product Management to Offering Management).
Alex has over 10 years of experience working as a Product Manager. He also leads the Associate Offering Manager program at IBM.
You can check out IBM's Associate Offering Manager program here: http://ibm.biz/aomprogram
Some of the areas that Alex talks about in this episode include: 1. How Offering Management is very similar to Product Management 2. Why IBM renamed Product Management to Offering Management - To emphasize the focus on building a business, as opposed to a product only 3. Difference between Offering Management at IBM and Product Management in some companies and Project Management 4. Examples of projects an Offering Manager might work on 5. How an Offering Manager/Product Manager needs to think like the CEO of the business 6. Examples of metrics that a Product/Offering Manager is evaluated on and how they vary with where the product is in its lifecycle 7. How Product/Offering Managers need to understand incentives of various stakeholders they work with - their customers, as well as internal stakeholders 8. Ability to say No and prioritize is critical 9. How Product/Offering Managers need to be able to context switch a lot. Alex blocks his calendar on Fridays to have some focused time for work. 10. Advice for candidates interested in breaking into Product Managemnt 11. Tons of helpful resources for interested candidates 12. Translate your work into measurable business impact when applying + what you did 13. Alex interviews a lot - common reasons why he rejects applicants for Product/Offering Management roles 14. Skills needed to do well in this job
Helen Chou, came to the US for her MBA at The Wharton School. Before that, she was working with Asus in Taiwan. In this episode, Helen shares a candid account of the challenges she faced as she went through recruiting, how networking was a scary experience in the beginning, and how she learnt to do it.
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Atif Nayeem, former Account Manager at Amazon, recently completed his MBA at Kellogg School of Management and recently received an offer as a Product Manager at Series B funded E-Commerce startup, Narvar. In this episode, Atif shares how he went about startup recruiting.
Some of things he touches upon include: 1. Why he decided to recruit for startups 2. How it's hard to change location, industry and function at the same time, and so he looked at e-commerce startups only 3. His startup selection criteria - how series B startups can be a good fit for MBAs 4. His application strategy - Applying online + sending a direct message to the recruiter or hiring manager on LinkedIn 5. What he wrote in these initial messages - his projects and skills that could be relevant to the role he was applying for 6. How going a step beyond to really show how interested you are in the startup is really helpful 7. His interview process and some interesting questions he was asked 8. How he evaluated his offer and negotiated it 9. Helpful resources for interested candidates
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Helen graduated from Wharton in 2014. After business school, she joined IBM’s leadership development rotational program and has been with IBM for three years now. She is currently a Product Manager on the IBM Watson Internet of Things platform. Prior to her MBA, Helen was a Business Development Manager at ASUS in Southeast Asia, traveling across Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
This episode covers some of the salient points outlined by Helen in this post - http://www.learneducatediscover.com/leadership-development-program
Helen touches upon: 1. What is the General Management Leadership Development Program at IBM 2. Pros and cons of doing a rotation program vs a regular job 3. How to decide whether such a program could be beneficial for you 4. Qualities needed to make the best use of such a program 5. Helpful resources
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Jim McCarthy works with executives to build happy, high-performance teams. He is an internationally acclaimed leadership consultant and motivational speaker. Jim’s workshops often include scientific research, anecdotes, writing exercises, group discussion, action items, and daily practices.
Jim has more than 19 years of executive and board level experience at Silicon Valley startups. He became employee # 258 at Yahoo in 1997, and later worked at NexTag, BlueLithium, and Drawbridge. Earlier in his career, Jim was an English teacher in Frankfurt, a business journalist in Madrid, and a McKinsey consultant in Munich.
Audiences deeply appreciate Jim’s unique perspective — as a Stanford MBA, Internet pioneer, world traveler, father, and person living with a cancer diagnosis.
In this episode, Jim shares what he learnt when he was diagnosed with cancer, and his message for others as they go through their own lives and careers.
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Malcolm Phelan, ex-consultant and techie, having worked at BCG, Dropbox and Webflow, and now twice Campaign Manager (currently managing the campaign for Miller for Georgia), talks about what it is like to work as a Political Campaign Manager.
Some of the things that Malcolm touches upon in this episode include: 1. What is campaign management 2. Elements of a political campaign 3. Skills you develop when working as a campaign manager 4. Resources for those who are interested in trying this out 5. How running a campaign is similar to managing a startup or a business 6. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 7. How to apply
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LED has partnered with Y Combinator backed startup Fullstack Academy, to bring to you these startup projects. Great opportunity for anyone interested in getting exposure to a high growth startup and making connections in the startup ecosystem.
Apply here: http://www.learneducatediscover.com/startup-projects
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Jordan Kong, Director of Business Operations and Board Observer at FoodTech startup Ando, talks about what working in Business Operations is like.
Some of the areas that Jordan touches upon in this episode include: 1. What's a venture studio (eg: Expa) and how it's great for people who want to work at a startup but dont have an idea 2. What does someone in Biz Ops do 3. Examples of projects someone in Biz Ops may work on 4. How this can be a highly cross-functional role and requires working with teams across the organization 5. How this is a data heavy role 6. How this role can take on either a strategic finance bent or an operations bent 7. How Biz Ops can be similar to an internal consulting role at times 8. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 9. How this is a relatively new function and so the career path is not very clear 10. How to assess the importance of the function on the outside/while recruiting 11. Qualities in someone who would enjoy this job 12. How to stand out in a cold mail 13. Recruiting and interviewing tips for interested candidates
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Akash Mayur, Manager at Management Consulting firm A.T. Kearney, Inc., shares some of the things that he does to excel in his role as a Management Consultant.
Some of the areas that we touch upon in this episode include:
- The role of a Management Consultant
- The 3 layers to a great Management Consultant - Analytics/Problem Solving, Communication skills, and Emotional Quotient
- Examples in each of the three layers to illustrate how this can make a difference
- Akash's tips on how to excel in each of these areas
- Other best practices for current and aspiring consultants
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George Zeng, Product Marketing Manager at Facebook, describes what is involved in working as a Product Marketing Manager and what you can do to excel in this role.
With an undergrad from Princeton, and grad from UPenn, and a highly diverse work experience ranging from Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, to running Sales for Groupon for Souther China, to starting and selling his healthcare startup, George shares a number of clear, actionable advice not just for people interested in this role but advice for anyone looking for simple tips that could help you excel in your career.
Some of the things we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Product Marketing Management
- Two broad components of this role
- Typical and atypical ways of doing this job - and how the atypical ways can help you achieve exceptional results
- Type of projects someone would work on in this role
- How the PMM role at Facebook might differ from other companies
- Interesting and challenging aspects of this job
- Common misconceptions about this role
- Qualities in a person who would enjoy this role
- Useful resources for interested candidates
- Tips for anyone interested in this role
- General tips for career greatness! :)
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Matteus Pan, Principal Product Manager at Bina Technologies, a genomics based cancer diagnostics company, and formerly Group Product Manager at Dropbox, talks about working as a Product Manager in the Biotech space. Bina Technologies was acquired by Roche Sequencing recently.
Matt has a bachelors in Economics and Computer Science Engineering from University of Pennsylvania.
Some of the things that Matt touches upon in this episode include: 1. Examples of problems that biotech companies are working on 2. Dimensions to think along when considering working in biotech 3. Types of projects a PM in biotech might work on 4. Differences between PMing in Biotech vs Tech 5. Team members you work with as a PM in biotech 6. Helpful books for developing some level of basic expertise and understanding of biological systems for laymen 7. How working in this space can be very rewarding 8. Challenging aspects of this job 9. Skills and qualities in someone who would excel as a PM in biotech 10. How to decide between PMing in tech vs biotech 11. How to apply and stand out
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Nimit Maru, Co-Founder of Fullstack Academy, shares his thoughts on startup recruiting for MBAs. Fullstack Academy is a Y Combinator backed startup that offers a top ranked coding bootcamp in the US.
Some of the areas that Nimit touches upon in this episode include:
- How to figure out the ideal startup size for yourself
- Which roles can be a good fit for MBAs
- How to sell a startup on the value you bring in.
- Startups value doers. That it's important to show them you are good, not just tell them
- How to get to know people in the startup ecosystem
- How to find good companies
- Compensation range you can expect
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Priyadarshini Routh, Director Sales Strategy and Operations @SalesforceIQ, goes into great detail on what working in Sales Strategy and Ops entails.
Priyadarshini has an MBA in Marketing and Operations from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining SalesforceIQ, Priyadarshini has worked in Management Consulting with McKinsey & Co., in Business Development at Cisco, and was a Senior Manager for Kindle Content Acquisition at Amazon.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What kind of problems does someone in Sales Strategy & Operations work on. Eg: Defining sales quotas, identifying territories, etc.
- Examples of typical projects that someone might work on in this function
- Qualities needed in someone to enjoy working in this function. Eg: Analytics Skills, Problem Solving, Ability to Influence, etc.
- Interesting and challenging aspects of working in this function
- Advice for candidates interested in working in this function
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Kim Hess, a high altitude climber, shares her journey on how she is carving a career as a professional mountaineer. Over the span of her career, Kim has climbed many peaks, including Everest, Denali and Kilimanjaro.
In this discussion, Kim talks about: 1. Some scary and beautiful moments that Kim has experienced while on her expeditions 2. How to looks for corporate sponsors - how it needs finding a unique message and platform that you can provide that sponsors like 3. How you can get creative with who sponsors you. Eg: Kim was sponsored by a healthcare company. It's not just outdoors companies that you can approach. 4. How she deals with the fear of dying or something going horribly wrong - that she'd rather die doing something that she enjoys than dying in a traffic accident 5. That for Kim, this is about pushing herself and testing her boundaries - mentally, physically and emotionally 6. How being good at the sport is only a starting point - then you need to be a good storyteller and humble in order to make a career out of it 7. How saying "I AM a good fit" rather than "I THINK I'm a good fit" to sponsors made a big difference 8. Recommended resources
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Richard Ruback and Royce Rudkoff, Professors at Harvard Business School and Authors of the book HBR Guide To Buying A Small Business, talk about how apart from going into a traditional job or starting your own company, there is now a third option to consider - buying a small business and running it like your own company.
Some of the areas Richard and Royce touch upon in this episode include: 1. Why buying a small business is a great option for those who want independence but perceive starting your company from scratch as too risky 2. How to search for a small business to buy 3. What the search process looks like 4. The kind of businesses that you can buy - and how they typically yield between $500K - $2-4M in annual profits 5. Recommended resources
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Cristina Cordova, first Business Development hire at Stripe and former Head of Business Development at Pulse (acquired by LinkedIn), talks at length about a career in Business Development in Tech.
As part of Stripe, Cristina has led complex deals to rapidly expand Stripe’s business through partnerships with companies including Apple, Facebook, Freshbooks, GoDaddy, Intuit, OpenTable, Pinterest, Twitter, Volusion and Xero.
At Pulse, Cristina sourced and closed partnerships with hundreds of media organizations, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Reuters, Bloomberg & BBC News.
Cristina has a Bachelors in Political Science from Stanford University.
Some of the areas that Cristina touches upon in this episode include: 1. What is business development and how is it different from Sales 2. Examples of projects she has worked on, such as getting Pulse app pre-loaded on Kindle Fire 3. How BD deals can vary from product partnerships to simple cross-marketing/distribution deals 4. Stages in a typical project 5. How outreach to potential partners can happen through investors' networks, company's network and your own network. 6. How a small startup or a company looking for very specific deals, might look for a hire who is already very well networked 7. Why good BD people tend to be generalists 8. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 9. How this can be a high-stakes job, with high highs and low lows 10. How this is a very external facing role, and so you need to be comfortable with working with people with a variety of different working styles 11. How a candidate's resume should ideally indicate whether they have worked with product or engineering in the past, prior deal experience and impact of those deals 12. Recommended resources 13. How you should join a company that has a negotiating style similar to yours and where you can learn from the people around you
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Pascal Finette, VP Startup Solutions and Entrepreneurship Chair at Singularity University, talks about Exponential Thinking and Singularity University in this episode.
Pascal was previously Director of Open Innovation Group and Mozilla Labs at Mozilla Corporation. He was also Portfolio Manager at Google.org.
Some of the areas that Pascal touches upon in this episode include: 1. What is Singularity University 2. Types of programs offered at Singularity University including those for startups and a 10 weeks program (which is sponsored so free for candidates) 3. Examples of people you may find at Singularity University 4. Linear vs Exponential thinking 5. Resources to expose yourself to exponential thinking 6. Pascal's journey - how he realized early on that he is good at starting things and stuck with that 7. How going above and beyond in every job has helped him be successful and surround himself with great people. 8. Pay it forward and help people 9. Life happens in 2-3 year episodes. Your career will last for 40 years. If a few episodes don't work out, it's fine!
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Sanjana Tandon, Director of Business Development at Hulu and previously in Business Development at Dropbox and Intuit, talks about what working in Business Development is like. Sanjana has worked on a number of strategic partnerships during her tenure, including driving a deal with American Express while at Intuit.
Sanjana has BA in Economics from Stanford University.
Some of the areas that Sanjana touches upon in this episode include: 1. What is Business Development 2. How having a strong network can be a big benefit in BD, especially if you work at a smaller company 3. How this role tends to vary depending on the size of the company 4. How to assess whether Business Development is important at a company or not 5. Skills and qualities found in successful BD professionals 6. Typical project in BD 7. How BD professionals need to be great negotiators 8. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 9. Recommended resources
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Annie Liu, Global Consulting Director at OgilvyRED, the consulting arm of the well known advertising and marketing agency Ogilvy & Mather, talks about what working in Brand Consulting is all about.
Annie has a Bachelor of Science, Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and MBA from The Wharton School.
Some of the areas Annie touches upon in this episode include:
- What is a brand and what is brand consulting
- Type of projects that a brand consultant might work on
- How brand consulting is a mix of creativity and analytics
- Examples of methodologies used by brand consultants for research
- Difference between brand and management consulting
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- Suggested resources for interested candidates
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NYT Bestselling Author of "Positive Intelligence" and Faculty at Stanford and Yale Business Schools, Shirzad Charmine, talks about his research on the inner saboteurs within our minds, and shares tips and suggestions on how to improve our performance and realize our full potential.
Shirzad was previously CEO of the largest coach-training organization in the world, having trained coaches and managers in most of the Fortune 500 companies. A preeminent C-suite advisor, Shirzad has coached hundreds of CEOs and their executive teams. His background includes PhD studies in neuroscience in addition to a BA in psychology, an MS in electrical engineering, and an MBA from Stanford.
Some of the areas that Shirzad touches upon in this episode: 1. The positive and negative forces inside our minds 2. The fateful day at his own company many years ago that transformed Shirzad and led to him doing this research 3. Exercises that each of us can do to take our minds to a more positive state, in as few as just a few minutes. 4. How to think about realizing your full potential
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Jessica Brody, Director of People & Talent at Crunchbase, shares her tips and insights for startup recruiting for MBAs.
Crunchbase is a database spun out from TechCrunch that charts startups, other tech companies, the people who work for them, and those who fund them.
Here's a sneak peak at what Jessica shares in this episode: 1. While there may be a notion that startups do not value MBAs, Jessica disagrees 2. Pretty much all roles are open to MBAs such as Business Development, Marketing, PM, HR etc. There do tend to be more MBAs in Marketing and BD sort of roles that use the MBA skill set more 3. Product roles can also be filled by MBAs - with or without technical backgrounds. Depends on what kind of product you'll be building. 4. Recruiting for startups is not structured at all - candidates need to pursue the startup rather than the other way around. 5. If you don't see a role that's a good fit on the careers page of a startup, don't despair! Still email them and tell them you want to work for them, and they might create something for you. 6. Get a referral for applying. Get to know the employees and use the opportunity to learn more about the company. 7. Don't hesitate from negotiating your offer
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Justin Watzka, Founder of The Coachman Hotel in South Lake Tahoe, California, shares his experience of starting a hospitality business. Coachman Hotel was featured among the "Most Instagrammable New Hotels" in Vogue in Sept 2016.
Prior to starting his own hotel, Justin was with Marriott for about 7 years (Marriott Vacation Club and Ritz-Carlton). He did his undergrad from Cornell University and has an MBA from The Wharton School.
Some of the areas Justin touches upon in this episode include: 1. How Justin decided to start something to create his own mark and be in charge 2. How he attracted their first guests in the beginning 3. How he traveled extensively to gather good ideas to include in his hotel - eg: Learning from the emphasis on customer service in Asia 4. How it can be hard to raise money from banks for first timers in this space, since they tend to look for people with operational experience. 5. Rule of thumb - you can spend 1000 times the rate you can expect for a room 6. How hiring a great team is absolutely key - to handle operations, to handle real estate, etc. 7. It's important to decide how involved do you want to be - do you want to do the day to day checking-in etc? Or do you want to focus on more strategic long term initiatives? 8. Ways to scale: Eg: How you can scale by opening more properties or offering your management services 10. Resources to help you along
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Jan Konetzki, Director of Wine at Four Seasons London and former Head Sommelier at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay (Royal Hospital Road, London), talks to us about what working as a sommelier is all about.
Jan has worked across several Michelin star restaurants, and today he counts as one of Europe’s most talented and exceptional sommeliers. You can check out his website at http://www.jankonetzki.com/
Some of the areas Jan touches upon in this episode include: 1. How a great sommelier needs to be both passionate about wine as well as helping guests have a great time 2. Importance of training as an apprentice for becoming a sommelier 3. How to develop your palette - that anyone can do it, start with noticing the smells and flavors around you 4. Sommeliers need to be good at reading guests - ask the right questions to avoid language confusion 5. How Jan keeps all the information about so many wines in his mind - using visual aids such as maps and recording his answers to questions which he listens to during his commute 6. How as a sommelier you get the chance to meet amazing people who're your guests. 8. If you want to become a sommelier, try and experience the environment of hospitality - Talk to sommeliers in a restaurant. Assess how much is the service part important for you and how much is the wine part important to you.
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Michael Kirk, Marketer Researcher with Procter & Gamble, talks about working in Consumer Insights and Market Research in CPG. Michael has over 6 years of experience working in this space, across globally known brands such as Pantene, Braun, and Fabric Care (eg: Tide, Ariel, etc.).
Some of the areas that Michael touches upon in this episode include:
- What makes a good consumer insights and illustrative examples
- The job of someone in Market Research in CPG
- Example of a typical project and the activities a market researcher would engage in
- How the success of someone in Market Research is assessed
- Qualities in someone would enjoy working in this space and the importance of storytelling
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- Tips for interested candidates - how to apply, and how to stand out
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Kartik Parija, Co-Founder @AdoriLabs and Ex-VC, describes how acting as a "connector" for the people around you, can be a very very simple yet effective way to become a trusted member of your network, as well as to build and grow your own network.
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Jim McCarthy works with executives to build happy, high-performance teams. He is an internationally acclaimed leadership consultant and motivational speaker. Jim’s workshops often include scientific research, anecdotes, writing exercises, group discussion, action items, and daily practices.
Jim has more than 19 years of executive and board level experience at Silicon Valley startups. He became employee # 258 at Yahoo in 1997, and later worked at NexTag, BlueLithium, and Drawbridge. Earlier in his career, Jim was an English teacher in Frankfurt, a business journalist in Madrid, and a McKinsey consultant in Munich.
Audiences deeply appreciate Jim’s unique perspective — as a Stanford MBA, Internet pioneer, world traveler, father, and person living with a cancer diagnosis.
In this episode, Jim talks about the concept of "Affirmations", and how they can be used to train your mind for success.
Jim has come on the show before on Ep 65 titled "Live As If You Have Cancer" - http://www.learneducatediscover.com/live-as-if-you-have-cancer
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Amy Chiu, Partnerships Development Manager for IBM Watson Health, describes her role in detail. Prior to joining IBM, Amy Chiu was in Strategy & Operations at Sutter Health. She has a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Yale University and MBA, Healthcare Management from The Wharton School.
Some of the areas Amy touches upon in this episode include: 1. What does a Partnership development manager do? 2. How her role is different compared to a Partnership Manager for a mature product, and has components of Business Development, Product Management and Project Management. 3. Elements of a typical project she works on 4. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 5. What kind of person would enjoy this role 6. Advice and resources for interested candidates
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Doris Huang, Founder & CEO at Fete New York, talks about how her journey to starting Fete New York - a food court she plans on launching soon in New York.
Prior to starting Fete, Doris was a Senior Manager at Godiva Chocolatier. She has a Bachelor of Arts, Government from Harvard University, MSc in Latin American Studies from University of Oxford, and MBA from The Wharton School.
Some of the areas Doris touches upon in this episode include: 1. How Doris got the idea for Fete New York 2. Validating her idea - how Doris gathered data by observing people in coffee shops! 3. How Doris is cold calling people - what's worked and what's not worked 4. Being a solo founder and the importance of a support group 5. How she got funded 6. Challenges of starting a brick and mortar business vs something online 7. Advice for entrepreneurs
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Christopher Lochhead is the co-author of "Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets". Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce.com says “Every entrepreneur looking to alter the landscape and every CEO looking to reimagine their business can learn from Play Bigger.”
Christopher is a former three-time public company CMO and entrepreneur. Fast Company Magazine calls him a "Human Exclamation Point” and The Economist calls him "off-putting to some”.
In this episode, Chris talks about the concept of "Category Design", and how individuals can apply it to their careers.
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Ashley Kirk, the first Data Journalist at The Telegraph, gives a detailed account of what working as a data journalist entails. Data journalism is a relatively new space that is emerging as a "hot" career these days.
Prior to The Telegraph, Ashley has written for several publications, including the Guardian, the Independent and City A.M. Ashley has a Bachelor in English degree from University of Birmingham and a Master in Interactive Journalism degree from City University London.
If you're curious about the kind of story a Data Journalist would work on, here are 3 stories that Ashley has written for The Telegraph:
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What Africa will look like in a 100 years - http://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/Africa-in-100-years/
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Hillary Clinton failed to win over Black, Hispanic and Female voters -http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/09/hillary-clinton-failed-to-win-over-black-hispanic-and-female-vot/
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The claims that won it for Brexit, fact checked - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/22/eu-referendum-fact-checking-the-big-claims1/
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Data Journalism
- Difference between a Data Journalist and a "regular" Journalist
- Stages in the lifecycle of a "Data" story
- How data sourcing can be a challenge when working as a data journalist
- Ashley's thoughts on the kind of person would enjoy working in this space
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- How interested candidates should use online resources to begin building their brand and carve a niche for themselves
- Some great resources for interested candidates to check out
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Mara Brazer, Founder & CEO of Brazer Communications, a PR firm that boasts of companies such as GAP and Lucasfilm as clients, shares her thoughts on how someone can build and grow their network.
Some of the areas Mara talks about include: 1. If you're shy, find the other shy people at events 2. Ask questions that make the other person open up. Mara shares examples. 3. Have your elevator pitch ready 4. Follow up with the people you meet at an event 5. Use volunteering and interest based activities as a good way to begin meeting people
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Virali Modi was paralyzed neck down when she was just 14. Today, she is a Top Quora Writer (68.5K followers), a published writer across many esteemed publications including Slate, Buzzfeed, etc., and Miss Wheelchair India 2014 Runner Up.
In this episode, Virali shares her story, how she was paralyzed - a harrowing 23 day period during which she had near death experiences, thrice.
While suffering from depression for a long time and coming close to attempting suicide, today Virali is a positive and ambitious person, with a very hopeful attitude towards life.
Virali's motto in life is "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" from the movie Finding Nemo. In this episode, she shares her story and message with LED listeners.
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Ariel Lee, Former Category Manager at CVS Health, shares with us what the role of a Category Manager at a large Retail company is all about.
At CVS Health, Ariel was responsible for $300M P&L and 16+ partners across 7,800 stores and CVS.com. Ariel has a BA in Neuroscience from Cornell University, and an MBA with a focus on Marketing and Strategy from Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Category Management
- The day to day job of a Category Manager in Retail
- Importance of understanding consumer behavior to be a good category manager
- Dealing and negotiating with multiple partners for your category
- The kind of person who would do well in this job - dealing with multiple stakeholders, lot of data analysis, deadlines, etc.
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- Tips for interested candidates
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Sairee Chahal, Founder & CEO of sheroes.in, an India based careers destination for women with >1M members, shares her journey, how she started Sheroes, the decisions she took and her approach towards life and career overall.
Nominated for the Editor’s choice for L’oreal Femina Women’s Award, she is also a Cartier Women’s Award Initiative for 2012 alumni, a TED speaker, Business Today, Most Powerful Women in Indian Business 2012 and has been featured on shows like Young Turks, Pioneering Spirit and What Women Want.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. Sairee's childhood and beginnings 2. Her voracious appetite for reading 3. Her first foray into startups - Newslink, a company that provided local news to ships 4. How she started Fleximoms, which later inspired Sheroes 5. Qualities that have led to her success 6. Her realization that she could have been even more ambitious 7. Advice for overall career greatness!
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Ritu Dalmia, Indian Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur, shares her experiences from her career as a successful chef and her thoughts on how someone can build a career as a chef.
Ritu is the chef and co-owner of the popular Italian restaurant "Diva" in New Delhi, India. Her other restaurants include "Latitude 28" and "Cafe Diva".
She hosted a cooking show called "Italian Khana" for NDTV Good Times for three seasons, and has published five cooking books. Today, she hosts a travel and cooking show called Travelling Diva that airs on NDTV Good Times channel.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. How Ritu got into a career in cooking 2. Ritu's beliefs on whether going to a cooking school is needed 3. What being a chef is all about and how it's much more about leadership and management than just about cooking 4. How she always follows her gut 5. The experience she tries to create in her restaurants 6. Great food movies! 7. Qualities in someone who should consider becoming a Chef 8. Ritu's litmus test for anyone who wants to work with her - Olio Aglio pasta! 9. Tips and suggestions for aspiring chefs
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Miwa Gardener-Page, Strategic Partner Manager at Google, shares some great tips for building your network including how you can be more effective at events and how to connect with people on LinkedIn and other similar platforms.
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In this holiday episode, Vishal Srivastav, currently a Product Manager at Amazon, and who was also the very first guest on LED (Episode 1 on Product Marketing Management), shares his suggestions on books and podcasts for you to check out in the coming year. Vishal shares some great suggestions, from biographies, to personal growth, to physics and books in a number of other genres. Thank you for listening!!
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Andrew McCoomb, Litigation Lawyer with Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, gives a great in-depth account of what working as a lawyer entails. This is a great listen for anyone interested in exploring a career in law.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. How Andrew's interest in debating contributed to his decision to get into Law 2. What someone in Corporate Litigation does 3. Andrew walks us through a typical case, from beginning to end 4. What it's like to argue your case in court 5. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 6. Advice for interested candidates
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Jim McCarthy works with executives to build happy, high-performance teams. He is an internationally acclaimed leadership consultant and motivational speaker. Jim’s workshops often include scientific research, anecdotes, writing exercises, group discussion, action items, and daily practices.
Jim has more than 19 years of executive and board level experience at Silicon Valley startups. He became employee # 258 at Yahoo in 1997, and later worked at NexTag, BlueLithium, and Drawbridge. Earlier in his career, Jim was an English teacher in Frankfurt, a business journalist in Madrid, and a McKinsey consultant in Munich.
Audiences deeply appreciate Jim’s unique perspective — as a Stanford MBA, Internet pioneer, world traveler, father, and person living with a cancer diagnosis.
In this episode, Jim shares what he learnt when he was diagnosed with cancer, and his message for others as they go through their own lives and careers.
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Michelle Taylerson, Senior PR Manager at Amazon, shares her thoughts on working in Public Relations. With more than 15 years of experience in PR, Michelle shares a number of great stories and insights from here career so far in this episode.
Some of the areas we touch upon include: 1. What the job of a PR manager entails 2. Examples of projects that a PR manager works on 3. What a crisis situation might look like for someone in PR 4. Difference between working at a PR agency vs being in the PR deptt of a large company 5. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 6. Importance of relationships in PR 7. Helpful resources for candidates interested in working in PR
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James Eder, Founder of The Beans Group and CausrApp, shares a number of great tips for how you can build and grow your network, including thinking about Networking more as "Net-Giving". Great way to add value to those around you and build your network!
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I'm excited to share my new podcast with you guys, titled Just Connect, a short, 12 episode series that will focus on ideas on how you can build and grow your network. Please do subscribe to the podcast! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-connect/id1180382202?mt=2
This episode features the second episode from Just Connect, especially for my beloved LED listeners :) In this episode, you will hear from Maya Bisineer, a seasoned product executive in Silicon Valley (Founder & CEO Memetales, VP Product @BlogHer acquired by SheKnows Media in 2014). She shares her thoughts on how you can build a mentoring relationship with someone you respect and admire. Maya also touches upon the important difference between a Mentor and a Sponsor, and how it can help even more to have a Sponsor as opposed to a Mentor.
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This is an in-between episode where Simon Kirk, Co-Founder @RaisedBy.Us and Director of Business Development @InVisionApp, draws on his experience of organizing events over the last 10 years, and shares tips and insights on how to organize events to build your network.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. What kind of event to organize depending on the situation - Breakfast, Cocktail Hour/Happy Hour, Dinner 2. Whom to invite 3. How to get people to come when you're still new to the scene and don't know many people 4. How to "socially engineer" an event to make sure people have a good time 5. How a host's priority should be that attendees extract a lot of value from the event 6. Lots of resources and other tips for organizing events
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Ankur Bansal, Co-Founder @SnapSaves, went from starting SnapSaves to getting acquired by Groupon in just 11 months. In this episode, Ankur shares what that journey was like and shares advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Some things that Ankur talks about: 1. How he came up with the idea for SnapSaves 2. How he and his team had a great understanding of their strengths (Sales and their Network) and started from there 3. How he and his team focused on sales and revenue right from the beginning 4. How the Groupon conversation came to be 5. Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
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Priyadarshini Routh, Director Sales Strategy and Operations @SalesforceIQ, goes into great detail on what working in Sales Strategy and Ops entails.
Priyadarshini has an MBA in Marketing and Operations from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining SalesforceIQ, Priyadarshini has worked in Management Consulting with McKinsey & Co., in Business Development at Cisco, and was a Senior Manager for Kindle Content Acquisition at Amazon.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What kind of problems does someone in Sales Strategy & Operations work on. Eg: Defining sales quotas, identifying territories, etc.
- Examples of typical projects that someone might work on in this function
- Qualities needed in someone to enjoy working in this function. Eg: Analytics Skills, Problem Solving, Ability to Influence, etc.
- Interesting and challenging aspects of working in this function
- Advice for candidates interested in working in this function
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Alexandra Breedlove left a steady, well paying job in Management Consulting and moved to Tanzania to try and have an impact at a grass-roots level. In this episode, Aly shares with us the various projects she worked on while in Tanzania, including as a contractor with well known organizations such as Acumen Fund and TechnoServe, and her experiences working in International Development.
Aly has a Bachelors in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing an MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- The kind of projects Aly worked on with Acumen Fund and TechnoServe
- The kind of challenges Aly ran into when working on the ground in Tanzania
- Importance of knowing the local language when working in International Development
- Highlights from Aly's 5 years in Tanzania
- Importance of relationships for finding work in this sector
- Recommended resources for people interested in working in International Development
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This is an in-between episode, where James Eder, Founder of The Beans Group, a UK based media company, shares his journey and his take on what he has done that he thinks has enabled him to see the success that he has seen today.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- How James started Student Beans
- Importance of getting over the fear of failure and rejection
- Importance of putting yourself out there
- Not being afraid to ask for help
- Many many anecdotes and stories that show how James has been able to "manufacture serendipity" in his life
- Cold calling and following up
- Book recommendations
- James's latest project Causr, an app that seeks to connect professionals on the go - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/causr/id1129819484?mt=8
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Jonathan Karpfen, Experience Researcher at Airbnb and Principal UX Researcher at LinkedIn before Airbnb, goes into the details of a what working as a UX Researcher is all about in this episode.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- How and why did Jonathan go into UX Research
- What is UX Research
- Example of a project that Jonathan worked on at LinkedIn as a UX Researcher
- What kind of problems does Jonathan work on as an Experience Researcher at Airbnb
- How UX Research comes down to being able to understand people and their behaviors
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- A list of books for budding researchers or for anyone curious about how great products are designed
- Recruiting tips
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Akash Mayur, Manager at Management Consulting firm A.T. Kearney, Inc., shares some of the things that he does to excel in his role as a Management Consultant.
Some of the areas that we touch upon in this episode include:
- The role of a Management Consultant
- The 3 layers to a great Management Consultant - Analytics/Problem Solving, Communication skills, and Emotional Quotient
- Examples in each of the three layers to illustrate how this can make a difference
- Akash's tips on how to excel in each of these areas
- Other best practices for current and aspiring consultants
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Tom is an international bestselling author, who has written many books including "The Kindle Publishing Bible," "The Amazon Analytics Bible," "Rich By 22: How To Achieve Business Success At An Early Age," "Facebook For Business Owners," "How To Make Money With Twitter" and "The Kindle Writing Bible," among others.
Today, Tom not only has a successful business around writing and selling ebooks, but he also teaches new and established authors and writers how to emulate his success in writing.
Tom is also the founder of TCK Publishing, which partners with fiction and non-fiction authors as the publisher and marketing expert to help writers get their message and story to millions of readers all over the world. Learn more at www.TCKPublishing.com
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- The process of self-publishing a book
- Key aspects to consider when self-publishing: Branding, Name of the book, Description, etc.
- What makes a good book title
- How to construct a good book description
- How to think about pricing your book
- Tom's writing process and the importance of "thinking time"
- Key characteristics of a book that does well
- Attributes of someone who will enjoy and be good at self-publishing
- Tons of resources!
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Today marks the one year anniversary of Learn Educate Discover - a BIG thank you to all LED listeners! :)
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This is an in-betweenisode (term borrowed from the Tim Ferriss show), where we share how sharing your passion, interests, opinions and thoughts with people around you can slowly open up doors and opportunities for you, and help you build your tribe.
Our guest on this episode is Neetal Parekh, Founder @Innov8social, Author of the book "51 Questions on Social Entrepreneurship", and a regular speaker at various Social Impact focused events. She started with a blog on social impact, and today gets routinely invited to speak at events and conferences, including at places such as Stanford Law School, Santa Clara University Law School, The Good Radio Network, etc.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. How and why Neetal started her blog 2. What stops people from sharing their work and interests, and how to get around this fear 3. The kind of opportunities that opened up for Neetal once she started putting her work out there 4. Importance of showing up and raising your hand 5. Your personal brand vs your project's brand
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Learn about a career in Brand Management in Consumer Products and Goods industry, in this discussion with Uttam Mukherjee, Brand Manager for Fabric Care, and ex-Senior Assistant Brand Manager for Tide, at P&G.
Some of the things we touch upon in this episode include:
- What does a Brand Manager in CPG do?
- Comparing Brand Management in CPG with Product Management in Tech
- The end-to-end process of launching a new Brand and what a Brand Manager works on at each stage
- Importance of consumer insights in Brand Management (Uttam shares an example from a case study on Old Spice)
- The 4 qualities needed to excel as a Brand Manager
- Typical Career Path
- Interesting and Challenging aspects of the job
- Recruiting tips for interested candidates
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Arun Penmetsa, Principal @Storm Ventures, talks about working as a Venture Capitalist in this episode. Storm Ventures is a Silicon Valley based early stage Enterprise SaaS focused Venture Fund, with many successful investments including well-known names such as Marketo and MobileIron.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Venture Capital
- Different levels in a VC firm and their roles & responsibilities
- How Venture Capital is ultimately a relationships based business
- Typical end-to-end deal process and what a VC does at each stage
- How working in VC exposes you to brilliant entrepreneurs and ideas on a regular basis
- How a VC adds value to a startup
- Future of VC
- Top 5 qualities a good VC needs to have
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- Recruiting tips for interested candidates
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Manny Fernandez is an Angel Investor and Serial Entrepreneur. Manny is the founder of SF Angels Group. In 2014, Manny was named the San Francisco Angel Investor of the Year. In 2016, Manny was named in Inc. Magazine’s list of the top 33 entrepreneurs to watch. He is also the Co-Founder of Equity Crowdfunding platform DreamFunded.com.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Angel Investing
- Importance of Networking to be an Angel (and otherwise)
- How an Angel adds value to a startup
- Manny shares examples of his hits and misses
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
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Zach Pinnell, Founder @BlogToJob.com has over 700,000 views on his answers on Quora, and has been able to successfully leverage Quora to drive traffic to his website. In this episode, Zach goes into the mechanics of how you can strategically answer questions on Quora to get more views on your answers that in turn helps you build your brand.
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Zach Pinnell, Founder @BlogToJob.com, and a successful Drop-Shipper, describes what is drop shipping and how you can set up a drop shipping business from scratch, in this episode. With over half a million views on his answers on drop shipping on Quora, and many detailed how-to guides for drop shipping, Zach Pinnell is a great guide for anyone interested in exploring drop shipping.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is drop shipping
- Steps to setting up a drop shipping business - how to find a product to sell, how to set up a sales page and how to market it
- Common mistakes you can make and how to avoid them
- Marketing ideas you can explore for your sales page
- Tons and tons of resources
- Interesting and challenging aspects of setting up and running a drop shipping business
- How drop shipping can be a great source of passive side income, and can also become a big enough business of it own
Zach shares a number of great resources which you can check out on our website http://www.learneducatediscover.com/#!drop-shipping/uly8d , such as:
The headbands Sales page Zach talks about: http://artisanhabit.com/ Zach's blog where you can sign up for his free video series on how to set up a drop shipping business: http://blogtojob.com/build-profitable-dropshipping-sales-page/ Zach's Quora Profile: https://www.quora.com/profile/Zach-Pinnell
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Shane Zhao, Community Manager at OpenIDEO, describes in detail what the job of an Online Community Manager entails. Great listen for anyone interested in exploring roles in Tech and Startups, with an interest in working in Social Media, Brand Management, Content Strategy, etc.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is online community management
- How the community manager plays a key role in the success of challenges hosted by OpenIDEO
- How the role of a community manager shifts between that of a "Dinner Host" and a "Teaching Assistant"
- Typical day for a community manager
- Tactics used by Shane to scale his role
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- Further career paths for community managers
- Advice and resources for interested candidates
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Morgan Miles, Senior Development Manager at PN Hoffman and currently working on The Wharf, one of the largest mixed use development projects on the east coast, describes in detail the job of someone in Real Estate Development.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Real Estate Development
- Key stages in a typical Real Estate Development project
- Impact of working on a big and important project on your career
- The kind of issues someone in this space needs to work on
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- How to recruit for a job in real estate
- Useful resources for interested candidates
EDIT: PN Hoffman has been working on The Wharf for 10 yrs, not 11.
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Shoji Ueki, Head of Growth & Sales at OrderAhead, describes what working in Growth in Tech entails. Having worked as Director of User Growth at another Silicon Valley based company, Kiwi Inc., and now heading Growth at OrderAhead, Shoji shares a number of great examples and stories that illustrate this job very well.
Some of the areas that we touch upon in this episode include:
- What someone in Growth works on
- Thought process that someone in Growth might use to devise various Growth Strategies
- Examples of growth campaigns that Shoji worked on - what worked, and what didn't
- How OrderAhead tacked the 2-sided market problem
- Building a "Growth Loop"
- Why someone in Growth has to be very comfortable with experimentation
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- How interested candidates can stand out when applying
- Useful resources to learn more about this job
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This is a section of the discussion with Jennifer Royer, Director Product Marketing at DocuSign (Ep 43), where she talks about her experiences when recruiting for tech roles while she was at Business School at Wharton.
Jennifer shares a number a very helpful tips and stories including: 1. Challenges she faced when recruiting 2. Her strategy for recruiting 3. How she reached out to companies 4. Interview tips 5. Qualities needed to succeed in a Product Marketing role in Tech
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Jennifer Royer, Director Product Marketing at the high-growth Silicon Valley company, DocuSign, describes in detail what the role of a product marketer in tech entails.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What does DocuSign do
- Role of a Product Marketer at a high-growth company in Tech
- Types of projects that Jennifer has worked on
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- Examples of marketing campaigns that are creative and effective
- Recruiting tips for MBA candidates
- How can MBA candidates get jobs in Silicon Valley
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Audrey Proulx, an up-and-coming Pop Singer and Songwriter, describes what goes into building a career as a singer. Audrey recently released her first music video for her song "Try", which has received more than a 1M views on Facebook in a matter of a few months only!
Armed with a CS degree and MBA, both from Stanford University, Audrey talks about how she draws upon her Silicon Valley Tech and Business background to approach her music career in a fresh and entrepreneurial fashion.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. The importance of the business aspects of building a career as a singer - such as areas like Branding, Social Media, etc. 2. Typical components that go into getting that final song 3. How Audrey's music video went viral 4. How Audrey uses her tech and business background to build her brand and grow her audience 5. Advice for budding singers
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Zahara Kassam, Asset Manager at Marathon Asset Management, describes working in the field of Real Estate Private Equity in detail.
Prior to joining Marathon, Zahara was a Director in the European Investment Analysis team at InterContinental Hotels Group, where she structured franchise, management, joint venture and M&A transactions to increase the distribution of IHG's brands. She has also worked as a Microfinance Fellow in rural India with the Aga Khan Foundation Canada, and Citigroup’s Corporate & Investment Banking Group.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. What is Real Estate Private Equity 2. Private Equity Business Model 3. What is Asset Management 4. Day to day aspects of working as an Asset Manager 5. Interesting and challenging aspects of working in this space 6. Recruiting tips and useful resources
EDIT: 28:10 - Building more rooms to add value is summarized wrongly in the discussion as increased value due to increase in occupancy. It's primarily due to increased ability to accommodate more paying guests.
EDIT: 33:55 - While in the episode, we discussed only cases where a PE fund takes over a business entirely, it is possible for a PE fund to have a stake in a company and not buy it outright.
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U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Arsalan Suleman, talks at length about his job. Great listen for anyone interested in learning more about a career working at the State Department or holding a Diplomatic position!
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What does the job of the US Special Envoy to the OIC include
- What kind of issues someone in this position works on
- Sample project and associated challenges
- Interesting and not-so-interesting aspects of this job
- Qualities in an individual who might enjoy working in such a role
- Useful resources for interested candidates
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Dr. Ioana Cozmuta, Microgravity Lead at Space Portal, NASA Ames Research Center, describes her job in detail. This is a great episode for anyone who is interested in learning about technologies that can truly change the world!
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- Introduction to Dr. Ioana and her job [4:40-9:45]
- Commercialization aspects of low earth orbit [9:45]
- Sample project that Dr. Ioana has worked on as Microgravity Lead at Space Portal [16:00]
- How to think about opportunities in New Space Economy [21:00]
- Key decisions that have enabled Dr. Ioana get to where she is today [36:00]
- Recommendations for people interested in exploring a career in Space [49:00]
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Liz Wessel, Co-Founder and CEO of WayUp.com gives us a glimpse into what the life of a CEO of a startup is like.
CNN named WayUp one of "30 innovative companies changing the world in 2015" and Liz herself was featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in Jan 2016.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- The role of a CEO of a startup
- How do you define a startup
- Tough decisions you have to make as CEO
- Common mistakes made by young founder CEOs
- What differentiates the best CEOs
- How being a CEO is "lonely"
- Useful resources
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Jonathan Nelson, Founder & CEO of Startup Accelerator Hackers/Founders, describes how he started H/F and what goes into running a startup accelerator. With a journey that began from working as an ER Nurse to now working in Silicon Valley, this is a great discussion for anyone looking to also establish a support network for entrepreneurs.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. How Hackers/Founders was Jonathan's startup #6 (and the 5 earlier ones that failed) 2. How to build your network 3. How Jonathan convinced Naval Ravikant of Angellist fame to advise him 4. Day to day aspects of running a startup accelerator 5. Interesting and Challenging aspects 6. What kind of person should think about doing something like this
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George Zeng, Product Marketing Manager at Facebook, describes what is involved in working as a Product Marketing Manager and what you can do to excel in this role.
With an undergrad from Princeton, and grad from UPenn, and a highly diverse work experience ranging from Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, to running Sales for Groupon for Souther China, to starting and selling his healthcare startup, George shares a number of clear, actionable advice not just for people interested in this role but advice for anyone looking for simple tips that could help you excel in your career.
Some of the things we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Product Marketing Management
- Two broad components of this role
- Typical and atypical ways of doing this job - and how the atypical ways can help you achieve exceptional results
- Type of projects someone would work on in this role
- How the PMM role at Facebook might differ from other companies
- Interesting and challenging aspects of this job
- Common misconceptions about this role
- Qualities in a person who would enjoy this role
- Useful resources for interested candidates
- Tips for anyone interested in this role
- General tips for career greatness! :)
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Lindsay Norman, Product Designer with Pinterest and previously with LinkedIn, describes in detail what working as a Product Designer in Software entails. She shares a number of examples from her work at LinkedIn and Pinterest, making this a super helpful discussion for anyone interested in a career in Product Design!
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is the job of a Product Designer
- Sample projects from LinkedIn and Pinterest - what kind of questions would a Designer look to answer
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- Importance of mentors to guide you
- What makes this job tough
- Importance of empathy to be a great designer
- Tips and resources for interested candidates
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Yashaswini Kotresh, Data Scientist at WalmartLabs, talks at length about what the job of a Data Scientist entails.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Data Science
- Applications of Data Science in eCommerce
- Sample project that a Data Science may work on
- Fields with applications for Data Science
- Qualities of a great Data Scientist
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- Typical day for a Data Scientist
- Useful resources for budding Data Scientists
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Arpita Bohra, Gandhi Fellow and Creative Arts Therapist in India, talks in great detail about a career as a Psychotherapist in India. Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Psychotherapy
- What is Movement Therapy
- Sample cases a psychotherapist may work on
- Emotional intensity associated with this job
- Qualities of a great psychotherapist
- Interesting and challenging aspects of this job
- Resources for interested candidates
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Nevada Wier, Award winning Travel and Fine Art Photographer, with numerous publications across National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, Outside Magazine, etc, shares her thoughts on how to build a successful career in Photography.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. What makes a good photograph 2. Qualities of a great photographer 3. The reality of working as a photographer 4. How to get assignments 5. Importance of marketing for independent photographers 6. Financial aspects of working in this space 7. Stressful situations faced as a photographer 8. Tips for budding photographers
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Wendy Allan and Jurek Lubinski, Travelers and Bloggers @DropTheTension.com, share experiences from their 14 months long journey from Australia to Poland, completely by land and by water.
They talk about how the journey changed them in so many different ways and helped them discover what they are passionate about.
Their message to everyone is to challenge yourself, and not be afraid to get off the "safe path" in order to find what you're truly meant to do.
Credit for Audio in the Intro: By Jay Shetty, A Huffington Post featured Vlogger. See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxCKjo8YIXo
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Arzan Raimalwala, Technology Investment Banking Associate at Deutsche Bank, takes us into the world of Investment Banking and what working as an Investment Banker is all about.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. What is Investment Banking 2. Overview of Finance Industry and where Investment Banking comes in 3. Day in the life of an Investment Banker 4. Example of a project that an Investment Banker may work on 5. Interesting and challenging aspects of working in this space 6. What kind of person would enjoy working in this space 7. Tips for interested candidates
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In this episode, we share snippets from all the great content and insights that our guests have shared so far on this podcast.
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Nikhila Jayaprakash, Business Consultant with ZS Associates, talks at length about what working as a Sales and Marketing Consultant. With more than 7 years of experience in this space, Nikhila shares a lot of great insights in this episode.
Some of the areas we touch upon include: 1. What is Sales and Marketing Consulting 2. Sample project that one may work on in this space 3. How a typical team is structured 4. How consultants get staffed on projects 5. Importance of networking 6. Interesting and challenging aspects of the job 7. Tips for candidates interested in working in this space
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In this episode, we share the TED Talk by Philosopher Alain De Botton titled "A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success". As you explore various careers, this talk can help provide perspective on how it's important to give some thought to your idea of success.
Enjoy and Thank you for listening!!
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Continuing our discussion with Aparna Ghosh, Senior Correspondent with YourStory Media on Startup Journalism in India. In this episode, Aparna touches upon the day to day life of a startup journalist, shares examples of stories she has worked on, and shares some great tips for people interested in working in this space.
Part 1 of the discussion can be found in Episode 24 of Learn Educate Discover. Check it out on iTunes or SoundCloud or Stitcher.
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Aparna Ghosh, Senior Correspondent with Yourstory Media in India, talks about what is it like to work as a Startup Journalist in India. One of the first few startup reporters in India, Aparna shares some great insights into this fast growing space in India.
Some of the areas we touch upon include: 1. What is startup journalism 2. How does startup journalism differ from other forms of journalism 3. How journalists find startups to write about 4. Financial aspects of working as a journalist 5. Dealing with the pressure of being the "first to break a story"
More details on the day to day life of a reporter, interesting and challenging aspects of the job, tips for interested candidates, etc., will be shared in Part 2 of this discussion.
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Erica Gordon-Mallin, Former Acquisitions Editor at Skyhorse Publishing in New York, shares her thoughts on what working as an Editor of Books and Journals is all about. Many of the books that Erica has worked on have done very well, including her most recent business book which achieved the #1 spot on Amazon.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What does the job of an Editor look like
- Typical process followed by an Editor when they begin working on a new project
- Day to day aspects of an Editor's job
- Editing from a financial lens - how many Editors keep multiple jobs
- Interesting and challenging aspects of this job
- Applying for a job as an Editor and how candidates can stand out
- Interviewing for a role as an Editor
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Standup Comedian Shereen Kassam, who goes by the stage name "Funny Brown Girl", talks about what it takes to get a foothold in the world of Standup Comedy.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is standup comedy
- Essential elements of a great comedy act
- Building stage presence
- Building your brand
- Financial aspects of working as a comedian
- Interesting and challenging aspects of working as a comedian
- How to nurture your interest in working as a comedian
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Anuj Kulkarni, Co-Founder of Social Venture, Prajwal Bharat (http://www.prajwalbharat.com/) in India, talks about what is involved in working as a Social Entrepreneur.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. What is Social Entrepreneurship 2. Differences between a Regular Business and a Social Venture 3. Interesting and challenging aspects of working as a Social Entrepreneur 4. Key questions you should answer before jumping into your Social Venture 5. Instances from the Life of a Social Entrepreneur
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Esther Lee Cruz, Insights & Content Marketer at LinkedIn, shares her thoughts on what working in the B2B Content Marketing space is all about.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include: 1. What is content marketing 2. Differences between B2B and B2C content marketing 3. Examples of content marketing campaigns 4. Interesting and challenging aspects of working in this space 5. Qualities required to be successful in this space 6. What to expect in content marketing interviews
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Tiffany Chen, Director of Informatics at Stanford funded startup, Cytobank, describes the field of Informatics, her thoughts on its applications, future prospects and what is it like to work in this field.
Some of the areas covered in this episode include: 1. What is Informatics 2. Kind of problems solved by someone working in this field 3. Applications and future prospects of Informatics 4. Interesting and challenging aspects of working in this field 5. Key qualities of people who would enjoy themselves in this field 6. Resources for interested candidates 7. What to expect in interviews and how to prepare for them
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In this episode, we share Prof. Deepak Malhotra's speech to graduating Harvard MBA Students in 2012, titled "Tragedy & Genius", where he talks about the importance of quitting among many other things.
You can check out the full talk with the video here: http://bit.ly/1aYQo2g . Copyright owned by Prof. Malhotra.
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Michelle McHargue, Talent Partner with San Francisco based Venture Capital fund, Cowboy Ventures, shares what is it like to work in the Talent Acquisition space.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode include:
- What is Talent Acquisition
- How do recruiters find talent
- Typical process for filling up positions
- Interesting and challenging aspects of this job
- What kind of person would enjoy working in this space
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Neena Passi, Resident Physician at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, shares her thoughts on what is it like to work in the field of medicine and why it's a great way to have an impact on society.
Some of the areas we touch upon in this episode:
- Typical path to build a career in Medicine
- Life of a Resident Physician
- How doctors deal with life and death decisions
- Why you should work in the field of Medicine
- Who would enjoy working in this field
- Interesting and challenging aspects of working in Medicine
- How you can experiment with working in this field before going all in.
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Happy New Year to everyone!
In this episode, we share the audio of TED Talk by speaker Ruth Chang, where she talks about how to make hard choices. You can check out the full TED talk with video: https://www.ted.com/talks/ruth_chang_how_to_make_hard_choices?language=en
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In this special holiday episode, we share the audio of the commencement speech delivered by Author J.K. Rowling at Harvard University, where she talks about the Importance of Failure and the Importance of Imagination.
Check out the video of the full talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHGqp8lz36c
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Claire Jenkins, CEO of Non-Profit Organization Grow Movement, describes what is it like to work in the Non-Profit Space.
In this episode, we touch upon:
- Differences between working in non-profit and for-profit companies
- Type of challenges faced by non-profits
- How to decide whether you should work in the non-profit space
- Interesting and challenging aspects of working in the non-profit space
- What to look at when considering various non-profits to work at
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Aakash Gupta, Senior Growth Manager at San Francisco based startup ThredUp, describes the role of a Growth Manager in Tech startups in detail.
In this episode, we touch upon: 1. What is the meaning of Growth Management 2. The kind of problems someone in Growth works on 3. Examples of projects someone in Growth would undertake 4. The kind of people who would love working in Growth 5. Interesting and challenging aspects of the role 6. Recruiting for a role in Growth in tech startups
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Sean Supon, ex-WestPoint and US Army Officer, and Founder of Physical Fitness Academy, RangerFit, discusses the role of a physical fitness trainer in detail.
In this episode, we touch upon:
- What makes a good physical fitness trainer
- Different styles of training
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the role
- How to enter the physical fitness industry as a beginner
- Great resources for interested candidates
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Mike Saraswat, Founder of Award Winning Film and Animation Production company - Ekstasy, with clients such as Samsung, 3M, etc., shares what it's like to work as a Film Producer and start your company in this space.
In this episode, we touch upon:
- What is the role of a Film Producer
- How creatives need to be both introverted and extroverted
- Importance of self-confidence and loving your art
- Interesting and challenging aspects of this role
- What kind of person will enjoy working as a film producer
- Advice for aspiring creatives
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Aneesh Dubey, Member of Corporate Audit Staff at General Electric, and also part of the IT Leadership Program at GE, shares what working in IT Auditing is all about.
In this episode, we touch upon:
- What is IT Auditing
- What an IT audit process looks like
- Example of projects an IT Audit team would work on
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the role
- Interview process for a role in IT Auditing
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Geok Hui Koh, Management Consultant with A.T. Kearney, Inc. shares what a job in Management Consulting is all about. In this episode, we dive deeper into areas that we did not get to cover in our other episode on Consulting (Ep 3), namely more details around each of the roles found in a Consulting firm, and how to go about Recruiting.
Other areas covered in this episode:
- What is Management Consulting
- Type of problems solved by consultants
- Typical day in the life of a consultant
- What different roles do during phases of a project
- What makes an exceptional Business Analyst
- Interesting and challenging aspects of this job
- How to prep for consulting interviews
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Christine Fok, Product Manager with LinkedIn, shares what a role in Product Management is all about. In this episode, we will touch upon:
- What is Product Management
- What a Product Manager does through the Product Lifecycle
- What makes Product Management a highly competitive role in Silicon Valley
- What the best Product Managers do
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- What to expect in Product Management interviews
- How to prepare for interviews
- Useful resources for interested candidates
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Indrajeet Dixit, Business Planning Manager with The Hewlett-Packard Company, shares what in Business Strategy is all about. In this episode, we will touch upon:
- What is Business Strategy
- Difference between Corporate Strategy and Business Strategy
- Type of problems in Business Strategy
- Interesting and challenging aspects of the job
- Case interviews
- How to prepare for case interviews
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Vinod Khare, Graduate from IIT Kanpur and Ohio State University, and today a Research Engineer with DNV GL, shares what a job in Research Engineering is all about. In this episode, we will touch upon:
- What is the Classification and Certification industry?
- Type of activities done by a company in this space
- The role of a Research Engineer
- Examples of projects that a Research Engineer may work on
- Qualities in someone who would enjoy working in this space
- Interesting and challenging aspects of working as a Research Engineer
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Pauline Lemaire, Analyst with Bergen Risk Solutions, shares what her job is all about. In this episode, we will touch upon:
- What is the Security Risk Management industry?
- Types of companies in this industry
- What kind of problems do you solve in this space?
- How to protect your ship against pirates!
- Qualities in someone who would enjoy working in this space
- Interesting and challenging aspects of working in Security Risk Management
- Useful resources for potential job applicants
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Naresh Rapolu, Software Engineer with Google, shares what his job is all about. In this episode, we will touch upon:
- What do software engineers do?
- What are the broad areas within software engineering?
- What kind of problems do software engineers work on?
- Pros and cons of working in this role
- How to not get bogged down by the seeming complexity of this role?
- Why software engineering is a great career path to consider
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Rahul Mangla, Management Consultant with McKinsey & Co., shares what his job is all about. In this episode, we will touch upon:
- What does a management consultant do?
- What kind of problems do management consultants work on?
- Various roles within a consulting firm
- How consulting engagements are structured
- Qualities in someone who would enjoy consulting
- Interesting and challenging aspects of working in consulting
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Vishal Srivastav, Product Marketing Manager with Microsoft, shares what his job is all about. In this episode, you will learn:
- What do Product Marketing Managers do?
- What kind of problems do they work on?
- Impact created by someone in this role
- Challenges faced in this role
- How to get into this role
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