Stories from a career dropout
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Leaves finance, moves back home, then changes career from finance to software engineering after a full-time coding boot camp in Liverpool accepting a junior role and a pay cut; claims passion produces flow five times more productive; helps others try side experiments like an online bootcamp in New York; organizes a four‑day camp codeo teaching HTML CSS JavaScript to 11 high school kids which finishes with 8 girls and 3 boys excited to continue; advises trying small steps before burning bridges.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:09Career dropout story
- 3:01Why change career paths
- 6:36Challenges of career change
- 8:02Finding passion and path
- 10:29Curiosity over specialization
- 11:55Career changers' stories
- 16:53Balancing passion and practicality
- 19:12Early exposure to interests
- 20:58Inspiring young learners
- 22:46Closing thoughts
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