People look at my resume and assume the same thing:
I must have changed directions too many times.
Fashion Design → Startup → Consulting → PM
From the outside, it looks like four different lives.
Even I used to think so.
But as I keep learning — especially now,
while I’m studying consulting and PM side by side —
the pattern is finally becoming clearer.
My career wasn’t jumping.
It was lining up.
Quietly. Slowly. In its own way.
1. Design taught me to pay attention
Design was my first language — not just visually, but cognitively.
It trained me to observe before reacting.
To notice details, patterns, behaviors.
To understand people without asking too many questions.
I didn’t realize it then,
but that was my first version of analysis,
problem framing, and user thinking.
2. Startups taught me to move
Startups taught me speed without panic,
decision-making without a manual,
and prioritization when everything feels urgent.
That kind of chaos forces clarity:
What matters now?
What can wait?
What happens if I’m wrong?
I didn’t know it then,
but that was the foundation of the PM mindset
I’m building today.
3. Consulting is teaching me structure (present)
I’m still learning it —
but consulting is giving me the tools I always needed.
How to define a problem.
How to break things down.
How to communicate logic others can trust.
It’s not “I learned this long ago.”
It’s “I’m learning this now.”
And suddenly, everything I did before feels connected.
4. PM is teaching me how it all comes together (present)
I’m also still learning PM —
not as a destination,
but as a way of thinking.
PM asks for empathy (design),
clarity and speed (startup),
and structure and logic (consulting).
Learning PM in real time
is showing me those pieces were never separate.
They were just waiting to be assembled.
5. It looked random — until I understood the pattern
I used to feel behind,
like I was moving in zigzags
while everyone else moved in straight lines.
But I don’t feel that anymore.
Now that I’m studying consulting and PM together,
my past roles aren’t detours —
they’re the context.
The pattern didn’t appear right away.
But I can see it forming now.
And this path — nonlinear as it is —
finally feels like it’s leading somewhere that makes sense.