Google Exec Shares Her Best Career Advice For 20-somethings

rfeloni@businessinsider.com (Richard Feloni), Business Insider
Wed, 05/25/2016 - 10:24am

Fashion Institute of Technology Ivy Ross is the head of Project Aura, Google's secretive wearables branch, but she took an unusual path to become a tech executive. Over the past two decades, Ross' career has included stints in companies ranging from Mattel to Gap Inc., and before that she was an acclaimed jewelry designer with work in the world's foremost museums. In her commencement address at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) on Thursday, Ross told the new graduates that she was grateful her unorthodox career path taught her fundamental truths. Business Insider caught up with Ross after her speech to distill her story into her top lessons for people still in the early stages of their careers. 'Get your ego out of the way so that your heart can be your operating system' Ross began her career designing jewelry using nontraditional metals and innovative techniques.

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