Google VP Marissa Mayer: Learn By Failing

With the explosion of the Internet, today’s media job seekers have more choices available than ever before. But how do you know if an emerging company is poised to be the next Twitter or just another dot-com bust?

For Google’s VP of consumer products Marissa Mayer, making the decision to become the company’s 20th employee was so difficult that she ended up in tears.

“My friend Andre said to me, ‘You know, Marissa, you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself to pick the right choice, and I’ve gotta be honest: That’s not what I see here.

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