Big Tech Executive Shares Career Journey Marked by Setbacks and Progress

I'm a Big Tech executive. My journey here has felt like falling forward — painful stumbles and detours, yet still progress.

Wainwright Yu. Courtesy of Wainwright Yu Wainwright Yu's unexpected journey at a Magnificent 7 company led to a director role, despite setbacks. Not landing a return offer after an internship and unexpected team assignments were part of his journey. Yu said what he had to let go of was the perfect career path he had crafted in his head. The email came in on a Tuesday. It was an announcement that I had been promoted to director, an executive position at the Magnificent 7 company, where I had...