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THINKING ABOUT CHANGING CAREERS? CURIOUS ABOUT CERTAIN PROFESSIONS?


WITH EACH EPISODE, A NEW PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY - TUNE IN!

16.1.2023


CHEF TO DIGITAL MARKETING - ALEX'S JOURNEY

Alex started out in the kitchen and set up his first business (cafe/catering
company) very early. After 10 years of working as a chef and struggling with
side hustles for years, he managed to get a digital marketing company for
coaches and consultants off the ground... to the moon, one might say!

Today we speak about the hospitality business, setting up a business from
scratch, digital marketing and fatherhood.

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21.11.2022


TEACHER TO ONLYFANS CONTENT MAKER - SARAH'S JOURNEY

Sarah Juree always wanted to be a teacher and her dream came true. That is when
she learned the true reality of teaching in the USA.

Today we speak about sexuality, dating culture and women's rights and also the
reality of the education system in the USA, how you can find yourself in a
vicious cycle of poverty and how an awful event can turn your life around for
the better.




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17.10.2022


HOSPITALITY TO TECH SALES: THIJS'S JOURNEY

Thijs van Gulik never really knew what he wanted to do. Somehow, he got himself
into a small snackbar in the Netherlands, then to a country house in the USA and
finally to The Ritz in the UK. After finding his home in the UK it was time to
try different careers: from hospitality to recruitment to technology sales.

Tune in to find out what each one of his careers actually entail.

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26.9.2022


MINER TO SOFTWARE ENGINEER TO PHOTOGRAPHER: STEVE'S JOURNEY

Steve Axford, The man behind the famous fungi footage on BBC's Planet Earth II
and Fantastic Fungi and co-creator of Planet Fungi joins me on the first episode
after the holiday hiatus to tell his journey.

Join us and listen to our conversation about mining in dangerous caves, the
information technology sector in its infancy and the wonderful world of fungi.

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22.6.2022


SCIENTIST TO TAPAS BAR OWNER: ANA'S JOURNEY

Abeja owner explains how she got into research in molecular biology and how
after spending 20 years she decided to bring a piece of Granada to Manchester in
the form of a tapas bar... just before COVID!

Ana goes deep into what a scientist does in the field of molecular biology and
later into how she got inspired to set up her tapas bar business.

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8.6.2022


HOW TO GET INTO TECH (ALSO HAIRDRESSER TO RECRUITER): MELANIE'S ADVICE & JOURNEY

Special episode today with Melanie Parker, the founder of Graft Talent. She
works a lot with talent that wants to move from whatever area they're working in
into the technology sector.

Among her advice, she also describes her many twists and turns on her journey
from being a hairdresser to founding her recruitment company.

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25.5.2022


SOFTWARE DEVELOPER TO BOARDGAME DESIGNER: MORTEN'S JOURNEY

From writing software, to project management, to writing about board games, to
finally owning his own boardgame design company: Automa Factory, Morten
describes his journey and gives a bit of insight into the board gaming industry
and what's so different about solo board games..

In this episode, Morten also highlights how one really needs to look after their
own mental health.

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11.5.2022


ART HISTORIAN TO ILLUSTRATOR: LANA'S JOURNEY

She speaks of art and she creates it - Lana Pajdas tells me her story of how she
started as an art historian to becoming involved in social media for heritage
sites until she finally found her passion for illustration and education for
illustration. You can follow her on her instagram.

27.4.2022


PHYSIOTHERAPIST TO INTERIOR DESIGNER: HEIDI'S JOURNEY

From dreaming of being a veterinarian to practising physiotherapy to setting up
her interior design business (Culinary Architecture), Heidi walked me through
her journey and, along the way, she gives a little insight into the many aspects
of her careers, coupled with pearls of advice.







13.4.2022


STAGE MANAGER TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: ALICE'S JOURNEY

This time I got to talk to Alice who started out in the backstage of the
entertainment industry as a Stage Manager. She tells how that role got her to
see the UK and also different parts of the world. After completing the
Northcoders bootcamp, she now works as a Software Developer, wrangling code
instead of props and actors.




30.3.2022


CHARITY MISSIONS TO BOARD GAME DESIGN: GABE'S JOURNEY

Gabe Barrett joins me to talk about how he went from playing (american) football
in college to doing charity missions with the homeless and how working with
orphans in Honduras eventually led him to get involved with the board game
community, first via the Board Game Design Lab (podcast & community) and later
as a board game designer.




16.3.2022


FINANCIAL CRIME ANALYST TO INTERNAL AUDITOR: VICKI'S JOURNEY

Victoria Sherlock retells the story of how she went from studying politics, to
becoming a financial crime analyst and finally how she landed into the role of
an ISO Auditor where she gets to experience the multiple aspects of a company by
looking at their processes.




2.3.2022


RECRUITER TO VP OF SALES: ELLEN'S JOURNEY

Ellen Bryan recalls her time as a fresh recruiter, the pros and cons of owning
her own recruitment business and how that allowed her to infiltrate the world of
sales in the technology market. Finally she talks a little about her current
role at Panintelligence and gives a few tips about getting into sales.




16.2.2022


ART TEACHING TO MARKETING: SAM'S JOURNEY

Samantha Sherlock explains how she went from teaching art to a sales support job
and, finally, how her constant quest for "not wanting to be bored" got her into
marketing.

In this episode, we go further into the subject of marketing, talking a little
bit more about what it's like to be one, some of the different types of
marketing, how good analytical skills and tools are needed to make some sense of
the data... among other tips.

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9.2.2022


MARKETING TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: LUKE'S JOURNEY

Luke Jones elucidates how his love for the outdoors got him into marketing which
then got him into programming. He also explains how Northcoders got him his
first job and eventually allowed him land his position at Sky.

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19.1.2022


DESIGNER TO PASTRY CHEF: DIANA'S JOURNEY

Diana Martins tells us how her designer work gave her the necessary connections
to transition into doing what she loves: pastry and confectionery!

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5.1.2022


RECRUITER TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: GRETA'S JOURNEY

Greta Matulionyte tells us her journey from studying history, to restaurant
management, to recruiter, to her current role as a software developer at
Panintelligence.

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1.1.2022


DETOURING: INTRO/TRAILER

In this podcast I am joined by different people who tell the story of how they
changed their vocation.

I hope their advice is useful and their journey inspires you.

You're not alone in your journey!

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