Product Rising Educating, Informing and Engaging with Marily Nika
”Visibility is how clearly our work, our impact, our leadership, are being recognized by our teams, our peers, the wider organization and broader community. it's not about being seen, it's about ensuring that the value you add is acknowledged and understood,” Marily Nika, Ph.D
In this episode Marily joins host, Surbhi Gupta, to discuss how she has built her visibility to include work inside and outside of where she works. Marily has built a reputation as a product leader broadly by educating through courses, books, a substack newsletter and a LinkedIn profile filled with information. Her work is followed by over 124K people on LinkedIn and her courses on Maven have been taken by over 8,000 people.
🎧 Episode Highlights:
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
02:06 Defining Visibility
03:10 Marilee's Journey to Visibility
05:22 Building Technical Visibility
07:05 Taking Risks and Early Success
08:41 Overcoming Shyness and Anxiety
09:58 Advice for Women in Tech
12:01 The Importance of Networking
17:09 Debunking Myths About Visibility
20:17 Leveraging LinkedIn for Visibility
27:49 Balancing Multiple Roles
28:37 Creating and Teaching Courses
31:39 Final Advice and Encouragement
Resources
• 🌟 Where to find Surbhi
On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/surbhi7/
• 💫 Where to find Marily
On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynika/
On Substack https://substack.com/@marilynika?
On Maven https://maven.com/marily-nika/ai-product-management
• 🙋♀️ Where to find Women in Product:
On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-product/posts/
Website https://womenpm.org/
Join the Community https://womenpm.org/wip-community/