Career Tales
Everyone has a story...
and it has ups & downs similar to yours
We offer a weekly email subscription that highlights the stories of every day people in our community. Our stories are crowdsourced from people who want to highlight their life pivots to show just how exciting different paths can be.
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Life decisions can be daunting. While your experiences are unique to you, it can be comforting to know that others may have walked a similar path before.
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Keep scrolling to see what everyday people have been through!
“You guessed right! I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so, like everyone else around me, I did consulting interviews and landed a consulting job! I hated it. I tried to stick it out but only lasted a year. I decided to work with a friend on a business idea he had and ended up co-founding a mobile payments business! That’s how I discovered my passion for entrepreneurship.”
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Melissa
"I had it all planned out; work at the prestigious investment banking firm, get a return offer, and be set for a few years. Turns out, I hate iBanking; I quit three days into my internship. I spent Senior year getting rejection after rejection, but I kept learning and kept applying. Two years later, I’m still loving the work I do as a Data Scientist at Credit Karma"
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Ben
“In retrospect, I’m actually pretty grateful that my first job was such a poor fit. It pushed me to dig deep and understand what was important to me personally in my career. It helped me see that what defines a successful career isn’t a one-size-fits-all concept. And I’m glad my second job was just ok too.”
Tala
"My parents wanted me to study engineering, so I did. My parents wanted me to be financially stable after college, so I took the better-paying job at an established company instead of the more exciting opportunity at a social-impact startup. But my parents also wanted me to be happy. When I quit after a year, they listened to my reasons and supported my decision. Five jobs later, I'm the head of an engineering team at a company that I truly believe in -- and yes Mom, I'm financially stable."
