E71 - Personal Branding for PMs | Ketaki Vaidya (AI Product Manager at Oracle)

Welcome to another exciting episode of Everything Product. Ketaki Vaidya, an AI product manager at Oracle, joins us this week to discuss personal branding, networking, transitioning into product management, building product sense, and her day-to-day work in AI product management. Ketaki hosts a podcast, "Personal Branding for Professionals" which shares career development strategies to help professionals build a successful career in tech. Today, the podcast serves as a career development resource for over 7000 professionals. As a woman in tech, she is involved with various initiatives like the 1 Million Women in STEM and Women in Data Science that are addressing the gender gap in the industry. She has been featured in the Entrepreneur Magazine, Mind the Product blog, and the 1 Million Women in STEM campaign for her work. - Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/KetakiVaidya - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ketaki-vaidya08/ Newsletters to follow for PMs: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/ https://substack.com/@marilynika https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/ https://tpgblog.com/ Product Case Study: https://medium.com/@tearthemdown Follow Everything Product on Spotify: https://anchor.fm/everythingproduct Learn more about the hosts: Phani - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/phanivuyyuru] Srinath - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/skotela/] Sid: LinkedIn - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidsaladi/] Newsletter - [https://sidsaladi.substack.com/] Twitter - [https://mobile.twitter.com/Sidsaladi] 💎 Here are more resources for you 🚀 The Ultimate PM Launch Pad - Blast Off Your Career Now! 🚀 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0KSCr65RCTOupMjArBvrML5VWUGzaKqt 🧰 Master the PM Toolkit - Equip Yourself for Success! 🧰 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0KSCr65RCTM4acJOjQYFvOVMzfiEFlqE ⚡️ Stay Ahead of the Tech Curve - Charge Your Knowledge Now! ⚡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0KSCr65RCTMvYe4lAYpfdbDoNdPbA33o Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:30 - Ketaki's motivation and community involvement 4:00 - Time management and work-life balance 6:25 - Personal branding tips 9:00 - Effective networking 12:00 - Becoming a mentor 13:14 - The power of storytelling 16:00 - Transitioning from engineering to product management 25:40 - Building product sense 36:00 - A day in the life of an AI product manager 46:10 - How AI product management differs from traditional product management 50:10 - The future of AI product management 52:00 - Favorite books, newsletters and podcasts 54:00 - Tips for early career product managers #productmanagement , #personaldevelopment , #personalbranding , #networking, #mentorship, #ai , #Oracle, #podcast #productdevelopment