Apr.16.24 - Day 2025 - I’m only here because of you

Am I a nepo baby? Yes and no. A nepo baby is one who gets a job because of nepotism. Because a parent used to work at a company and that’s why their kid is there. Do I feel like one? Some days. Saw my dad today at a local conference about healthcare. Still weird to see the man who raised you walking around at a place with all the people from your industry in Canada. Only spent a tiny bit of time with him but was enough to make me think - do I deserve to be here? For a long time, my answer was no. When I was sitting at my job in Amsterdam, I didn’t believe I earned that job. I only knew about the healthcare finance industry because my dad worked in it. If I didn’t, I never would have left medicine. Yet because of that awareness, I knew what jobs I could apply to. I took a chance emailing tons of people and one responded back to me. The secret was he told me who these top firms were. Without this knowledge, I would’ve never known who to reach out to. Then when I got the job at Amplitude, I was put in touch with them because my dad knew my boss from when they worked together on a deal 20 years before. I don’t speak to him without that intro. Many years later seeing your dad at a conference, there really couldn’t be anything sweeter. Thank you dadda, I’m only here because of you.

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