Designing Your Career: Explore a Career Change and Do What You Love
summary
Career path traces concrete moves: from bioorganic and quantum chemistry to professional translator to Google marketing/community work and then Google Assistant development, becoming a GDE and one of The NEXT 100 (2013). Lists 10 lessons learned, cites tools Dialogflow, Firebase, JavaScript, and notes managing a 14‑person remote team at Todoist. Reports delivering 200+ events in 20+ countries, turning career pivots into repeatable practices for changing fields and balancing parenthood with travel and public speaking.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and career journey
- 5:30Believe in yourself and overcome impostor syndrome
- 7:36Stay curious and never stop learning
- 9:43Dream big and turn dreams into projects
- 11:08Network strategically and build meaningful connections
- 14:40Get organized and prioritize effectively
- 15:44Get comfortable with selling yourself
- 17:53Volunteering changes lives
- 19:18Be ready to work hard and build foundations
- 21:03Embrace discomfort and be willing to fail
- 23:10Parenting doesn't end your career
- 27:43Believe in yourself to achieve anything
- 28:05Q&A and closing remarks
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