From engineering bootcamps, founding startups to GitHub: Kate’s PM Journey

Welcome back to I’m a Software Engineer: What Next?

This week we are joined by Kate Catlin, Senior Product Manager at GitHub, where she works on Copilot and the future of AI-powered developer experience.

In this episode, we cover:
• How Kate reinvented her career multiple times on the path to GitHub
• What “good product intuition” really means for PMs and engineers
• How AI is reshaping product work, and why evals matter for building trustworthy AI features

🗒️ Show Notes
• Venture For America
• Le Wagon Bootcamp
• CircleCI
• GitHub Copilot
• Find My Flock (Kate’s former startup)
• Joseph Campbell – The Hero’s Journey
• Philosophy of Technology (from Kate’s studies)

🎙 Guest
Kate Catlin, Senior PM, GitHub Copilot
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-catlin/

🎙 Hosts
Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewsinclair
James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-wilson-92170656

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