Today we're joined by Kate Matsumoto. Kate is a Senior Product Designer at Etsy, which is an online marketplace where people can make, sell, and buy unique goods. She previously worked for CreativeMornings and Tattly. When Kate's not at her monitor, you can find her at her pottery wheel, or hosting the podcast, "So where are you from?".

Kate is also a coach on Merit, where she enjoys connecting with other designers to help them craft their own careers.

The Future For Kate

How Kate Moved Up To Senior Product Designer

What's A Great Engineering And Product Design Relationship

Where Does Product Management End And Product Design Begin

Kate's Experience Transition To Etsy

How Kate Learned Product Design

What Was Karma Wifi

People Trying To Do Product Design But Actually Doing Graphic Design

How To Establish Yourself As A Product Designer

Kate's Freelancing Experience

Kate's First NYC Hustle

How Kate Moved To New York City

Today's format is a bit different than normal, as we're going to interview my co-founder, Kirk Fernandes. As such, joining us today as co-host is Stephanie Del Paggio. Stephanie is a Product Manager at Harry's, a direct to consumer company which designs, builds, and distributes quality grooming solutions. Stephanie's early in her PM career — so we figured we would have a lot to ask our guest today about learning the craft of PM.

In addition to being a co-founder of Merit, Kirk is also one of the Merit coaches where he focuses on coaching Product Managers at every level of career. Kirk started his career at Microsoft, where he was a Product Manager on a variety of teams including Outlook. After Microsoft, Kirk was the Head of Product at Hightower, and became a Lead Product Manager at VTS by way of a merger.

Kirk Fernandes ft. Stephanie Del Paggio

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