Inspired by our conversation with Carey Lai, hosts Angela and Annie share the rocky beginnings of starting their careers in the early ‘00s when nobody was hiring after the dot-com bubble burst. We also share a different way of looking at the career journey to get around leadership ceilings.
Mentioned:
“10 big dot-com flops” (money.cnn.com)
“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder” - excerpt from Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Related episode: Bringing Taiwanese values to entrepreneurship with Carey Lai (Hearts in Taiwan S2E3)
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