Ruben Harris - Founder and CEO of Career Karma

Ruben Harris

Ruben and Adam go on a conversational journey into topics such as creativity, transferable skills, going to the top, social media connections and more.

Ruben Harris is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia

Prior to working in tech, Ruben worked as an Investment Banker focused on Food, Consumer, and Retail companies in Chicago and Atlanta. As a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, he recruited others to focus on issues related to food security, climate change, and agriculture.

Ruben has been playing the cello for ~25 years, taught music, performed in venues all over the world - including Carnegie Hall, and landed placements from Def Jam.

Conversation Timeline

1:00 What is Career Karma?

5:00 what do learning cello and being a founder have in common?

8:30 creative thinking

12:37 Leaning in to what makes us human

15:40 getting to the top together

20:55 social media & manifesting connections

28:10 wealth and being connected

33:30 privilege and connections

39:18 how to break through bias

41:09 transferable skills

Links
Career Karma Website
Career Karma Instagram
Ruben's Instagram
Ruben's Twitter

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