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Hearts in Taiwan

As kids of immigrants from Taiwan, our Asian identity started with beef noodle soup and ended with Chinese school. Now that we’re adults, we’ve found that we still have a lot to learn about Taiwan’s history and its unique culture. Cousins Annie Wang and Angela Yu share their journey as they discover their family’s heritage and celebrate Taiwanese culture in the context of the Asian American experience.

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Our first jobs in Silicon Valley

March 16, 2022 • Annie Wang and Angela Yu • Season 2 • Episode 4

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Inspired by our conversation with Carey Lai, hosts Angela and Annie share the rocky beginnings of starting their careers in the early ‘00s when nobody was hiring after the dot-com bubble burst. We also share a different way of looking at the career journey to get around leadership ceilings.

Mentioned:
“10 big dot-com flops” (money.cnn.com)
“Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder” - excerpt from Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Related episode: Bringing Taiwanese values to entrepreneurship with Carey Lai (Hearts in Taiwan S2E3)

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