Aaron Goldsmid, head of product at Deel, has previously worked for Facebook, Amazon, and Twitter. This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Aaron Goldsmid, a 44-year-old from San Francisco about mistakes he made early in his career. I tell early career techies to ask themselves how their next role will get them to the role after that. You can accelerate quickly into a senior role, but taking a less fancy role and diversifying your experience might mean your upside long-term is much higher. As a senior leader at Deel, I'm very conscious about how I present myself to early career folks.

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Persons: Aaron Goldsmid, Goldsmid, I've, didn't, techies, I'm, I'd, they've Organizations: Facebook, Twitter, Business, Microsoft, Broadway, Columbia, Amazon, UN Locations: San Francisco, Seattle, New York