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 🌐 More from us https://whatnext.dev/ https://quantumfaxmachine.com/