WTF Do You Do?

Everyone and their mother wants to be a PM these days. But Amanda Deng has actually been one: at Uber and at Whatnot, one of the fastest growing apps in the US right now. In this episode we find out what a Product Manager actually does day to day, what it's really like inside a tech giant versus a fast growing startup, and why she thinks founding your own startup might be the new business school.

Lucy went from making K-pop fan art to overseeing Cybertruck, Optimus and Robotaxi at Tesla… and recently quit to travel the world. In this episode we find out what a Technical Program Manager actually does (hint: it's a lot of JIRA and convincing engineers to talk to each other), why soft skills might matter more than technical ones, and her surprisingly simple trick for figuring out what job actually fits you.

What does a chemical engineer actually do day to day? And what on earth is a Chief of Staff? Sebastian Esquivel has done both, so he's the perfect person to ask. We get into the reality of working as a chemical engineer at a clean energy startup in Brooklyn, what a Chief of Staff actually does, why he made the jump, and why the hiring system is completely broken. Oh and if you are currently in the job hunt, go create a Talvy profile!

What do you do when you've done everything right –MIT degree, dream startup, dream job– and you're still not happy? Wendy quit engineering to become a full-time artist and hasn't looked back. We talk golden handcuffs, the reality of mechanical engineering day-to-day, going viral overnight, and why everyone in their 20s is more lost than they look.

Dean moves billion-dollar hospital systems to the cloud… and still has time to cry, dance, and run a YouTube channel ( @deansodium ). In this episode, we unpack what a tech consultant at PwC actually does (hint: it’s not just PowerPoints) and whether logging off at 5pm would get you fired.

Ever heard job titles like PM, Software Developer, or Solution Architect and wondered… what do they actually mean? This confusion creates real problems: recruiters can't find talent because candidates don't even know some roles exist, and people end up unhappy in jobs they never truly understood. That's why WTF Do You Do? is here: a podcast where we talk with people across roles and companies to uncover what they really do all day.New episodes every week on Spotify and all platforms. Curious about a specific role? Email [email protected] so we can talk about it! Follow @wtf.doyoudo on Instagram and TikTok.Let's demystify jobs, one WTF at a time.