Meet Anand - He's a SHINE alum who successfully made the jump from Engineer to Sr. PM but felt like he needed a boost from a coach to deliver on his newly earned title. He's such a fun and smart guy, loved catching up to hear how things have been going in his career.

We talk about:

• What it *really* took to shift to his first PM role (hint: 18 months and a boatload of persistence and consistent self-advocacy!)
• How his early career experience as a highly technical engineer set him up for success in Product
• The challenges that stemmed from being a capable engineer now doing product work
• The choice to get his Executive MBA and how it helped in the career shift
• How networking and cold outreach has been his secret weapon of career growth
• How he managed to get a 70%+ hit rate on cold networking outreach to Product folks in his community
• His leadership of a local entrepreneurial networking group and how it's helping him stay sharp as a PM
• And more!

Resources from this episode:

• Anand presenting Dish Hello - one of his FIRST initiatives as a Product Manager at Dish
• HBR Strategy: When Your Business Needs a Second Growth Engine
• HBR: The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy (AKA Porter's 5 Forces)

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