A short excerpt from a YouTube video in which the speaker contrasts "squiggly" (non-linear) careers with the traditional ladder metaphor. The speaker describes a personal willingness to follow less-trodden, unconventional career paths, acknowledges these are often harder, and emphasizes the memorable journey, collective team achievements, and strong learning moments that arise from facing challenges.
They talk about squiggly careers versus perhaps the impression that people have in terms of a ladder. And I would say, through all of my experience to date, I've always been incredibly open to following the path less trodden, the squiggly path, or challenging that status quo. And it does mean it's often not the easiest path. But I think when you get to your destination one, the journey's inevitably been memorable. And actually, I think you can often kind of look back with a real sen sense of, kind of pride of what's been sort of achieved collectively in the teams that you've been a part of, when you've sort of faced challenges. And inevitably, it's those moments you learn the most.
