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all the google offices so i just drove to the youtube one over here in san bruno let me just tell you first there's like so many campuses across google but there's also so many buildings when you get to campus yesterday when my manager and i were meeting at the san bruno office we had this conference call with
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to the youtube one over here in san
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bruno let me just tell you first there's
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like so many campuses across google but
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there's also so many buildings when you
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get to campus yesterday when my manager
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and i were meeting at the san bruno
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office we had this conference call with
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our vendor we were supposed to meet in the same building in the same room we both didn't realize or i didn't realize how many different buildings they were like even on a single campus so i kept going to the wrong building and i kept you know popping up in the wrong conference room and the vendor probably
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the same building in the same room we
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both didn't realize or i didn't realize
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how many different buildings they were
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like even on a single campus so i kept
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going to the wrong building and i kept
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you know popping up in the wrong
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conference room and the vendor probably
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thought it was very funny um because she just kept seeing us like not being able to meet each other so many buildings so many offices and i am constantly getting lost but i'm gonna go get breakfast at san bruno now san bruno now Music
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just kept seeing us like not being able
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to meet each other so many buildings so
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many offices and i am constantly getting
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lost but i'm gonna go get breakfast at
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san bruno now
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san bruno now Music
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interview where i was on the panel uh we're hiring for a startup program lead for the americas region so it's basically my counterpart because i'm responsible for the program in apac it's interesting to be on the panel side i've done many interviews in the past when i was like looking for a job most of my
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we're hiring for a startup program lead
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for the americas region so it's
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basically my counterpart because i'm
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responsible for the program in apac it's
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interesting to be on the panel side i've
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done many interviews in the past when i
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was like looking for a job most of my
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interviews mostly with like early mid-stage tech companies always have like a homework or take-home section and for this candidate she had to come up with a presentation on what her go-to-market strategy would be if she were to expand the startups program in the americas region and it's not like we're looking for any exact answers i
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mid-stage tech companies always have
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like a homework or take-home section and
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for this candidate she had to come up
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with a presentation on what her
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go-to-market strategy would be if she
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were to expand the startups program in
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the americas region and it's not like
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we're looking for any exact answers i
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think it's more so an opportunity for the panel uh to see your critical thinking ability personality ability to communicate information etc etc on to the next meeting etc on to the next meeting Music
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the panel uh to see your critical
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thinking ability personality
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ability to communicate information etc
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etc on to the next meeting
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etc on to the next meeting Music
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when you work for a corporation and a company as big as google the first step to really any successful project is connecting with the right people and while that may sound very elementary like connect with the right people it's actually really hard for a company as big as google because there are so many different teams you
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company as big as google the first step
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to really any successful project is
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connecting with the right people and
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while that may sound very elementary
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like connect with the right people
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it's actually really hard
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for a company as big as google because
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there are so many different teams you
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might not even know that the team you need to talk to exists or you might realize as i am that there are multiple teams working on the same goal and initiative and so being collaborative and being in the right conversations in order to bring in all the people that
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need to talk to exists or you might
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realize as i am that there are multiple
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teams working on the same goal and
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initiative and so being collaborative
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and being in the right conversations in
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order to bring in all the people that
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you need to talk to is a really key part of that success
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of that success
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angle but right now i'm on my way to the office um notions hq is in the mission in san francisco and right now it's like study hall which means that you can go if you want to but you don't have to if you don't and then in june we're gonna start to have anchor days so mondays and
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office um notions hq is in the mission
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in san francisco and right now it's like
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study hall which means that you can go
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if you want to but you don't have to if
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you don't and then in june we're gonna
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start to have anchor days so mondays and
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thursdays everyone comes and the rest like you work at home um i actually like don't really go in unless there's like a big meeting or like an offside cause i'm a creature rabbit today i'm going in because we have like a like a yacht party um trust me that doesn't happen
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like you work at home um i actually like
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don't really go in unless there's like a
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big meeting or like an offside cause i'm
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a creature rabbit today i'm going in
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because we have like a like a yacht
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party um trust me that doesn't happen
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very often we have like a team like work shift so we're just having a horror kind of thing so yeah good reason to go in of thing so yeah good reason to go in today today Music
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shift so we're just having a horror kind
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of thing so yeah good reason to go in
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of thing so yeah good reason to go in today
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today Music
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today at google and there's something he said that i liked and it was focus on your trajectory and not on your position so don't worry about where you're currently at so much just you know be focused on where you're headed so are you even one percent better today than you were yesterday
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said that i liked and it was
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focus on your trajectory and not on your
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position so don't worry about where
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you're currently at so much just
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you know be focused on where you're
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headed so are you even one percent
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better today than you were yesterday
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and you know more than that measurement it's like a mindset and i really like that because i feel like whether you work at a corporate or a startup work can feel overwhelming sometimes and it can feel like you should be doing more than you currently are i think for me especially you know i'm still 90 days
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it's like a mindset and i really like
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that because i feel like whether you
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work at a corporate or a startup work
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can feel overwhelming sometimes and it
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can feel like you should be doing more
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than you currently are i think for me
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especially you know i'm still 90 days
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into my job and understanding to put the focus on my trajectory instead of where i'm currently at which is sometimes feeling very lost honestly um it was a good reminder so i just got off a call with my direct team and first time with our new manager and i guess i just wanted to talk a
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focus on my trajectory instead of where
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i'm currently at which is sometimes
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feeling very lost honestly
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um it was a good reminder
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so i just got off a call with my direct
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team and first time with our new manager
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and i guess i just wanted to talk a
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little bit about how one of the byproducts of like a company scaling as quickly as notion is during my three year tenure this is actually my fourth manager now and honestly it has been such a ride i'm just so used to adapting so quickly because you need to getting leveled is actually really common a
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one of the
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byproducts of like a company scaling as
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quickly as notion is during my three
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year tenure this is actually my fourth
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manager now and honestly it has been
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such a ride i'm just so used to adapting
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so quickly because you need to getting
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leveled is actually really common a
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really fast growing company because obviously in the beginning the structure is relatively like flat there's like very little management layers however as the company matures and grows over time you need that to be a more matured company with a lot more process et cetera et cetera and then also just like just happens things change and you
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obviously in the beginning the structure
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is relatively like flat there's like
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very little management layers however as
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the company matures and grows over time
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you need that to be a more matured
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company with a lot more process et
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cetera et cetera and then also just like
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just happens things change and you
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gotta just like roll with the punches if you are not growing as quickly as your company is then this increases the chances that you're almost like falling behind and i think it's like fairly normal that for a lot of hyper growth startups a good number of the early employees that were there during the
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you are not growing as quickly as your
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company is then this increases the
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chances that you're almost like falling
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behind and i think it's like fairly
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normal that for a lot of hyper growth
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startups a good number of the early
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employees that were there during the
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zero to i don't know 30 or 50 employee stage are actually no longer at the company you know sometimes your career aspirations change etc etc also the reality is that it just gets really really hard and always needing to adapt so quickly not only to like how quickly the company is changing but also adapting yourself
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stage are actually no longer at the
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company you know sometimes your career
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aspirations change etc etc also the
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reality is that it just gets really
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really hard
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and always needing to adapt so quickly
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not only to like how quickly the company
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is changing but also adapting yourself
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but even considering like hey maybe i need to give up my role in order to grow more or the company needs me and my role to shift in order for me to better address like business needs right all that to say it can be a lot but it's one of the things that comes with the turf
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need to give up my role in order to grow
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more or the company needs me and my role
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to shift in order for me to better
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address like business needs right all
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that to say it can be a lot but it's one
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of the things that comes with the turf
