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Ten Things I Wish I Learned Before I Started My Career

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A guest post by Charlene Lee on lessons she wishes she could share with her younger self

Charlene Lee, author of today's guest post, on her first day at Google almost a decade ago I still remember the day the recruiter called me with a job offer from Google. I danced around my dorm room for hours celebrating what was to come. Landing a position in Google’s coveted Associate Manager program was a dream, and all the years of late-night problem sets and internships were finally paying off. However, as summer passed and my first day neared, a deep sense of unease and anxiety began to set in. Leaving the structure of school introduced a new, overwhelming kind of freedom. I imagined…

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