Never Take a New Job Based on Money

How would you advise new graduates or those about to graduate, regarding what they can do to make a good impression and have impact in their first job?

I would say number one is learning mindset first. Number one thing is, never take a job based on money in the early days, or even later. Always take it based on what you like to do, and can you learn and grow? That is the number one thing, that was me. My first job out of school was… I gave up consulting, I was going to go to one of the big three major consulting firms, which was very prestigious, a lot of my friends thought I was going to take that offer, but instead I chose marketing at Target.

Because it was, I would say just as exclusive, or hard to get, but I felt like I really love marketing. Well, there was a huge pay gap, but I love marketing. And so, I think, that to me, for my first decision right out of school allowed me to slide right into my core competency, which is marketing strategy.

And so, that really propelled me to where I am now. Boba Guys, I’ll tell you, it’s a very brand centric company, and it’s because my background has been marketing since I was an undergrad. So, don’t worry about getting paid, and all that kind of stuff. I know people got student loans, and the student loans are really, really heavy now. But I will say, let’s say you got a hundred, 200 grand, even a $100,000- $200,000 in student loans, you know, I will tell you by your tenure, when you’re 30, when you 30, 31, that was when I started Boba Guys, when I was 29, your money will start coming, and that 200 grand, it looks like a lot, it’ll get bought down, I promise you that.