This week we’ve decided to talk about how to pivot into a new career. We’ve been through a series of shifting job descriptions for quite a few years at this point, and I imagine there are quite a few people who get a job and realize it’s not quite what they want to be doing.
We’re also talking a bit about our own upcoming pivot into a new podcast! The College Info Geek Podcast will end after episode 300, to be replaced by something shiny and new. That shiny, new podcast will continue to take form as we get closer to the date, and I imagine we’ll give even more details as it approaches.
Things mentioned in this episode:
This week’s episode is sponsored by:
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Other things we mentioned in this episode:
- 2019 Year in Review (Plus Our Plans for 2020) (Ep. 285)
- Cortex
- Linus Tech Tips on YouTube
- Paul Graham’s Having Kids article
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You, by Cal Newport
- Thomas’ Habit-Building course on Skillshare
- How to Budget Your Money Without Cutting Coffee (Ep. 174)
- A Crash Course on How to Start Investing (Even If You’re in Debt) (Ep. 168)
- Nerd Fitness
- Smart Passive Income
- Jenny Blake on YouTube
- Listen Money Matters
Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.
Timestamps:
- 0:01:33 – Thoughts on our future podcasting
- 0:17:02 – Deviating from our majors and considering a new career
- 0:34:08 – Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills)
- 0:37:25 – Sponsor: Skillshare (Learning new skills)
- 0:39:57 – Transitioning to a new area
- 0:55:28 – Martin’s game dev
- 0:59:05 – Moving away from College Info Geek
- 1:20:58 – Building relationships with people you admire
- 1:29:16 – Recap and conclusion
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