Category: Career
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How to network as an introvert
Originally published 23rd September 2022 Networking is hard work. Especially hard if prolonged social interactions drain your energy. And even more especially hard if you have some expectation for that interaction and feel some kind of pressure to get value out of the conversation. However networking is important — some say even that it is…
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Was my £10,000+ Computer Science Master’s degree worth it?
Originally published 18th September 2022 Let’s rewind back to January 2020 (unknowingly living the last few months of normal life). I was feeling stuck in my management consulting job — like I wasn’t growing or doing anything particularly challenging at the time. I had attended a large tech conference called Big Data LDN a few…
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How to Tell Stories Through Slides
Originally published 11th September 2022 Creating impactful slideshows is a very important skill for the modern knowledge worker. Especially with the drastic increase in remote working — slides have become an essential tool in conveying ideas, strategies, or generally any kind of message to an audience. A powerful and memorable presentation tells an engaging story, and the slides shown…
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Product management in 2 minutes
Originally published 21st July 2022 What is Product Management? Product management is the intersection between Tech, Strategy, and User Experience (UX). All of these elements make up the product and someone has to be responsible for managing and aligning all of these aspects to ensure a successful product (or feature) launch. What do Product Managers (PMs)…
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How to Prepare for the Google APM Internship Technical Interview
Originally published 10th June 2022 The technical interview is an inevitable part of the Google APM program hiring process, with it taking place at some point during your on-site interview stage. This article will provide some insight into how I prepared for this portion of the process. If you want to find more about my…
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I worked at 3 different companies in 3 different roles in 2021
Originally published 20th April 2022 Throughout my working life, I have come to know that changing your job regularly has a negative stigma attached when it comes to then applying for other jobs in the future. Some reasons I have heard for this are that it may show “a lack of commitment”, “inability to see…
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My summer as a Google APM intern
This past summer I had the privilege of interning at Google as an Associate Product Manager Intern at the Google office in London. I’m going to give you the full run-down in this article about this experience, including the highs and the lows! Firstly, if you want to find out about how I got the…
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3 Tips that Helped me Land an Internship at Google
After reflecting on my journey to Google, I have picked out what I believe are the 3 most impactful things I did that helped me land my business internship and get my foot in the door. #1 — Take Advantage of Student Opportunities I believe this is by far the most important tip to take…
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Navigating My Remote Internship at Google
My top 3 lessons learned from doing a completely remote business internship with Google in Summer 2021! Like most internships over the past couple of years, I was working from home for the whole duration of the three months I was interning at Google last year (2021). Even though things are starting to “return to…
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How I crafted my Google APM internship resume with no product experience
When I was applying for the Google APM internship position, I did not have any formal product experience. That does not mean you don’t have the right skills for the position! *Please note within this article I use the words CV and resume interchangeably. I spent quite a lot of time tailoring my CV before submitting…
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