Ep. 141: Maria Gironas (Reddit) | How to Grow Stronger Through the Highs and Lows of Life

Maria Gironas has had an insane life! She was signed at 11 years old as an artist, worked in publicity, then at YouTube, and now is at Reddit as the Senior Media Partnerships Manager for Talent.

In this episode she shares some extremely quotable wisdom on how to grow in your professional career, but more importantly as a person. She's been through some insane highs and lows in life and shares all of those experiences and the lessons she's learned through all of it.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:20 - Who is Maria

3:30 - Her role at Reddit

7:50 - Reddit Best Practices

10:50 - The Non-Binary Gray Area

13:00 - Being signed at 11 and Growing Up as an Immigrant

19:30 - Getting into Publicity

22:00 - Working for Google/YouTube

26:00 - Get Out of Your Own Way

28:58 - How to Work at Google

33:40 - The Good and Evil of Tech

36:34 - Living in Ambition and Gratitude at the Same Time

40:10 - What Maria is Up To Now

44:00 - Sitting in Discomfort

45:25 - The Growth in the Lows

49:49 - Taking Care of Herself

54:02 - Adding Value and Knowing What You Want

Maria Gironas: @mariagironas

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

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