5 Lessons From Marissa Mayer's $500 Million Career | Nicholas Carlson | LinkedIn
1. Choose the opportunity that's scariest. When Mayer was finishing her graduate program at Stanford, she had a world of career options in front of her. She could have become a high-paid consultant. She could have become a professor at Carnegie Mellon. Or, she could join a tiny, money-losing startup with a funny-sounding name. Mayer interviewed at the startup and was blown away by how many smart people were there. They were so smart it almost intimidated her. Because the startup was risky, and because its people were so smart, going there was, for Mayer, the scariest option — which is why she went with it. That startup? Google. Mayer was one of its first 25 employees.
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