Christy was disillusioned with the American Dream. Coming from an immigrant family, she worked hard believing her college degree will be her ticket to success. It was not.

What was more important to Christy's success was her hustle (she started her own company when opportunities were slim picking), tenacity (her commitment to hit every networking event she can attend), and the final secret sauce many people don't acknowledge, luck. That one lucky break that Christy fostered through her hard work.

Come hear Christy's career and money journey as a conversation designer!

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Linda wanted to become a singer. She came from a musical family and had the talent to go professional. However, through her career in music and later on in tv production, she saw how difficult it can be as a women in front of media. So she sought out a career where she can maintain autonomy - by becoming a software engineer.

I haven't laughed this much in a podcast. Ashley shares her intense affection for The Walt Disney Company, while sprinkling in her career journey - from the start of her career at Time Inc. (she built some amazing memories while living with her grandma + saved enough to buy her first home afterwards), to her work experience taste tasing ice cream as a finance manager at Unilever, and later at Meta.
Few things that stood out from this conversation - 1. Everyone I've spoken to who worked at Unilever really enjoyed their experience - seems to be a great company. 2. We don't make career decisions in a vacuum - it was really inspiring to hear how Ashley navigated and balanced career aspirations with her family needs.
Come hear Ashley's career and money journey as a marketing finance director at Indeed!

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Reny was deeply influenced by her family. She was inspired by her grandmother's journey and work ethic moving with nothing from DR, to building a life and foundation for her family through #realestate investing in the US. Her older sister also was a positive influence in entering the world of #advertising (though some healthy sibling rivalry had Reny looking elsewhere at first).

Reny has since been upping her game by up leveling her technical understanding, especially excited about how #genai will impact advertising solutions.

Come hear Reny's money and career journey as an advertiser solutions architect!

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Meet fun, bubbly, and charismatic senior PM, Trishna Sharma!

I particularly enjoyed hearing her experience on preferring B2C over B2B work satisfaction, as well as her prioritizing work life balance. The burnout experience that led her to protecting healthy boundaries at work was no fun, but she came out as a stronger PM as a result.

Come hear Trishna's money and career journey as a product manager!

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Sikha started her career as a data scientist. Then, fueled by her growing interest in machine learning, Sikha jumped on a project to build BuzzFeed's recommendation system teaching herself machine learning while on the job.

This is what I find fascinating about careers in tech. You create career leaps when you sign up for your company's next big bet - even if you don't have full experience, you learn and push yourself while building. Sikha volunteered, showed up, and delivered. Wahoo!

We also discussed how to find (and fail at) work life balance, her experience being part of the mass layoff at Twitter, and what excites her about her new role.

Come hear Sikha's money and career journey as a machine learning architect!

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Meet Stephanie Skuzenski, senior manager at Johnson & Johnson. Her mind 🧠 works in different ways - her ability to recognize repeatable patterns, and love of efficiency propelled her from pursuing a life as an artist to a system designer in tech.
Come hear Stephanie's money and career journey from an artist, to a freelancer, to her experience in tech.
I particularly enjoyed the question - would you stay at your current role/company several years down the road❓ If not, what would you do differently today?

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✨ Erin Essex applied to Google several times before Google's recruiter reached out to her. Along the way, she worked at a calling center, on  @MLB  projects, and notable startups.

In deciding to join Google though, Erin changed roles from a director back to a senior IC. Why?

Hear Erin's story on how she is bucking the traditional career trajectory, by following her own career satisfaction criteria. That's what Erin Essex would do!

0:35 🐝 Hobby as a beekeeper

Tanvi started out her career as an architect. When Tanvi decided to pursue data science, her mother put down her house as collateral to pay for her Master's degree. True to her go-getter drive, Tanvi paid off her student loans in full before graduating. I really enjoyed hearing Tanvi's unique journey into tech, as well as her excitement about the advancements in ML/deep learning. Come hear her money and career journey!

0:00 Intro - impact of childhood memory of money

0:00 Wearing many hats