Cesar C
(He/him)
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πAbout me
Product designer with over 7 years of experience working across agencies, startups, and enterprises for both consumer and B2B products.
Product Design
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βοΈWhy I mentor
Coming from a historically excluded group, I know how difficult it can be to break into the tech industry. I'm looking to share my experiences to demystify the process of breaking into the industry.
Talk to me about
π Launching products and measuring success
π― Setting team goals and metrics
π Product vision and strategy
π Working in cross functional teams
π° Negotiating a promotion/offer
π¬ Useful user research
π°οΈ Working remotely for the first time
π» Running effective meetings
π Year One in Product
π« Managing up, down and around
π¬ Giving and receiving feedback
π Being the only designer
π½ Presenting your work
ποΈ Building a design process
π§ UX and UI design
π« Breaking into tech
π§π½ββοΈ Being self taught
π Dealing with imposter syndrome
π° Managing burnout
π Resume and portfolio review
Recommendations
Hereβs what Merit users have said about Cesar
Cesar gave me valuable feedback on how to improve my portfolio. He helped me understand key areas where I need to focus on and what is essential and what's not. Learned greatly from him.
k:Tech Fleet Community DAO
UX Research and Design Lead
Cesar was great to talk to and provided a lot of useful insights about improving my portfolio and resume. Even though we were having trouble finding a suitable time based on our schedules, Cesar made sure that we still met up and helped discuss about improving my chances in the present job market.
Cesar was so awesome! He really cares about your journey and offered really great advice. Thank you so much Cesar! There is so much to reflect on. He really knows ux/product design super incredibly well and you can tell he genuinely cares. Thank you so much. He is amazing and I can tell he is an awesome product designer that cares about his users as well.
βοΈ Recent Answers
I'm trying to do a career change into Project/Product Management, where do I start?
Hey Esther, I'm not a PM, but I've seen a few common ways that PMs break into tech.
- Read Cracking the PM Interview
- Get a certification, like the Pragmatic Institute Product Manager certification.
- Start off at a start-up where you have deep knowledge. I've worked with accountants that leveraged their knowledge of accounting to become PMs.
Good luck Esther!
