#16 Alana Karen of Google on leading teams

Alana Karen (@alanatkaren) discusses getting her start at Google, making a switch from sales and marketing to the engineering team, the scrappy go-getter mentality in the early days at Google and leading the Google Fiber and Search platform teams. She also discusses finding work-life balance and documenting stories of women in tech along with their successes and challenges in her book The Adventures of Women in Tech. Links: https://twitter.com/alanatkaren www.alanakaren.com www.adventuresofwomenintech.com Contact Me: www.twitter.com/soojunghan_ www.twitter.com/_socialgoodpod anchor.fm/socialgoodpodcast   Links: www.instagram.com/alanakaren www.linkedin.com/in/alanakaren/ www.alanakaren.com   Find us on:www.thesocialgoodpod.com www.youtube.com/@socialgoodpodcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/6OBpddWHUqO1jGWsMHidmGhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-good-podcast/id1562812869 www.instagram.com/socialgoodpodhttps://music.amazon.com/podcasts/435c2adf-d21c-42b6-8dd8-50132dd97fac/social-good-podcast   Also by Soo Jung: Support me on my journey in building my charity dining app. Sign up for my waitlist at www.getyourbrighton.com