Work day in the life of a Product Manager 👩🏻‍💻 my UCLA career talk!

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I joined the Creator Revenue team at Discord a few months ago and wanted to share how things have been going. I haven’t done one of these day-in-my-life (DIML) videos in a while, so hope you like it! I also was so stoked to be a guest lecturer for the UCLA product management course. The students asked incredibly thoughtful questions. I’ve been wanting to find ways to help with education or teach somehow in a more IRL setting.
I’m actually headed to Tokyo soon. Maybe we’ll do a DIML as a PM in Tokyo?? What would y’all like to see?
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[@chloeshih]

back at it again with the day in my life vids! i think im gonna try to do more of these now that i'm back on youtube. check out the last video where i share what i've been up to since jan!! (spoiler alert: zedd shows up in it haha): kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIDOfWl3ZaeopK8

[@abiodunjunaid5630]

Hi Chloe, I followed the link in your details but I was unable to join the discord channel, can you please help? Thank you! I love your videos.

[@Miss_Informative02]

Ma'am you've really been my inspiration and I've learned a lot from you🥰much love 💝

[@chloeshih]

@@abiodunjunaid5630 should be updated now!

[@Sachinkumar_foodtraveltech]

Great video. Very positive

[@damndanyo]

As a fellow AAPI product manager, I’m always happy to get a peek into how others spend their days at work. Those tough meetings that go over time… we know them all too well 😂. Thanks for sharing a glimpse of your day as a PM Chloe! 😊

[@chloeshih]

ayyee another AAPI product manager! i think this was a particularly calm down o_o now that i'm getting close to a ship date, things are picking up a lot and my calendar is gettin real heated. stressful days ahead of me 😅 glad u enjoyed this little diml! i think im gonna do these more regularly!

[@damndanyo]

@@chloeshih yes, please do! 😊 I’m not sure how it would be possible given the sensitive nature of things we all work on as PMs, but I’m also curious how different PMs, and you specifically, approach documentation. I’ve recently been experimenting with how I do post release doc’ing after shipping new features, and my next thing I wanna try is tackling how we can improve doc’ing intra working on features. Anyway, might be too boring for a video, but either way, always looking forward to your videos. Thanks again for sharing!!

[@itsmethemegster]

Hi Chloe! As an AAPI woman working in design, I just wanted to say I absolutely adore your videos and find the career advice you give so inspirational and valuable 😊 P.S. I actually work at the agency that hosted the AAPI hot sauce challenge event you attended, and I loved having the chance to see you speak in-person!

[@chloeshih]

omg that's so amazing!! i didn't get a chance to vlog that event, so didn't make a video about it. it was so fun! wish i could've stayed longer to meet everyone, but i had to leave to another event right after :( thanks for watching today's youtube vid and saying hi here!!

[@kermitparks2287]

The “how to establish yourself as a leader in a new place” is a great question. I would love to know how you answered. ❤

[@chloeshih]

yess this is an excellent question. maybe i can answer in a shorts video. it was a multi-part answer haha. the context came from a student who is starting a new role in the fall and wanted to figure out how to position herself well. super good question!

[@catcertino]

loved this video so much, Chloe! The storytelling, editing, filming . . . everything is so high quality and you're an inspiration :))

[@chloeshih]

WOOO!! yayy! i live for these comments haha. i did work with an editor this time and we went thru a ton of creative revisioning together. it was our first time working together, and im excited to see what kind of awesome videos we can make together moving forward!

[@sophia8443]

You sound like a big sis to me! I also watch your videos when I am feeling unmotivated!! Such a great inspiration! ☺

[@chloeshih]

aww i'm so glad, sophia!! i'm gonna do many more vids like this!! keep it up where you're at!!

[@turtlejoy4ever]

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement in the small clip you showed. It made me tear up as I started watching your videos when I realized I wanted to pursue being a PM, and now I finally am! Lots of love

[@ScottBatson]

Great video! It's inspiring to see someone who works full time and creates such create content (and thanks for answering the question if you create content during the work day lol). Also, how did you like Mistborn book 2?? One of my favorite trilogies

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

I haven't had any fun lately, 😭 so it was fun. You bring me joy!❤🙂I love the kind and generous heartwarming atmosphere that you create, your kind, easygoing, warm vibe. ❤I like the essence how you live on. I need to be true to myself and find a job I am passionate about. I want to find a way to live as who I really am.

[@chloeshih]

aww i'm sorry to hear that life hasn't been great lately :( but i'm glad this video brought some good vibes to ya!!! wooo!! i wouldn't say that i'm 100% passionate about my job. i'm not sure if that always exists haha. i think i'm happy given where i've come and what my goals are for now! everything's always a journey and a work-in-progress. hope you make progress towards the life you wanna live!! sending positive waves!!

[@kaiapham4235]

Great video Chloe! How did you get so comfortable with public speaking? You're so well-spoken and smart!

[@Asianometry]

Greetings from Taipei. I enjoy watching your stuff and I’ve been watching since the TikTok quitting video. Thanks for your videos and keep it up.

[@chloeshih]

omg taipei!! i love taipei :) i'm humbled to hear that you've been watching since the tiktok video! it's been a min since that happened haha.

[@gsaccocio]

Hi Chloe! I love your channel, specifally watching how your career progresses and your career advice. I bought your resume templates a few months ago which were super helpful. Everyone go take a look! You mentioned in one of your videos you did some professional development for communication training (specifically geared towards women? ie. speaking "slower and lower"). I haven't been able to find anything like that out there, so I would love to know where you got this training and/or see a video on communication tips at work. :D thanks!

[@chloeshih]

aw so glad to hear how you like my vids!! i did have some professional training, but it was a 1:1 coach a long time ago. I also joined a leadership training program to help me learn to speak. public speaking is a very specific skill. i don't think i have any solid recommendations right now, but i'm sure there are programs around you! sorry couldn't be more specific!

[@gsaccocio]

@@chloeshih Thanks for the reply! Ill keep looking around for opportunities like that. Your videos are also a great resource as I am early in my career as a product manager myself, I also went to UCLA so really fun to see you speaking for the extension! :D

[@kiwi-ne2cg]

as someone who has just started their career in PM, i’d like to listen to your talk!! is there a link/recording to it? love your videos as always :)

[@JasmineWuMeeee]

Glad to see you added Mandarin captions into the video 🥺

[@chloeshih]

haha i'm actually trying to challenging myself to speak more mandarin in the videos, but i always forget x_x so then i make up for it by adding the captions. bringing out the multi-cultural vibes!!

[@chiumingyan9616]

Love the bilingual caption 🎉

[@chloeshih]

yasss trying to do more of them!!

[@davidpcanlas]

It was such a treat. Thank you Chloe

[@chloeshih]

ah yes thank you for hosting me, david!! it was awesome!

[@iggityboogitty865]

Hey Chloe! this was an insightful video! thank you for posting this! I'm very new to product management (1 year) from a construction background and I am looking around to land another Product Management role to develop my skills in this area. I hope to land one this moneth or next. Cheers!

[@chloeshih]

excited for ya!! i hope you're able to land one soon!!!

[@nycto16]

I'm studying business and marketing management, and really into product or brand management.

[@mohamadzaafarani2570]

I loved the questions the students asked can you post a video of you answering them ? Thanks 😊😊

[@chloeshih]

ah I don't think I can. I can slowly go through the questions the students asked me in my future videos! Lmk if there's a particular question that stood out to ya!

[@dspinheiro95]

Is it just me or it looks like Chloe has a carnival hat in 7:38? xD Great video Chloe keep up with the good work :)

[@Sarahlovely88]

you look so pretty❤

[@myatezhny39]

Hey Chloe how many meetings do you have per day usually?

[@chloeshih]

anywhere from 3 to sometimes 10 haha. But generally around 3-7.

[@pm-ua]

new awesome vid I would like to write here that I got my jr pm role and was inspired by your videos

[@chloeshih]

omg heckk yeahhh!! we love to see it!!!

[@tientienc]

Hope you're enjoying Mistborn book 3!

[@chloeshih]

I JUST FINISHED IT. MY MIND IS BLOWN. THE ENDING OMMGGGG

[@tientienc]

@@chloeshih Ahhhhh yes!! Book 2 was a little slow for me but book 3 came in and decided to 🤯Without too much context, I imagined the field as the windows xp background

[@chloeshih]

@@tientienc haha yesss!! i was so surprised. amazing plot twist. what a fantastic ending. so many things made sense now. brandon sanderson is the GOAT!!

[@chloeshih]

@@tientienc also lmao at the windows xp background hahah. such an accurate visual

[@ibelihpowei8768]

Can we build a new product management group , be it WhatsApp or telegram . Just a community to share jobs and opportunities 😢

[@chloeshih]

We have a discord server for all of that!! Come thru!

[@webdeveloper2432]

Bro got friendzoned right on cam!

[@ndumisomthethwa7497]

dont you shower??

[@chloeshih]

never

[@Danycrumble]

Thank you for mentioning that you're not a morning person and get up later than others might. It's a small notion, but when every successful person's morning routine is portrayed to involve getting up at 5 am, it's easy to feel bad about yourself when you like to sleep until 9. :)

[@chloeshih]

oh boy i absolutely hate mornings x___x i am completely incapable of them.

[@chloeshih]

but yes i totally get what you mean. all the "successful" people have these absurd 5 am morning routines. i think my body is just not wired that way, and that's okay ~ glad you enjoyed that small detail!

[@stephaniedoan7114]

Hi hello

[@WatchClyde]

I respect the balance you have with working a full time corporate job and still maintain a feminine pleasant demeanor especially when your boyfriend appears…it’s refreshing. Keep it up!

[@meadowfern]

Just watching your vids are always so inspiring. I squiggle careered after watching your vids and am now having my first year review as a PM in edtech! And although it can be super stressful sometimes it's the best move I've ever made! Keep up the great content!

[@chloeshih]

ahh i'm so glad to hear!! congrats on breaking into the PM role in edtech. that's a really great and much needed industry!

[@meadowfern]

@@chloeshih ❤❤

[@jaymca730]

My wife is AAPI and I'm indigenous native. We love watching your vids. It helps that I've been a PM for the past 4 years and love to see how other PMs handle it 😂. I have a major data science product release in a week, and always appreciate the candidness and showing that the job is stressful but still fun!

[@OnsoDev]

Heads up i have checked colab and went a rabitt hole where i checked all the participants who did the program from their listed demos, and almost 80% of them were not working as PM. I think as a rules of thumb is good to check and vet any program in general to see how they are in reality. I know they are your friends and they sponsor you but the data and facts are different.

[@rustyryan3659]

I'm so jealous of the extension students that they got to learn from you in such an intimate setting! I'm actually an undergrad at UCLA right now and we never got this special treatment in any of my classes smh 😤😆

[@chloeshih]

oh wow! what are you studying? I think I had a student club at UCLA reach out to me a year ago to do a chat, but we never ended up doing it. happy to do another one since UCLA is so close!

[@rustyryan3659]

@@chloeshih i'm a design and media arts major (actually graduating this saturday haha)! there are definitely a lot of students here who are interested in product, so it would be awesome if you could come do another chat even though i won't be here anymore (and hopefully in person so you get to explore our beautiful campus) 😊. i'd be happy to connect you to the design club i was a part of, but even if not, you're still very welcome to come hang out in the sculpture garden (many people take walks there since it's an open campus)!

[@thecloudmediatv2939]

Great! How can i become a product manager?

[@swaykay]

Another great video that feels like hanging out with you during a work day! Also loved the encouraging messages from career to daily life :) You rock Chloe!

[@chloeshih]

haha wow yassss! well i actually hang out with the community in real-time in my discord coworking voice chat. come thru some time! glad you enjoyed the post-work parts of this video too. wanted to share how things have been going holistically!!

[@tinagurung364]

This was super therapeutic to watch😌 yes to more of us in product😮‍💨🥳

[@chloeshih]

aww yayyy! i recorded all the voiceovers at like midnight, so i think i was in a particularly lowkey mood haha. it helped with the calm vibes ~

[@gemini9435]

♥

[@dimas.hilman]

You look like Ryujin from Itzy

[@dimas.hilman]

go check it

[@piinkamourx3]

Hey Chloe! How do you survive on such little sleep?

[@chloeshih]

i really dont o_o that's why i am not a morning person. i need to sleep in haha

[@thebokchoyboy]

Babe wake up new Chloe Shih video just dropped

[@chloeshih]

it's me. i'm babe. o_o

[@JoseHernandez-bj3il]

That snack looked bomb and now I craving it while studying!! Also thank you for the helpful information. I went from music education, special education teaching , to now psychology to now being curious about product management. Do you feel like being a product manager gives you alot of creative flow for products?? creativity wise

[@gayatrimunukutla78]

Hi, i graduated my bachelors in computers. Im not exactly interested in software but i wanna learn and earn well toooo.. SO am thinking of dng masters in management and get a management consultant job. work for 2-3 yrs so that i get to explore the fields and can decide on smth permanent to work at but am also kinda templted to product management coz of the work, tasks, and ofc the pay. DO u have any suggestions for me?? Like what life happens to pay me good and also not upset me for taking the decision?

[@brandonwalsh6427]

Hey Chloe! I also just graduated this spring in industrial engineering in operations research and I am currently looking for jobs. Do u have any advice for new grads?

[@thylehongmy2660]

I hope you can make a video about the frist steps of equipping with knowledge to become a product manager

[@babusisibanyoni402]

I enjoyed watching this 🙏🏾

[@itsgracehui]

I was wondering if you can do a video on how to transition into PM? :)

[@chloeshih]

I do have an older video on that already! i share stories of other folks transitioning in as well as how i did it myself!

[@papa7866]

great video, chloe!

[@guhreenskittles]

My best friend is a single female living in the Bay Area! Has pretty cool job in forensics too 😊 What are your guy friends’ names? My friend doesn’t do dating apps so I’ve been trying to match her more organically

[@chloeshih]

omg!! okay the bay area one just started seeing someone, so imma hold off for now D: but i think ill have some more single guys come thru on my radar. will keep your forensics lady in mind!! tysm for the link!!

[@evelynshares]

feeling so dang inspired, thanks for sharing 💓and yes, tokyo content!

[@chloeshih]

haha yay!! glad to hear it! and yusss. im gonna work a bit in tokyo. wondering if i should do a DIML in tokyo as a product manager, but also have an OOO vlog portion. idk so many options!

[@Mostofmarie]

Always curious how other product teams work. Does your Product Team meeting replace daily stand ups? In addition?

[@chloeshih]

we have a weekly team kickoff on mondays. async standups on tues and thurs, and then sync standup on wed. no standup on fri. this is just something our team calibrated together on based on what we thought was most helpful for our progress

[@jmhernandez5453]

Shout out to all Industrial Engineers out there :) I graduated as IE also and worked in the Tech World

[@chloeshih]

wooo shout-out!!!!

[@ummehabibaa24]

Love your work days in my life type of videos tbh that's the reason I became a part of your YT it made me feel good yk since there are not creators working in a corporate world yk makes you feel less lonely & boring

[@chloeshih]

aw glad you like the video! i think im gonna try to do more of these in the future. what kind of job do you do?

[@sabbbzzz]

our fave internet co-worker now turned matchmaker !! chlo, please update us on this (or not) 😏

[@chloeshih]

😆😆 i know!! haha no one has reached out so far, but i've been helping them with their dating profiles and picking out their pictures. i will say the dating app results are 🤌🤌we have high success so far!! but im still missing some leads for the SF one. i don't know any single girlies in SF anymore :

[@antoniodjigo265]

The electric kettle is the Fellow Stagg EKG, for those who may be wondering which one is it, as i did :')

[@chloeshih]

omg yes it is!! after months of checking it out, i finally bought one for myself. it heats is REALLY fast!

[@kyling1231]

omg those butter biscuits are my faveeee

[@chloeshih]

they are the literal best. i discovered them in january when i visited japan and didn't understand why it was so expensive, but now i do. best treat ever!

[@murk959]

anyway your talk at ucla was recorded or if we can also hear it?

[@chloeshih]

ah it's not publicly available since it's for the course. i was thinking of answering some of the questions in future vids! lmk if there's a particular one you're interested in

[@dipsalot2738]

wow are most of your workdays virtual at home?

[@chloeshih]

yep! i work remotely, so this is my usual day-to-day. i'll probably fly into the office in SF about 1-2x a quarter.