Quit smarter - 5 lessons from my career pivot

Weekly advice and jobs for ambitious career changers

I’m going on vacation, so there’s no newsletter next week! 😎

I recently joined Andrew Seaman on the Get Hired podcast to share the full lowdown on how I pivoted out of investment banking and the biggest lessons I learned along the way.

In 2020, I quit my dream job in banking with no plan (as some of you may know!). In this episode, we delved into what worked, what didn’t, and what I’d do differently now.

Here’s what we covered:
• Why quitting without a plan can backfire
• Strategies for reframing employment gaps in interviews
• The power of specificity in your job search
• How to craft a mission statement for your search
• Navigating the job market during an economic downturn

Here’s what one of you said after listening to the episode:

“I wanted to express my appreciation for your LinkedIn News podcast—it resonates strongly with me as I navigate my current job search.”

So…if you’re thinking about a pivot, I hope these lessons help you take the leap (without falling on your face!)

🎧 Listen here

Breaking into Startups? Join me in NYC (June 17)

Aspiring and current startup operators - join me in person to hear from an operator, founder, and investor on what it really takes to work at a startup. The panelists are awesome!

Spots are filling fast, and I’ll be personally reviewing every registration to make sure we have a thoughtful group.

I’d love to see you there! (If you already signed up - thanks for your patience, I’m going through the registrations!)

Tech Jobs I'd Apply to This Week

Curated US roles (mostly) for generalists and career changers with ~2+ years of experience.

Typically includes: Strategy & Ops / BizOps / GM, Chief of Staff, GTM, Program/Project Manager, Product & Product Marketing, etc.

• Startup Program Manager – Framer (Design Tools, Series B, SF) & several other roles, shared by Kimmie

• Chief of Staff – Morning Brew (Media, Private, NYC) — LinkedIn Post

• Special Situations Group – Perplexity (AI, Series A, SF) — Email daniel@perplexity.ai with your background, most impressive achievement, and why you’re interested

• Community Role – Hummingbird Ventures (Venture Capital, Early Stage, Remote)

• Provider Ops – Wheel (Health Tech, Series A, Remote)

• Strategy & Ops – Verse Medical (Health Tech, Seed, NYC)

• Customer Success – Overstory (Climate Tech, Series A, Amsterdam)

• Customer Success – Sunset (Legal Tech, Seed, Remote)

• Business Operations – Kickoff (Health Tech, Seed, Remote)

• Implementation Manager – Vesta Tech (PropTech, Seed, Remote)

• Sales Operations Manager – Agentio (AdTech, Series A, Remote)

• Business Operations – Stainless (Developer Tools, Seed, Remote)

• Operations – Realm (Real Estate Tech, Seed, Remote)

• Data Analyst – Revenue Operations – RedCircle (Podcasting, Series A, Remote)

• Operations Lead – Teachly (Creator Economy, NYC)

• Business Operations Manager – Lending – Valon (Fintech, Series C, NYC)

• Senior Business Operations and Strategy Manager – Unity (Gaming, Public, NYC)

• Commercial Growth Senior Analyst – FanDuel (Sports Betting, Public, NYC)

• Strategy & Operations Manager – Youtube (Tech, Public, Mountain View, CA)

This is NOT meant to be "every tech generalist job under the sun", just roles on my radar that I want to share with you!

What I’m reading this week

Where are the smart business generalists?
Wondering if that startup you’re looking to work at has reached product-market fit?

In case you missed it…

📖 Free Guide (18 pages): Breaking into Tech
Tech jobs for career changers - product edition
Tech jobs for career changers - sales edition
Generalist jobs for career changers

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