- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Says z, you should no longer worry Knowing what your career will look like in the 20s. Instead, he encourages young people to focus on learning what they want to do – a lesson that has paid off for Jassy well. Before he started his almost 30 -year career on Amazon, he tried jobs such as sports casting, football coach and investment banking.
Only a few topics drive out as many debates as their 20s should look. Some see the decade as chaotic strugglewhile others are considered rare time window.
But from the perspective of Amazon, CEO of Amazon, gen should be distracted and recognize that they do not have to have planned all their lives after 20 years.
“I have a 21-year-old son and a 24-year-old daughter, and one of the things I see with you and your colleagues is that you all feel like you know what you want to do for your life at this age,” said Jassy in podcast. How managers lead with David Novak. “And I really don’t think that’s true.”
And while you find out what you want to do in your career Completely re -shape the jobl landscape– Jassy knows the fight first -hand.
After graduating from Harvard University in 1990, he tried a number of career paths, including sports casting, product management and entrepreneurship. He also worked in a golf shop in retail, trained High School Soccer and tried investment banking. Finally, he decided to go back to school to make an MBA and explore entrepreneurship. It was only after his completion of Harvard Business School Has he only had his outbreaks at Amazon months ago?
“I tried a lot of things and I think it is so important early to learn what you don’t want to do, is what you want to do because it actually helps you to find out what you want to do.”
Assets Jassy stretched out for a comment.
The value of failure – and ask questions
Exploring interests is one thing, but for Jassy, now 57, nothing is more important for success than asking questions. Have a high quotient of “why” – or “WhyQ“It’s something he said, helps careers at Amazon.
“We ask why and why not all the time,” Jassy wrote in his last letter to shareholders. “It helps us to deconstruct problems, to get causes, to understand blockers and to unlock doors that had previously appeared impenetrable.”
In particular, it can be a big springboard for careers to be curious – and to work with the right attitude, Jassy admitted.
“An embarrassing amount of how well you have to do with attitudes, especially in your twenties,” has to do with attitude. ” Said Jassy In an interview with LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky.
And while the success ultimately has a chance element – and possibly containing several setbacks – she could end up in the corner office one day after the other.
“I have the feeling that my trip or my adventure were good for luck, and I think maybe one of the things I did best was not to rethink,” he added David Novak.
CEOs that held the long way up
While it looks as if the way to the top of the company leader requires a hyper-oriented career path, the journey can actually be long and insane-and Jassy is just an example.
After graduation as a student, Reed HastingsThe co -founder of Netflixserved in the Peace Corps as a math teacher of the high school in Eswatini, a small country in southern Africa. Only after his return he went back to school and studied computer science at Stanford University before helping the Tech company worth over 500 billion US dollars worth over 500 billion US dollars.
In addition, Bob Iger, The Walt’s CEO Disney Company started his Predict As an on-air meteorologist for a local television station in Ithaca, New York, he became one of the most remarkable media managers.
And even Jassy’s own mentor, Jeff Bezosstarted with a typical young job: turn burgers at McDonald’s.
“You can learn responsibility in every job if you take it seriously” said To Cody Tets, Author of Golden opportunity: remarkable careers that started at McDonald’s. “You learn a lot as a teenager who works at McDonald’s. It differs from what you learn at school. Do not underestimate the value of it!”
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