From teacher to product manager in 9 weeks

Daniel spent six years teaching and was sure his resume read as "unqualified" for product roles. The experience was there — it was just described in the wrong language.

By reframing curriculum planning as roadmap ownership, classroom management as stakeholder coordination, and test-score gains as measurable outcomes, his background suddenly read as exactly what product teams want. Nine weeks later he had three offers.

I didn't change what I'd done — I changed how I talked about it.