My name is Omar Eduardo Fernández, welcome to my blog. Since 2017, I’ve worked as a Product Manager at Google, despite not studying computer science nor having a business degree.
Since very young, I’ve been fascinated by technology. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, my parents cared about education but couldn’t afford private school. Thus, I attended public school up until college. Fortunately, for high school, I enrolled in a public boarding school specialized in math and science, CROEM. In 2006, against all the odds, I gained admission to MIT with full financial aid.
After studying chemical engineering at MIT, I spent three years in consulting, a year in customer success at a startup, and since 2014 started working as a product manager. I love the challenge of product management both at a startup and at Google.
I write to clarify my thinking about topics of interest. I share my writing, hoping you’ll find it useful. If you do, subscribe to this blog’s mailing list, so that you can read new content directly from your email.
Popular articles
Career transitions
- From consulting, customer success into Product Management
- How I transitioned job functions
- Google PM Interview – full interview process overview
- Google PM interview – how to prepare
Product Management
- [Quora Answer] How stressful is it to be a product manager at a tech company? (my most popular writing to date)
- [Quora Answer] As a product manager, how do you make your team respect the deadlines?
- How to write a Product Requirements Document (PRD)
- Learning resources for new product managers
- Becoming a Product Manager without a Computer Science degree
Career development
- Dealing with ambiguity and work-related stress
- Startups won’t build your career on your behalf – you must
- Why quit consulting to join a startup
Other popular articles
- How to control your emotions: observe, don’t react to, your thoughts
- How to control anger – use your brain to cool down
- Japanese Customer Service (still popular after 8+ years…)
- Apologize & thank profusely – a lesson I’ve learned in Japan
You can also find me on Quora, Medium, and LinkedIn.
Last Updated on August 22, 2020 by Omar Eduardo