Cold calling 10,000 people on a congressional campaign in a swing district taught me more than anything else could about sales.
My gap quarter working at Bandana taught me to always think about distribution first, and to use the 80/20 principle to move fast.
Working at Bump taught me to sweat over the details, because they make a difference whether you recognize it or not.
Vipassana (a 10-day silent meditation retreat) taught me to control my mind (and was where I realized I wanted to study Computer Science).
WWOOFing over winter break taught me how to milk a goat.
DJing has taught me the utter joy you feel when you create something people LOVE.
Serving as a California state policy official at 17 taught me the importance of well-calibrated incentive structures… and how to parse through 300 page agendas.