Transitioning from Software Engineer to Product Manager | Aparna Somaiah (AirBnB, VMWare)
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Aparna Somaiah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aparnasomaiah/ 🚀 Land 10X MORE PM Interviews (Resume Kit) - https://aakashm.gumroad.com/l/PM-Resume 📬 Subscribe to my newsletter for weekly updates - https://www.amehta.net 😃 More ways that I can help you - https://linktr.ee/amehtanet Links from rapid fire round: 📖 Designing Your Life - https://amzn.to/3O9EPeB 📚 The Pathless Path - https://amzn.to/3pGT808 🎤 Lenny's Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@LennysPodcast @LennysPodcast 📓 Voice Acting - https://amzn.to/3BqVpiy _____________________________ 🆓 1 free month of Skillshare (First 100 viewers only) - https://skl.sh/37bdeX2 🎵 Where I get my Music (30 days free trial) - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/kbxdie/ 00:00 Intro 00:53 Starting out 04:36 Pursuing a shift to product 19:54 Internship at VMWare 28:34 6 years as a PM at VMWare 30:44 Building customer empathy for a technical product 37:57 Some early mistakes and failures 43:18 Growing at VM Ware 46:07 Moving to AirBnB 52:22 AirBnB's unique culture 55:17 Mistakes and failures at AirBnB 56:07 Vision of the future of travel 58:39 Rapid fire round 1:03:01 Advice for aspiring and early product managers PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from without any additional cost to you 😜