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How to Become a Product Manager without a Tech Background: Erika Torres, PhD
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In this episode, I spoke with Erika Torres, PhD., a Product Manager and Social Scientist, Marketing Officer at Prospanica Sillicon Valley. Erika has a PhD. in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University. We spoke about her path to a PhD, her work as a professor and in hospitals, the 100 career discovery interviews she had for breaking into tech, and what would she do differently if she would have to do her career discovery journey all over again.
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* Erica Torres
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* Leave us an iTunes review* Send us a note with your thoughts at LatinosWhoTech@gmail.com* Share it with a friend
Mentioned resources:
* The Lean Startup (The Lean Startup process and Customer Discovery Process)- book by Eric Ries* UCSF* NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)* SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) – data analysis tool* SQL (Structured Query Language) – to handle data analysis tasks.* Python* Slack – networking tool* Latino ERG – Latino employee resource group
Show Notes:
* 01:45 – Welcoming Erica Torres* 02:10 – About Erica and her journey in Silicon Valley
DISCOVERING PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Erica is a tracked psychologist fascinated about Tech, people, what inspires them and what gets in their way. She joined the National Institute of Mental Health Program for diverse first generation college students to help her get to Grad school and do an intensive fellowship research at UCSF. Beaten by the system, she started digging into Tech, having her first introduction back at Undergrad school working on an online smoking cessation program, and approaching over 100 people through career discovery interviews, choosing to do Product Management.
* 06:57 – With a PhD, almost four years as a professor. What was it like?
A PROFESSOR DISCOVERING AREA OF INTEREST
Erica was a professor for more than three years, and loved it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latinoswhotech/message
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continue reading
Latinos Who Tech is brought to you by Audible. Go to www.audibletrial.com/latinos to claim your free audiobook!
Sign up to our monthly newsletter where we share networking strategies and other personal development tools: Here or at LatinosWhoTech.com
Connect with her via linkedin:
* Erica Torres
Want to help us grow? You can:
* Leave us an iTunes review* Send us a note with your thoughts at LatinosWhoTech@gmail.com* Share it with a friend
Mentioned resources:
* The Lean Startup (The Lean Startup process and Customer Discovery Process)- book by Eric Ries* UCSF* NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)* SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) – data analysis tool* SQL (Structured Query Language) – to handle data analysis tasks.* Python* Slack – networking tool* Latino ERG – Latino employee resource group
Show Notes:
* 01:45 – Welcoming Erica Torres* 02:10 – About Erica and her journey in Silicon Valley
DISCOVERING PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Erica is a tracked psychologist fascinated about Tech, people, what inspires them and what gets in their way. She joined the National Institute of Mental Health Program for diverse first generation college students to help her get to Grad school and do an intensive fellowship research at UCSF. Beaten by the system, she started digging into Tech, having her first introduction back at Undergrad school working on an online smoking cessation program, and approaching over 100 people through career discovery interviews, choosing to do Product Management.
* 06:57 – With a PhD, almost four years as a professor. What was it like?
A PROFESSOR DISCOVERING AREA OF INTEREST
Erica was a professor for more than three years, and loved it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latinoswhotech/message
49 episodes
MP3•Episode home
Manage episode 312524551 series 3223375
Content provided by Hugo Castellanos. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Hugo Castellanos or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
In this episode, I spoke with Erika Torres, PhD., a Product Manager and Social Scientist, Marketing Officer at Prospanica Sillicon Valley. Erika has a PhD. in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University. We spoke about her path to a PhD, her work as a professor and in hospitals, the 100 career discovery interviews she had for breaking into tech, and what would she do differently if she would have to do her career discovery journey all over again.
Latinos Who Tech is brought to you by Audible. Go to www.audibletrial.com/latinos to claim your free audiobook!
Sign up to our monthly newsletter where we share networking strategies and other personal development tools: Here or at LatinosWhoTech.com
Connect with her via linkedin:
* Erica Torres
Want to help us grow? You can:
* Leave us an iTunes review* Send us a note with your thoughts at LatinosWhoTech@gmail.com* Share it with a friend
Mentioned resources:
* The Lean Startup (The Lean Startup process and Customer Discovery Process)- book by Eric Ries* UCSF* NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)* SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) – data analysis tool* SQL (Structured Query Language) – to handle data analysis tasks.* Python* Slack – networking tool* Latino ERG – Latino employee resource group
Show Notes:
* 01:45 – Welcoming Erica Torres* 02:10 – About Erica and her journey in Silicon Valley
DISCOVERING PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Erica is a tracked psychologist fascinated about Tech, people, what inspires them and what gets in their way. She joined the National Institute of Mental Health Program for diverse first generation college students to help her get to Grad school and do an intensive fellowship research at UCSF. Beaten by the system, she started digging into Tech, having her first introduction back at Undergrad school working on an online smoking cessation program, and approaching over 100 people through career discovery interviews, choosing to do Product Management.
* 06:57 – With a PhD, almost four years as a professor. What was it like?
A PROFESSOR DISCOVERING AREA OF INTEREST
Erica was a professor for more than three years, and loved it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latinoswhotech/message
…
continue reading
Latinos Who Tech is brought to you by Audible. Go to www.audibletrial.com/latinos to claim your free audiobook!
Sign up to our monthly newsletter where we share networking strategies and other personal development tools: Here or at LatinosWhoTech.com
Connect with her via linkedin:
* Erica Torres
Want to help us grow? You can:
* Leave us an iTunes review* Send us a note with your thoughts at LatinosWhoTech@gmail.com* Share it with a friend
Mentioned resources:
* The Lean Startup (The Lean Startup process and Customer Discovery Process)- book by Eric Ries* UCSF* NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)* SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) – data analysis tool* SQL (Structured Query Language) – to handle data analysis tasks.* Python* Slack – networking tool* Latino ERG – Latino employee resource group
Show Notes:
* 01:45 – Welcoming Erica Torres* 02:10 – About Erica and her journey in Silicon Valley
DISCOVERING PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Erica is a tracked psychologist fascinated about Tech, people, what inspires them and what gets in their way. She joined the National Institute of Mental Health Program for diverse first generation college students to help her get to Grad school and do an intensive fellowship research at UCSF. Beaten by the system, she started digging into Tech, having her first introduction back at Undergrad school working on an online smoking cessation program, and approaching over 100 people through career discovery interviews, choosing to do Product Management.
* 06:57 – With a PhD, almost four years as a professor. What was it like?
A PROFESSOR DISCOVERING AREA OF INTEREST
Erica was a professor for more than three years, and loved it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/latinoswhotech/message
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