Climate Career Q&A, Part 1

Climate Career Q&A, Part 1

André Meurer André Meurer

André Meurer

Decarbonizing the Built Environment | Product & Engineering Leader | Builder of Teams | Helping Others on their Climate Journeys | Writing on Substack

发布日期: 2023年9月7日
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I recently did an ask-me-anything event with Climate People, a technology recruitment firm dedicated to mission-driven climate roles. We covered tips for transitioning to a climate career, my own journey into the space, the state of climate tech, and what product management looks like in this sector.

We didn’t get to all the questions, so I promised everyone that I would do a post to address what was left unanswered and go deeper into some of the stuff we did cover. To accommodate for the short attention span that we all suffer from nowadays, I am splitting this into two parts.

Part 1:


Read the full article here


Part 2 (coming soon!) will address:

  • The perceived “climate salary gap”
  • Work-life balance and burnout
  • Importance of revenue as a product metric in climate
  • Outlook for climate product roles
  • Impact of generative AI

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Climate People

1 年

THIS!! The #1 hurdle of the climate job search is convincing yourself that there's space for you in climate.

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Rachelle Boucher

Induction Cooking & Electric Kitchens Chef & Super Connector

1 年

Ha! Voice in the head to talk to the hand!

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André Meurer

Decarbonizing the Built Environment | Product & Engineering Leader | Builder of Teams | Helping Others on their Climate Journeys | Writing on Substack

1 年

... and part two is out now: https://andresclimate.substack.com/p/climate-career-q-and-a-part-2

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Shivani Desai

Product Management | Human-centered & Evidence-based Healthcare | Sustainable Food Systems

1 年

André Meurer I was the one who had asked this question about imposter syndrome during the AMA. Thank you for taking the time to answer it. And what an answer at that! ???? Looking forward to part 2!

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Ryan Dunfee, MBA

On a mission to tackle the climate crisis | project development | Boston University Questrom Social Impact MBA '23

1 年

A great piece! Going to share with the current MBA students at Questrom since I got these questions A LOT from folks interested in transitioning into the space. Thanks Andre

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