From old career to new career

“My teaching background — writing lesson plans, managing 30 students, getting buy-in from parents — was actually perfect PM training. I just did not know it yet.”

Maya spent 3 months learning PM fundamentals and Jira, then 2 months building a portfolio including a full PRD for a hypothetical education app. She cold-outreached 40 PMs on LinkedIn before landing 3 interviews. She got the offer at her second interview.

“I had always worked with spreadsheets and numbers in logistics. SQL felt natural once I understood that it is just a smarter spreadsheet.”

Roee spent 6 weeks on SQL before touching Python. Built a Looker Studio dashboard analyzing public transportation data, which became his portfolio centerpiece. Got 3 offers and chose the one with the best learning culture.

“I already knew how to use Figma. What I was missing was the research and strategy behind design decisions. That is what changed everything.”

Noa reframed her graphic design portfolio to show the why behind decisions, added 2 UX case studies with research methodology, and landed a UX role 4 months into her pivot.

“Accounting gave me Excel mastery, attention to detail, and stakeholder communication. BA just required me to learn the tech vocabulary.”

Dror leveraged his finance background into a BA role at a fintech startup. His CBAP certification study helped, but his domain knowledge of finance systems was what sealed the interview.