Nicholas

"I wanted to get closer to product development sales working with remote developers and project managers."

"I was mostly managing the team there was responsible for the supply chain program. So for us that man all the packaging for all of delivers clients"

"proactive communication has always better than reactive"

"the ability to sell ideas is paramount. Early customer-facing roles significantly helped me develop this skill."

"I think you gain a lot as the people manager and Understanding different perspectives and I think there's a lot of satisfaction from seeing the personal growth in people that work for you."

"The biggest challenge is figuring out if the approach is correct when approaching a new problem."

"The most enjoyable pieces are things are really quickly moving."

"The best people that do well in startups ask a lot of really good questions and that helps to hone in on the ideal solution for a problem that we have"

"Working in startups, especially fast-growing ones, can be really exhilarating in the good moments, and in the down moments, it's not as fun."

"I almost would recommend for most people that going down one of those traditional paths and then kind of reassessing things after the second or third year"

"when you show stress to your team and they kind of absorb that"

"Seek out diverse experiences. My time as a TA, working on fellowships, and volunteering gave me varied skills and perspectives that helped me succeed in my career."

"the more time I spent in different environments the more I came to empathize with different people"