From Medical School Rejection Twice to Google and Pinterest Software Engineer: Ruth Grace Wong

I interviewed my friend Ruth Grace Wong to talk about her path from getting rejected from medical school twice to working as a software engineer at top technology companies such as Google and Pinterest.

If you want to work in the healthcare industry or work in the tech industry I think you will learn a lot from this interview. Especially on the importance on bouncing back after rejection and failure.

We talked about how she felt after getting rejected, how she got job offers to Google and Pinterest, advice for females in tech, what working at a hospice taught her about life and a lot more.

Timestamps

What were you like in high school? [1:50]
Why she switched from wanting to studying to CS to wanting to be a doctor in high school? [2:45]
Advice for people who want to go to medical school? [5:50]
Learning compassion, empathy and gratitude from volunteering at a Hospice [7:30]
How did you feel after getting rejected from medical school and what did you plan to do next? [8:30]
How did you get the Google internship? [8:30]
How did you get the Pinterest Job? [11:55]
Software engineer by day, manufacturing engineer and maker by night [14:40]
Lessons learnt from successful and failed projects? [16:50]
Working for startup versus big companies versus starting your own company? [18:45]
Advice for females in tech on taking more opportunities? [22:45]
How to network and prepare for interviews for a top tech company? [25:45]
How Ruth plans on raising kids while furthering her career? [28:25]
What is Ruth currently obsessed with? [30:00]
General life advice [32:40]

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