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Career pivots

A collection of 11 issues

Surviving and Thriving Through Layoffs: Office Hours with Jason Shen

This week we're talking to Merit mentor and investor Jason Shen about layoffs, resilience, and job searches. The tech industry is currently in a time of uncertainty and change. Jason shares his thoughts on processing and bouncing back from layoffs. Jason Shen is an executive coach, product manager, and three-time

Breaking into Product Management: Office Hours with Jen Hau

Welcome to Merit Office Hours! This week we're talking with Merit mentor, investor, and advocate Jen Hau. We do a deep dive breaking into product management. Jen shares her own experiences both as a lawyer-turned product manager and now as a hiring manager who interviews aspiring PMs. Jen Hau is

How to Create a Product Management Job Search

Looking for a job in product management can be a challenge in multiple ways. First, you need to understand a PM’s role and how this role shows up at a particular company you are interviewing for. Second, it’s important to define what kind of product management work you

3 Tips to Break into Product Management in 2022

Breaking into product management can seem impossible—and expensive. We provide some low-cost tips on gaining the skills and knowledge to make the switch.

Office Hours with Arjun Kannan

Welcome to our bi-weekly Office Hours series! This week we're talking to Merit mentor and investor Arjun Kannan about negotiating your first offer, spotting red flags, and the importance of looking beyond LinkedIn to network. Arjun Kannan is co-founder of ResiDesk, helping rental buildings build better businesses by understanding and

Interviewing for your first engineering job after a bootcamp

You did it! You’re officially an engineering bootcamp graduate. You’ve gone through the courses, learned about for-loops, and built an app…

You’re done with your design bootcamp! Here’s what to do next (Part II)

Earlier this week we talked about being on the job hunt after graduating from a design bootcamp. Today we’re going to focus on what happens…