Ever wonder why someone would leave Google, despite the company having one of the strongest employment brands in the world?
Maneesh Arora decided to leave after spending close to a decade as a product manager at the tech juggernaut, working on interesting projects like Google Health, Google Maps and more. After Google he spent 7 months at Zynga before pursuing his true interest of being an investor and tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley.
Maneesh offers insights into why Google was one of the best jobs he has ever had, and why this also made it one of the hardest places to leave and ultimately challenged him from following is true career interests. His advice? Take risks early, optimize for working on challenging projects and with people smarter than you, and don’t chase titles.
Maneesh spoke for an hour on Stanford’s campus as part of our FYF series. FYF brings current and former executives from companies including HP, Amazon, Google, Zynga, and more to speak on campuses. To View Part 1 Featuring Dave Schappell click here. To view Part 2 Featuring Mike Su click here.
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Highlights
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