Google Product Manager Michael Sayman on Launching Successful Apps and the Truth Behind Being Self-Taught - a podcast by Emma Havighorst

On today’s episode, Google Product Manager Michael Sayman joins us to talk his career in tech, at incredible companies like Facebook and Google, being self-taught, and gaining recognition and success at a young age.

Michael Sayman is a 22-year-old first-generation Latin American mobile application entrepreneur and software engineer. Michael published his first app to the App Store (iOS) when he was 13 years old and later gained recognition from Mark Zuckerberg with his launch of 4 Snaps, a turn-based photo game, in his junior year of high school. Zuckerberg then hired Michael, who became Facebook's "teen-in-residence" at 17. His success with mobile application development grew in his teenage years at Facebook, where he generated millions in revenue as a high school student. Michael is currently a product manager at Google heading a social gaming startup within the company.

Throughout the pod, we chat about:

2:44 - Michael’s backstory

5:39 - Launching his career as a first-generation Latin American in Silicon Valley

7:40 - Feeling out of place

9:15 - Having exposure to many kinds of backgrounds

12:16 - Launching a career with or without a college degree

15:30 - Accessible education

17:02 - Qualities required to be successful as a self-taught person

19:20 - Current projects and looking towards the future

22:10 - Advice for dreamers

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