#career-change

#career-change

My first video on YouTube aimed to provide an honest review of my experiences in an AI company, contrasting exaggerated stories shared by other YouTubers.

"So many students leave a 200 hour program saying, 'I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of this topic!' which is true" - Jen Whinnen, founder of Three Sisters Yoga.

On my first flight, I remember feeling nervous as I looked down at all those passengers staring at me doing the safety demo.

I signed in Raleigh you expect one thing. When [your play is not] showing up or the coach is not believing you, and it's always the bottom [pair]. Everybody has their own story and own career.

In June 2024, I got a job as a pilot instructor at a company located at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. We moved to a small Texas town.

I work in software engineering as a staff developer advocate without a college degree. After my first semester in Butler University's computer science program, I dropped out and joined the military in May 2016.

Djumabaev felt that many developers hadn't acquired the deep computer science learning required to succeed. Seeing capable Big Tech applicants missing key skillsets became the spark for a new mission.

Anthony Kidd, who formerly worked as a freelance art director on Coronation Street, has made a significant career change to become a train driver.

I was feeling like one very, very lucky unicorn. I had to make a difficult choice: stay in my tenured job teaching theatre in Windsor, Ont., where my career was at a standstill or move to the U.S. to start over.

We are, globally, not super into our jobs. Gallup's 2025 State of the Global Workplace report showed a decline in employee engagement and wellbeing, with 79% either not engaged or actively disengaged.

Sara Stokes, once thriving in the music industry, found that embracing motherhood meant sacrificing her 'jet-setting' lifestyle, as the demands of pregnancy changed her focus significantly.

Treating applications like a full-time job helped me focus my energy on graduate school instead of dwelling on my recent layoff.

"They want somebody who's immersed in food, and so that's what I do. It really - it's just a perfect fit."

"After struggling with unexplained symptoms for several years, I finally received a diagnosis, but it meant giving up my aspirations and facing daily challenges."

Going dark for a few months and hoping to go live end of summer.

He explained, 'After decades of getting up at 3:30 and driving into NYC in the dark, today is the last day I will host the show ... from the couch.'

It can be tempting to chase a larger paycheck, but sometimes it's worth sticking with the job you know rather than taking a risk.