Product Engineer by Day, Venture Capitalist by Night - balancing two worlds for the past four months
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My journey balancing internships in software and venture
Over the past 4 months, I've been wearing multiple hats in the startup ecosystem: doing product/engineering work at CommandBar, interning at Cowboy Ventures, and supporting diverse founders through the Envision Accelerator. This is the story of how and why I did it. I’ll be talking about how I structured my schedule, why doing this made sense to me, connecting both the venture and engineering roles, and what I learned. I had been wanting to break into venture for a long time, and when I finally came across a part-time venture internship working for a principal I really admired, I couldn’t…
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