How I Got Here: The engineer building a sustainable, more plant-based diaper
How I Got Here: The engineer building a sustainable, more plant-based diaper
Have you ever had one of these moments?
Have you ever had one of those moments where you realize some seemingly small encounter or experience ended up completely changing the course of your life?
For the latest guest on our show, Amrita Saigal, that experience was a college internship working on feminine care products, like pads and tampons.
From there, Amrita grew her career with a focus on developing sustainably elegant products, combining her engineering background with her passion for the environment. Not only is Amrita a two-time founder, but she is also someone who has enjoyed working in large organization like Google and Proctor and Gamble.
The one thing that has remained constant throughout her varied experiences is that Amrita is deeply motivated by solving a problem at hand. Her conversations with new mothers led her to the problem she is currently working on: building a better diaper.
Listen to our full interview with Amrita here.
This week we wanted to highlight a piece written by Julie Zhou on “How To Think About Your Career.” Julie tackles this topic with advice that is intuitive in theory but elusive in practice.
"Often, I hear people say things like, “I’m interested in advancing my career. What do I need to do to get promoted?”
This is a perfectly valid question to ask, but I suspect what lurks beneath the question is the assumption that advancing one’s career = getting a promotion. I contest this quite heavily. In my opinion, it’s like equating being a good friend with getting invited to friend’s wedding.
Certainly, the people who attend someone’s wedding are likely to be good friends. But you wouldn’t think that optimizing for getting an invitation to a wedding is the right way to go about being a good friend. In fact, it’s entirely the other way around. If you focus 100% on being a great friend to someone, even if you never once thought about being invited to their wedding, guess what. You’re probably going to get that fancy envelope in the mail.”
Full article here on Medium.
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