The Intersection is a platform that provides a behind the scenes look at the challenges, triumphs, and minds of people early in their careers in the technology space who are having a massive impact on society today and our future. Devin is a female product manager in technology who has lived and worked all over the world. She is a top ranked performer at Intuit, a global fintech company with numerous awards including Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work,” Fortune’s “Most Admired Software Compani ...
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#7 - Celebrating your mistakes (LinkedIn/Splunk)
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27:58“If there’s something that I really want to do, I figure out a way to get it done. I also knew this was a brand new environment for me, I was still creating my reputation so this was my opportunity if I wanted to make a name for myself.”Today I am featuring one of my best friend’s sisters, Katia Ratkovich. Katia studied at the University of Califor…
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#6 - Getting to the top of Google search results (Intuit/Dropbox)
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22:01“It’s all about asking yourself when you wake up in the morning… do I want to go to work today?”Today I am featuring my friend, Lauren McGovern. Lauren studied at Northeastern where she had an undeclared major - unsure if she wanted to go down a business route or even become a marine biologist. By trying various roles in the university’s coop progr…
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#5 - Doing it for we, not just me (Farfetch)
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30:06"He wasn't crying because it was his success and his clothes... it was more that he was walking down for the community. That is so important... my ethnicity is very important to me and I'm proud of it." Today I am featuring my good friend and neighbor, Aaminah Din. Aaminah was studying to become a lawyer in Scotland then decided to take a dream tri…
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#4 - The secret tip to get your dream job (Uber)
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21:23“…Just putting [your goals] down on paper… this is what my resume needs to look like in 3 years, and 5 years…helps people start to shape the way that they need to start moving their career in order to get there.”Megan Jensen has lived in Japan, Singapore, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, and the US. She’s flown across the world, and now she’s helping to bu…
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#3 - Blockchain and Removing Creative Barriers (Intuit/Stanford Business School)
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21:09"I'm very much drawn to a regret minimization framework. The mindset is, what would you regret more? Trying this and it not working out... or not trying it because you were scared, someone else does it, and they have the success that you should've had for yourself. What would upset you more at the end of the day?" Ian Panchèvre graduated from Yale …
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#2 - Cannabis and how to think about big questions (Intuit/Rise Logistics)
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36:23"I think people are a little startled that I was potentially on my way to go to rabbinical school to become a rabbi and now I work for a cannabis distribution company. And they're like... what do those things have in common?"Ben Poretzky graduated from the University of Pennsylvania to join Intuit's Product Management Rotational Program. After 2 ye…
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This is the first episode of The Intersection where Devin discusses a bit about her journey as a Product Manager from Silicon Valley to London and how this podcast will help people in product learn from one another. Host - Devin Skolnick, @devskolnick on Twitter /devskolnick on LinkedIn Feedback Email [email protected] --- Support this podcast:…
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