Instagram head Adam Mosseri shares on Threads how he started as waiter, bartender

Threads is an online social media platform developed by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, that was pitted as a rival to X, formerly Twitter, owned by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

Mosseri was replying to a Threads post in which people post about their career path and the progress they have made. The 40-year-old wrote waiter, bartender, designer (and manager), product manager and head of Instagram as his career chronology.

 

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Mosseri’s post has received more than 2,400 likes and inspired netizens. Other users also shared their career trajectory on the platform.

“Props to all those who started as bartenders & waiters!” a user commented. “You’ve inspired me so much & encouraged my love of travel!” another person said. “It Doesn’t Matter From Where You Started. What Matters is Where You End,” wrote a third.

Before becoming the head of Instagram in October 2018, Mosseri worked at Facebook for 15 years. In May 2018, he was named Instagram’s vice president of product. On October 1, 2018, Facebook announced that Mosseri would assume the role of new head of Instagram following the resignation of the photo-sharing app’s founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.