I’m Thaman. I went from writing the code to becoming VectorShift’s first PM. Now I build AI products and help good ideas survive contact with real users.
<builder />first PM.Real problems. Opinionated decisions.
A few lessons along the way.
A system of record where every number traces back to its source. Less quarter-end detective work.
Structure the thesis first, then let an agent reason over it.
Separate hypothetical changes from financial ground truth.
Check the claim and its citation together.
Model access around the people using the platform.
Stop what the evidence does not support, even when it looks like the obvious bet.
Stay with the problem from the first interview through to use.
The title changed.
The urge to build didn’t.
I built core products behind VectorShift’s move into enterprise financial services as an engineer. In April 2026, I became the company’s first Product Manager. The roadmap for an approximately 20-person engineering, QA and design organisation now runs through our product team.
Thal.E → Infra.Market
Engineer → first PM, VectorShift