Director, Sales Development Strategy & Operations @ Workday | Facebook, Instagram, Google alum | Intrapreneur | Motivational speaker.
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This was me exactly 4 years ago, as I left Facebook after 6.5 years - joining as employee #30 in Ireland, leaving as one of almost 2,000.
6 years, 6 lessons:
1. Done is better than perfect. I tried to preempt every possible scenario for my work, and slowed things down. Execute and iterate.
2. Take educated risks. I believed one of my teams needed to do something very different and I pushed for it, layering data on belief. What my team and I introduced, despite being shouted down from all sides, changed things for the better.
3. "That's how we've always done it" will kill a company.
4. If you find it, you fix it. Nothing is someone else's job, or task, or problem.
5. Have an impact. Your job title and level mean nothing. Focus on impact - that's what will resonate throughout your career and get you into the roles you want to be in.
6. None of it matters. I had a brain haemorrhage while in Facebook, and mostly recovered. I left Facebook, and the working world. I went to the Arctic and stayed in deserts. I tried to figure out how to be happier, and succeeded. I panicked about being out of the working world, but stuck to my guns. And I'm now in the role I love the most in my career so far. Being as happy as you can be, and being kind, is all that matters.
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