Future of Work: Career Navigating, Community Building, and Personal Branding, with Ruben Harris of Career Karma

<p>Justin Gordon (<a href="https://twitter.com/justingordon212">@justingordon212</a>) talks with Ruben Harris (<a href="https://twitter.com/rubenharris">@rubenharris</a>), Co-Founder and CEO of <a href="https://careerkarma.com/">Career Karma</a>, which is helping over 1 million workers navigate their careers every month through advice and coaching. By offering free coaching and peer mentorship, Career Karma has grown to over 150,000 members from every background and profession. Through their directory of 9,000 bootcamps and trade schools, career switchers discover training programs by comparing courses and reading student reviews.</p><p>Ruben Harris is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia where he served as an Advisor for Forge and organized Atlanta's first Healthcare Hackathon. Over the past couple of years, Ruben has worked with academics, organizers, politicians, and union leaders at Hustle, Honor and AltSchool focused on improving their personalized outreach, healthcare and education.</p><p>Ruben began his technology career working in Partnerships and Sales and later Co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people and invitations to be a Contributor for TechCrunch and Black Enterprise.</p><p>Prior to working in tech, Ruben worked as an Investment Banker. During college, Ruben organized 50+ events for non-profits, athletes, and celebrities including Tyrese, Kim Kardashian, and Jay-Z. 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. He is also an active member of the NAACP.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://careerkarma.com/">Career Karma</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubenharris/">linkedin.com/in/rubenharris</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rubenharris">@rubenharris</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rubenharris/">instagram.com/rubenharris</a><b