Oct 13, 2016 ● Peter Jones
A Google Executive Shares Her Best Advice for Twentysomethings
Ivy Ross is a tech executive heading up Google’s top-secret wearables division, but she didn’t follow what you might consider a traditional path to get there.
She’s been a jewelry designer, with her work appearing in some of the world’s best museums, and she has worked at multiple companies—including both Mattel and Gap Inc. When she gave a recent Commencement Address at FIT (the Fashion Institute of Technology), Ross explained how it was because of and not in spite of her unorthodox career path that she gained the success and fulfillment she currently enjoys.
Here is her best advice for young people just starting out.