Ian Myers

Most of my leadership team was 10 years plus older than me. And I worried about that sometimes, but it never manifested itself. I think nobody ever saw really age. And today I am still the youngest person on our leadership team at Oceans, but it's pretty varied and pretty diverse, both in terms of gender and in terms of age. And. It's a great thing.

Most of my leadership team was 10 years plus older than me. And I worried about that sometimes, but it never manifested itself. I think nobody ever saw really age. And today I am still the youngest person on our leadership team at Oceans, but it's pretty varied and pretty diverse, both in terms of gender and in terms of age. And. It's a great thing.

You have a lot of perspectives that are extremely experienced. There is some knowledge and decision-making and instincts that just come with experience, which is another, again, way of saying age. But there's also...

You have a lot of perspectives that are extremely experienced. There is some knowledge and decision-making and instincts that just come with experience, which is another, again, way of saying age. But there's also...

the challenging the fresh the kind of new perspectives that can come from youth that are important and so i built a culture where age is not really a factor in anything that we do because that's important to me but i have experienced it before that's an interesting example you brought up about japan i actually just got back from japan myself

the challenging the fresh the kind of new perspectives that can come from youth that are important and so i built a culture where age is not really a factor in anything that we do because that's important to me but i have experienced it before that's an interesting example you brought up about japan i actually just got back from japan myself

I would say that it is an interesting business in the sense that we field a lot of interesting questions that come across as ignorance issues. But in reality, most of the time are simply a lack of exposure or experience working with cultures abroad. Our team is over is, I think, 76 percent women. So it's a very dramatically different ratio than most companies, even at the leadership level.

I would say that it is an interesting business in the sense that we field a lot of interesting questions that come across as ignorance issues. But in reality, most of the time are simply a lack of exposure or experience working with cultures abroad. Our team is over is, I think, 76 percent women. So it's a very dramatically different ratio than most companies, even at the leadership level.

That is true. And I'll give you an example of this. A guy came to us a few years ago and he said, look, I love an EA Plus. I'm really struggling with the operations, my business. I run an investment company. But he really needs to be a guy because I think my wife really wants it to be a guy. And that was a new one for me in terms of gender preferences.

That is true. And I'll give you an example of this. A guy came to us a few years ago and he said, look, I love an EA Plus. I'm really struggling with the operations, my business. I run an investment company. But he really needs to be a guy because I think my wife really wants it to be a guy. And that was a new one for me in terms of gender preferences.

We oftentimes have had clients say, you know, I would like, and this is a real thing that happens. People say they're going to be interfaced with clients. So I'm a, you know, an attractive woman. Yay. Plus.

We oftentimes have had clients say, you know, I would like, and this is a real thing that happens. People say they're going to be interfaced with clients. So I'm a, you know, an attractive woman. Yay. Plus.

We don't entertain the clients that come to us with those kinds of requests, because again, there's the more innocent type of preference, which is to say, look, I'd really want a guy because I, you know, I think I'm going to have problems with my wife, even though not whatever, but that's fine. We can work with that. If you're coming to us and saying, I want an attractive woman. Yay.

We don't entertain the clients that come to us with those kinds of requests, because again, there's the more innocent type of preference, which is to say, look, I'd really want a guy because I, you know, I think I'm going to have problems with my wife, even though not whatever, but that's fine. We can work with that. If you're coming to us and saying, I want an attractive woman. Yay.

we're not going to be working with you because that's a ridiculous request and something of a disrespectful request as well. We value people's abilities, not how they look, not what gender they are, not where they come from, not even how old they are.

we're not going to be working with you because that's a ridiculous request and something of a disrespectful request as well. We value people's abilities, not how they look, not what gender they are, not where they come from, not even how old they are.

I will say we have some of our best EAs that work for us two to three years of experience, but they are smart, they are driven, they are capable, they are talented, and they deliver in ways that some of our folks that have ended 12 years of experience don't.

I will say we have some of our best EAs that work for us two to three years of experience, but they are smart, they are driven, they are capable, they are talented, and they deliver in ways that some of our folks that have ended 12 years of experience don't.

The only thing I would say around age is we have actually found that in a lot of instances, because our clients are startups, if people have been in the workforce for too long, i.e. 15 to 20 years, they will not succeed in the environment that they will be in, not because they're not talented, not because they aren't smart and hardworking, but because if they are not successful,

The only thing I would say around age is we have actually found that in a lot of instances, because our clients are startups, if people have been in the workforce for too long, i.e. 15 to 20 years, they will not succeed in the environment that they will be in, not because they're not talented, not because they aren't smart and hardworking, but because if they are not successful,