Product Management from Big Tech to Startups

25/04/2021 55 min Episodio 11

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Episode Synopsis

Jason Ma graduated from MIT with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and immediately went to Oracle to pursue product management after graduation. After a few years in, he got the entrepreneurial itch and jumped to Scale, a hypergrowth startup that's helping accelerate AI development.  
In episode 11, you'll hear: 
0:00 Intro 
2:20 Preparing for tech from undergrad 
5:25 Getting into product 
10:28 Why Oracle? 
14:15 Day to day as a PM at Oracle 
19:45 Transitioning to a startup 
23:30 Scale overview, stage, interview process, and role 
30:52 Scale as a key enabler for the AI industry 
34:08 After undergrad: startups or big company? 
39:51 Startup compensation & equity breakdown 
45:33 Did a larger company better prepare you for a smaller one? 
51:53 Closing thoughts & advice