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Never Wanted To Join L'Oreals, P&G's Of The World - Ritika Gupta

Apr 15, 2020 | |

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Imagine resigning from your very first job post MBA in less than 2 years so that you can travel. And before you leave, getting a job offer from another company! Sounds serendipitous right? But this actually happened to Ritika Gupta, current Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Teams, Ex Yatra & Dainik Jagran, MICA alum. In today's video, Ritika Gupta takes us through her wonky decision making process and tells us how she chose to study an MBA only after getting calls from IIM Shillong and MICA. Check out her interesting career pathway, peppered with impulsive decisions, passions, hard-work and luck! If you want to get a glimpse into how you too can make your MBA work for you, this is a must watch.

  This is part 1 Ritika's full interview. Stay tuned for the next parts! You can watch Part 2 here: You Must Ask The Right Questions As A Product Manager Ft. Ritika Gupta, Microsoft Teams To watch Part 2, click here: I Declined An Offer From Amazon To Work At Microsoft - Ritika Gupta, Product Manager, Ex Yatra What's This? This is a new series of talks that we are doing amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the lockdowns and the curfews, we are making all the efforts to ensure that you keep getting insightful and relevant content. So sit back and make the most of your social distancing with this episode of ‘Konversations in Quarantine'!

Summary
In this video, Ritika takes us through her stint as a product manager at Dainik Jagran, one of the largest publishing houses in India. She shares how her tech know-how and background as an engineer helped her spearhead the project of converting Dainik Jagran to a digital entity. Further she talks about her passion for travel, sports and media, and how these spurred her to take interesting career decisions.

She shares how the travel bug bit her and how she decided to leave her first job, only to receive an offer from Yatra because they liked her blog and her passion for travel! Further, she talks of her experience at MICA and just why she chose the b-school. She shares how learning at MICA helped her develop a sense of competition. She talks of learning the growth mindset at b-school and how that came in handy in her career as well.
If you want to know how a product manager thinks and acts, this is a must watch for you.

Key Takeaways
- When making important decisions, asking where you see yourself a few years later is useful.
- Sportsmanship and competitiveness at b-school help you cultivate a growth mindset.
- The courage to ask questions and question the status quo helps you gain perspective and sharpens your problem solving skills.
- Working in big corporations may not give you the ability to make decisions and grow, while working in a small company gives you this benefit.
- Your carefully cultivated hobbies and interests have the potential to shape your career!


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