A Path, After All: A Career Memoir

Includes color photos. In a Stanford University commencement speech, a year before he died, Steve Jobs told the young graduates that “you can only connect the dots looking backward.” In her career memoir Marta Olson looks back on the many jobs she held to find how her path evolved. She was fortunate to create a fulfilling career without a well-defined career path laid out in advance. Looking back on 50 years of work she contemplates the connections and the decisions that guided her. Her path took her from her first job in retail to progressively more responsible positions in hotel management to a complete switch into the computer industry. Her very personal story illustrates that taking advantage of opportunities and being willing to try something new can open doors to exciting new opportunities. Her stories starting out in the computer field include fascinating first-hand accounts of being part of the field team that helped roll out the Macintosh computer in 1984. All these career experiences culminated in her own successful website business. She learned that balancing her career interests with a desire to give back through work with environmental and historic preservation nonprofits created a rewarding and stimulating path, a path not anticipated in the beginning, but one that finally revealed itself once she took the time to reflect and look backward, “connecting those dots.”
ASIN: 1649701632
VSKU: BVV.1649701632.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Olson, Ms. Marta Jean
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.