Scaleup Leaders: Stories from Experience · 2025-05-28 · 56 min
What happens when you go from designing or building things yourself… to leading a team of 100+? And what if your career didn’t follow the standard product ladder to get there? In this candid and funny conversation, Lidia Oshlyansky shares her journey from social worker to backend engineer to product and UX leader at companies like Google, Spotify, and fast-moving startups. We explore the invisible work of leadership, the emotional challenges of management, and what it really takes to drive change in complex organisations - without losing your humanity. Whether you’re navigating scale, burnout, tough cross-functional relationships, or wondering if you’re still contributing anything at all… this episode will resonate.
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