Product Management from Big Tech to Startups

Jason Ma graduated from MIT with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and immediately went to Oracle to pursue product management after graduation. After a few years in, he got the entrepreneurial itch and jumped to Scale, a hypergrowth startup that's helping accelerate AI development.   In episode 11, you'll hear:  0:00 Intro  2:20 Preparing for tech from undergrad  5:25 Getting into product  10:28 Why Oracle?  14:15 Day to day as a PM at Oracle  19:45 Transitioning to a startup  23:30 Scale overview, stage, interview process, and role  30:52 Scale as a key enabler for the AI industry  34:08 After undergrad: startups or big company?  39:51 Startup compensation & equity breakdown  45:33 Did a larger company better prepare you for a smaller one?  51:53 Closing thoughts & advice