My wonderful mentee, Paige Sussman, recently joined me for lunch at the Google offices. Paige graciously made time to come down to Chelsea for a bite to eat and a quick office tour. Given she is in the process of applying for summer internships, we focused our conversation on summer opportunities and talking about career goals.
Paige came prepared with a number of good questions. We talked about the experiences consulting could offer versus a spending summer in financial services. We also explored some alternative finance and marketing options on the industry side as well. I shared a bit of my experience in consulting at McKinsey and what my current role at Google is like. Paige told me about her previous internships at Espirit and Perry Ellis and shared a bit about her Economics coursework. I have no doubt Barnard has prepared her well for the future.
It wasn't all work through - We compared notes on traveling to Europe for vacation and our families in Florida before grabbing some dessert. Afterwards, I took Paige on quick tour of the office. Between Googlers riding on scooters in the hallways and teams brainstorming ideas on floor-to-ceiling whiteboards, I hope it was a helpful glimpse of what life is like at Google.
I'm already looking forward to dinner next week with Paige. I am excited to continuing our mentoring as the year goes on!
