9 Mundane Jobs That Big Tech CEOs Used To Have

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Mr. Potatoe Head

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HP CEO Meg Whitman was once this guy's manager.

Tech CEOs leading multi-billion dollar companies wield enormous power.

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But when they were younger, some CEOS took whatever jobs they could find as teenagers to scrape by.

Others chased their non-tech related dreams after college before gravitating to tech.

Still others, upon starting their careers, found themselves in positions they wouldn't have envisioned in a million years.

If there's a common theme here, it's that these execs excelled in their early roles, no matter how mundane they might seem now. They wouldn't be where they are now if they hadn't.

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It's been said that the road to the top can be meandering, and based on these examples of tech CEOs that had less-than-glamorous beginnings, this maxim rings true.