"What do you want to when you grow up?" - A discussion with 16 yr olds

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“What do you want to be when you grow

up?”(I still have no idea)

Stephanie Le Geyt in discussion with Portland Place’s Year 11

Where I am now

Yammer video

(youtube: We Are Yammer)

1st day of school – still not a morning person

Last day of Year 11, on way to A-levels

What now?!?!?!??!?!?!

Got a place at Durham to study history but didn’t know what I wanted to do. So worked at M&S and then travelled Europe

Durham was awesome. With a history degree you have a lot of spare time… find out what extra curriculars and people you like.

What now?!?!?!??!?!?!

Internship at online start up – try everything

Grad scheme – slow conveyor belt

Gamble on an awesome product and amazing team. Totally paid off.

First day sent to SF

Dingy first Yammer EMEA office where we ran out of furniture and everyone was family

We played softball.

We partied.

We were acquired because we were beating giants. 2 years after the acquisition we’re changing the world at scale.

What now?!?!?!??!?!?!

Advice from people smarter than me

Find something you love

Failure is good + no one knows what they’re doing!

Be open minded

You can’t predict the future – so don’t ignore the present

University – Yay or Nay?