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Young excellence

By Jake Sacks March Young Excellence Jake Sacks Mar 23, 2026 20 1 Share “You need to meet my friend, they’re so ‘young excellence” is what Tina Tarighian , Google’s youngest senior creative technologist tells me whenever she talks about someone special. I’ve hesitated to define my own ideas around what it means to be young and excellent. But, last week Tina’s amazing girlfriend, Trudy Painter (pictured below) convinced me that with all the time I spend meeting people, I should. Tina and Trudy at their weekly dinner where they cook for their friends Here’s my take on “young excellence”, and how

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