Going into this project, I was staffed as the product manager after a stellar year creating and managing Sift. But, to be completely honest, I didn't really know what a product manager does or what effective product management looked like. I was still new to this whole tech thing.

Hailing from a business/design background, I had the fundamentals; however, managing a development team would be a completely new experience. There were a lot of "break this down for me," "what does that mean," and "what can work for you." I am very thankful to each of my devs for being so patient and understanding as we tackled our first AI project together.

In retrospect, I was a terrible PM. But, all the hardships we had told me a lot about what I need to do in the future if I wanted to pursue more PM experiences. We all have to start somewhere.

Dilliad was a project that I really wanted to succeed. It was an idea I was fully passionate about, and I thought it had the legs to break into the smart fashion market. I wanted to use it so bad, I have no clue on how to dress myself. And the more I told others about the project, the more they wanted to use it, too! Unfortunately, the project had to come to a close after our pitch, but seeing similar apps coming forth validated that we had something special.

Shout out to STYL! Seeing them grow and accomplish everything we set our eyes on was really fun.