Garaudy Etienne, a Product Manager at MongoDB, shares his experience working at the company, highlighting his unique background as an aerospace engineer and MBA graduate from Princeton University and the University of Chicago. He discusses his role in sharding team, where he focuses on ensuring data is split in a way that lets websites or apps stay fast as they continue to grow. Etienne emphasizes the importance of focusing on learning to say no and setting a strategy for the product to maximize impact. He also talks about the company's efforts to make working environments more inclusive, including removing offensive database terminology and increasing diversity through initiatives such as the parity pledge and mentorship programs. As an advisor on the master/slave removal project, Etienne advocates for making changes to older versions of MongoDB and believes that a more diverse tech industry would benefit from greater awareness of the company's work in this area.