Katherine Chong🇨🇦

About Katherine Chong

Product Manager at On Sabbatical

If you'd like to request a time to meet https://calendly.com/chat-with-katherine/coffee-chat.

Hello there 👋!

The journey of a Product Manager can be lonely - the journey of a startup Product Manager can be even lonelier.

Becoming one can be filled with so many questions and not enough guidance or support. When everybody and anybody is offering advice, it's hard to find the effective path that suits you.

Surviving and Thriving as a newly minted Product Manager can be one of the most overwhelming experiences in a career. It's one role I say where "you can work 28 hours a day and still be behind".

Growing as a Product Manager can equally be filled with ambiguity. So you've achieved some success, what next? How do you find clarity on where to apply your execution prowess?

The startup product manager is a unique type of person:

You aren't afraid of getting dirty and jump into the weeds of all that a startup needs from you.

You love throwing things up against a wall to see what sticks.

You aren't afraid of experimenting and find yourself asking "I wonder if..." when left alone.

You feel invigorated when you get to create and be creative.

Whether you work at a startup or identify with any of the statements above, let's have a conversation and start there.

Expertise

Sessions with Katherine Chong

• Mentorship Session (45 min): General mentorship

What mentees say

“I came into the session with some ideas and a lot of uncertainty. Katherine patiently answered my questions and asked thought-provoking questions of her own; ones that helped me reflect and identify my core issues. What I appreciate most is that when I tried to leave with a quick "Thank you, Bye" she stopped me and guided me to a better way of closing.”

“Katherine is a fantastic mentor. From just one conversation with Katherine, I learnt so much. She gave such specific and valuable advice, which gave me a lot of clarity and will help me move forward. I highly recommend Katherine and am looking forward to future conversations with her.”

“When I approached Katherine with questions, Katherine helped me break these questions down to truly understand what are the fundamental issues and where the real problem is. It's important for someone in a product role to really ask oneself what fascinates them, and this is the key to help you build a career path where it heads in a direction where you will truly enjoy. Insightful conversation!”