Curious, Competitive, Courageous

Kiara Hancock auditioned for Survivor, made it all the way to the final stages of casting, and didn't get picked. So she's doing it again. As EA to the Head of Product at Slack, she's built a career on reading rooms, spotting patterns, and anticipating what's coming before anyone else does, the exact same instincts that make someone dangerous on a reality show built entirely around outlasting everyone else. In this candid conversation, she makes the case that curiosity, competitiveness, and courage aren't just game-show traits, they're the real career advantage admins are sitting on and not using. And she gets brutally honest about what it actually feels like to not get picked, and why coming back anyway is the whole point.

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