Bela Bajaria, head of global TV, Netflix: "My job is not who I am. [Or] so I thought. Until you don't have that job."

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Bela Bajaria is the woman who makes the decisions about what’s going to be your next binge-watch. She’s the head of global TV for Netflix, and has helped bring some of our favorite shows, like “The Queen’s Gambit” and “Bridgerton” from the page to the screen. So how’d she actually get her dream job? Perseverance. Because she started as an assistant…and now she’s here. And btw, she also lost a job along the way. This week, she sat down to tell us how you can still get the Hollywood ending for your own career. In this episode, Bela shares how she convinced her first boss to take a chance on her, what you should do if you get let go from your job, and she tapped her network to land at Netflix.

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0:00.0	My job is not who I am, so I thought, until you don't have that job, and then it really
0:13.3	is the question any of identity.
0:15.9	And then you deal with it, I'm going to go home and tell my three kids I got fired.
0:20.2	And I think people don't talk about that part of what that feels like.
0:25.9	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:26.9	I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:27.9	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:29.6	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it, from the
0:33.4	good stuff like hiring and growing a team to the rough stuff like negotiating your salary
0:38.8	and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:41.4	We started the Skim from a couch, so what better place to talk it all out than where it
0:45.7	began on a couch.
0:53.5	Hey everyone, our guest today is Bella Bajaria.
0:56.9	She is the vice president of Global Television for Netflix, where she oversees English language
1:01.8	and local language scripted and unscripted series around the world.
1:06.8	So basically all TV, including hit shows like Bridgerton and the Queen's Gambit.
1:12.8	Prior to Netflix, Bella was president of Universal Television, where she made history as the first
1:18.6	woman of color to oversee a studio.
1:21.8	Bella, we're excited to have you here.
1:23.5	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
1:25.4	Thank you for having me.
1:26.4	I'm excited to do this.
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