Notes for the way out · September 25, 2026
“When it’s someone in your circle who does that bold, daring thing, suddenly it doesn’t look so impossible.”
Julie Zhuoformer VP of Product Design, Facebook
Product manager after teaching · aerisclarity.com
Julie Zhuoformer VP of Product Design, Facebook
Source: “Changes and Confidence,” The Looking Glass, February 26, 2020
This is why it matters to know one person who left teaching and landed somewhere good. It moves the idea from someday to possible. If you don’t have that person yet, the fifteen job pages here were written to be the next best thing.
Product managers decide what gets built, in what order, and defend the cuts. If you’ve planned a year of curriculum and dropped a unit you loved because you ran out of days, you already know the shape of the job.
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