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icebreaker

who was a pivotal person that changed the trajectory of your professional career?

for me it was my design mentor, David T, in boulder, who ultimately got me into google in SF via referral

who's your David T?

there is no /icebreaker without meeting him at my internship 🥲

CEO at Google • co-founder & rectangle mover at /icebreaker • icbk.me/j4ck.fc • /swagcaster • DJ sixsix

My friend L. We had been friends for a few years by then but she had become a lot more successful than me, thiel fellow, YC founder etc. 

A few years ago I had a tough job at a shitty startup and had to find a job quickly. She put me on bookface and I ended up going thru all 5 rounds to be on YCs admissions team. 

Ultimately I didn’t get to join YC, but the clout from just landing an interview there gave me a lot of leverage for other jobs. So I got my dream job right after ✌️

🕯️they/them, candlemaker at https://humankind.place

epic. love to see it from L

so she basically leveraged her own social rep for you and boosted you sounds like

reinforcing the connection 🫡

that's awesome lol

yeah. I helped her to get into YC before that too so it was a full circle moment!