141: Maria Gironas (Reddit) | How to Grow Stronger Through the Highs and Lows of Life
Where Are All My Friends | Discovering Creative Careers with Inspiring Entrepreneurs
English - March 28, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 61 MB - ★★★★★ - 245 ratingsMusic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Maria Gironas has had an insane life! She was signed at 11 years old as an artist, worked in publicity, then at YouTube, and now is at Reddit as the Senior Media Partnerships Manager for Talent.
In this episode she shares some extremely quotable wisdom on how to grow in your professional career, but more importantly as a person. She's been through some insane highs and lows in life and shares all of those experiences and the lessons she's learned through all of it.
If you like this episode, please do me a massive favor and share it with someone else you think would enjoy it! Word of mouth is the single biggest way this podcast grows.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:20 - Who is Maria
3:30 - Her role at Reddit
7:50 - Reddit Best Practices
10:50 - The Non-Binary Gray Area
13:00 - Being signed at 11 and Growing Up as a child of immigrants
19:30 - Getting into Publicity
22:00 - Working for Google/YouTube
26:00 - Get Out of Your Own Way
28:58 - How to Work at Google
33:40 - The Good and Evil of Tech
36:34 - Living in Ambition and Gratitude at the Same Time
40:10 - What Maria is Up To Now
44:00 - Sitting in Discomfort
45:25 - The Growth in the Lows
49:49 - Taking Care of Herself
54:02 - Adding Value and Knowing What You Want
Maria Gironas: @mariagironas
Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw
Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse
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