Life Update: Job at Jupiter Money

At 27, I decided to quit my job as Product Manager for Platform Pod. The trigger: an Elon Musk video about taking risks while you're young enough to recover from them.

Two goals were driving me: work for B2C companies with products touching millions of people, and shift toward the fields I actually care about — fitness, investments, food delivery, AGI, and transportation.

I consulted friends, made pros/cons spreadsheets, and eventually resigned. My management team was supportive. I targeted eight companies in my areas of interest, starting with Jupiter Money.

I wrote a 9-page email to the Director of Product on how I vision the company to grow in the future and what I can do.

It worked. I got the role as Product Manager for the Investments Team.

The job search itself was hard. Over 200 pages of PM notes. Three months of intensive practice. Numerous interviews. Setbacks including illness. The preparation that got me the Jupiter Money job required more than most people are willing to put in — not because the bar is unfair, but because PM interviews test a type of structured thinking that takes time to develop.

Two things that made the difference: clarity about what I wanted, and persistence through the rejections.