College Experiences That Helped a Customer Strategy & Operations Manager at CaptivateIQ Succeed
Dosbal attributes a significant part of career success to surrounding themself with a "broad array of people" in college, emphasizing the importance of appreciating differences in backgrounds, interests, and talents to cultivate open-mindedness and a continuous "opportunity to learn." This approach, Dosbal believes, not only makes one "a more holistic person just outside of work" but also a more adaptable and insightful professional.
Interpersonal Skills, Diversity of Thought, Open-Mindedness, Learning from Others, Appreciating Differences
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Dosbal Aibyek
Customer Strategy & Operations Manager
CaptivateIQ
UC Berkeley
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Economics, Political Science, American Studies
Technology
Operations and Project Management
Immigrant
Video Highlights
1. Surrounding yourself with a broad array of people in college with different backgrounds, personalities, and interests can teach you to appreciate differences and diversity of thought.
2. Learning from people who are different from you and open to diversity can make you a more holistic and interesting person, both inside and outside of work.
3. Approaching everything as an opportunity to learn from different types of people and absorbing their experiences can be an intangible skill that benefits your career.
Transcript
What did you do in college to set you up for success in your career?
One of the biggest things was surrounding myself with a broad array of people in college, like the friends I made. We all had such different backgrounds coming into Berkeley in the fall of 2015. We were from different places, had different interests and personalities.
Ultimately, we all went into different fields and followed different career paths. I think that teaches you to appreciate differences, a diversity of thought and talent. It makes you look at the world in a much more open-minded way.
You know that there's something you can learn from somebody else, even if you aren't working on the same thing or driven by the same interests initially. If you spend your evenings talking to them, you end up learning so much more.
By the end of your four years, when you're looking to start your career, that intangible skill will follow. You'll see everything as an opportunity to learn and absorb from different types of people.
It makes you a more holistic and interesting person just outside of work. Being open to diversity makes the world a more interesting place.
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