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Thank you for subscribing! If we haven’t met, I wanted to take this time to introduce myself.

I’m Maggie, a former tech product marketer who quit her job in November 2024 after 10 years of climbing the corporate ladder. Now, my work isn’t just one thing anymore, and I finally get the freedom to choose what I want to do. I’m a Corporate Events Freelancer, Retreat Planner, Community Builder, Airbnb Superhost, Coach, Pilates Teacher, and Writer of the Feel Free Newsletter.

I was born in Shanghai, China and adopted when I was three months old. I grew up in the Bay Area, went to school at Cal Poly, and have been living in Brooklyn, NY for the last 4 years.

🗺️ More about my career journey:

• I started my career at Deloitte where I interned (twice!) before signing full-time. Despite what people say about the Big 4, I really enjoyed my time and met some of closest friends. As a new graduate who got to travel weekly on the company’s dime, it felt glamorous. But after 6+ months of traveling weekly to Provo, Utah with no team around me, I wanted a change.

• That’s when I made my first career pivot from Consulting to Marketing where I joined Slack pre-IPO to start their Competitive Intelligence function in 2018. I remember feeling like an imposter 90% of the time and got limited support from my very busy manager, but I figured it out.

• A year later, I made my second career pivot into Product Marketing. I wanted to help bring new product features to market, and it seemed more creative than the work I was doing to-date.

• In 2020, COVID happened and as a result, Slack took off. As a result, I was working more than ever and burned out. The company was also getting acquired by Salesforce that year, and I decided it was time for my next move.

• In 2021, I moved to NYC and that fall, I joined Asana but quickly realized the job wasn’t what I was sold. The VP of Product Marketing left the team one month in, my manager changed within 3 months, and I was contemplating leaving. My voice of reason said I needed to stay at least a year for the stock, but my intuition knew something was off.

• I ignored it until it came to a head in 2022 where a heated conversation with my new manager made me question my path. That’s when I took a leave of absence and started working with a coach to get clarity on what I wanted to do next.

• Over the course of the next two years, I changed my relationship with money and with work. Instead of viewing success as getting a pay raise or a promotion, I focused on how I was living in my values.

• In 2024, I took my second leave of absence with Asana but this time, I didn’t return. Now, I’m building a portfolio career made up of consulting, coaching, freelancing, writing, and anything else I choose to do.

That’s why this newsletter is called Feel Free. I want anyone who is reading this to feel free to make choices in their life that bring them joy and fulfillment.

So, what can you expect from me?

• A newsletter full of personal stories, tactical advice, and a round-up of virtual and NYC community events centered around personal and professional growth

• One email, delivered every Monday, straight to your inbox

If you want to chat further, check out my website, connect with me on LinkedIn, or DM me on Instagram. Like all of us, I'm still figuring things out, but I'm excited to be on this journey together ❤️ 

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