Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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YC Partner Kat Malanac and women PMs from the YC community discuss what it takes to get into product. We'll discuss why an engineering background is useful as a PM (and why it's not!), what skills are worth developing, and tips and tricks to help you get there.

- Vyl Chiang, PM at Airbnb (former PM at Lyft, Facebook)
- Kali Borkoski, PM at Berbix (former PM & Legal Eng at Ironclad)
- Helena Merk, CEO & Co-Founder at Glimpse (former Eng at SmartCar)
- Sylvia Lin, Lead PM at Brex (former PM at Facebook, Instagram)

If you're looking for a new role, YC runs Work at a Startup, where 500+ YC startups are hiring for engineers, product managers, designers, operations and more.

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