We’re on a mission to interview 1000 professionals who have made a scary career pivot
You’re in your 20s. You don’t know what it’s like to earn money doing something you love but you want to do it. Problem is when you look around, all you can see are people busy climbing the career ladder of a career they hate.
That’s why we’re creating this repository of passionate professionals who have made scary career pivots. We hope these conversations will inspire you to explore difficult career transitions to build a meaningful, challenging and exciting work life.
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How can these conversations help you?
Role models
Making a big pivot is scary if you don’t know anyone who’s done it. Here you will find role models who were once in your shoes.
Courage
Schools don’t prepare you to deal with the uncertainty that comes with a career pivot. Listening to stories of how your role models did it, will give you courage.
Path
You don’t want to be surfing directionless on the Internet. These stories will give you specific things to dive into and actionable steps you can take today.
Who are we?
I’m Piyush.
I’m 21 years old, a recent college graduate.
Last year, I quit pursing a career in accounting that all my friends were pursuing only to find myself completely lost.
Everyone around me was either an accountant or an engineer. I didn’t know how to take the next step. I was lost.
A lot of other people in their 20s are in the same boat as I was. I want to help them.
I’m Nityesh.
I’m 24 years old, working as a Community Consultant.
3 years ago, I was trying to build a career as a programmer. It was only through a series of happy accidents that I was able to pivot into a career that makes me look forward to Mondays.
But when I look around me, I see my friends stuck in the first career they fell into.
I want to help them explore new career paths.
People in their 20s are often herded into climbing the career ladder and working a job they hate their entire lives.
What a colossal waste of young potential!
We want to change that.
Previous Interviews
How Max Pete got into community management by helping communities he was already a part of
Max is the Community and Customer Support Lead at SuperHi - a startup that teaches people code, design and project management skills.
What's most interesting about Max is that if you visit his personal LinkedIn, you’ll find that the experience section is a smorgasbord of careers. He has done everything from project management, website design, business coaching, freelancing and community management.
Pramod's journey from working at a high-growth startup to building one
Pramod is the cofounder and CEO of Threado where he is building the "Command Center" for community builders. Threado gives community builders superpowers by allowing them to get actionable insights, automations and workflows to manage their communities.
Before Threado, Pramod was the VP of Marketing at Zomato - India’s largest food delivery and restaurant discovery company. He joined them as their 13th employee and went on to build and lead their Marketing team for more than 8 yrs.
And then in 2019, he quit to start his own high-growth startup.
How Kyle Hagge went from working as a high school coach to Lead Community Manager at Morning Brew
Kyle is the Lead Community Manager at Morning Brew - one of the world's fastest-growing business media companies that was valued recently valued at more than $75M. Kyle helped them in launching their first ever paid product: a cohort-based career and skills accelerator.
What's remarkable about Kyle's story is how he got here. Before working as at the Morning Brew community, he had been a podcast producer, an entrepreneur, a high school coach amongst other seemingly unrelated careers.
Dwarkesh blogs about about tech, science, and the long-term. He is also the host of The Lunar Society Podcast. Recently, one of his posts went viral and has since been read by thousands including Jeff Bezos!
In this interview we talk about Why he is writing essays instead of coding, How to get high profile guests on a podcast, Going to university vs Learning on the Internet and more.
Balaji has been a builder for the past 12 years- 3 as a product manager and 9 as a developer. Currently he is the Lead Product Manager at Grab.
Read on to find out what does a Product Manager do, the difference between building products as a developer and a PM, how to break into product management and more.
Kelly is a Leadership & Well-being Coach who works with individuals that want to live more confidently & intentionally, alongside guiding post-seed stage startups who wish to invest in creating a motivating & supportive Employee Experience.
Read on to find out What a Leadership and Well-being Coach does, How she became one, How to avoid getting trapped in the hustle culture and more.
Anupam is the ‘accidental’ software developer. He has pursued careers in space science and management consulting. Now, software engineering is his third career.
Read on to find out Why did Anupam stop launching satellites for ISRO, How he became the ‘accidental’ software developer and more.
Nityesh (23) is a solopreneur. He runs a consultancy My First Community Manager where he helps founders and creators turn their audience into a community.
Read on to find out What Nityesh works on, Why he skipped campus placements altogether in college and more.
