From Charity to Children's Clothing “I needed a new challenge, but one that allowed me to work flexibly.”
From Marketing to Storytelling “I'd plateaued in my day job; after ten years I needed something new.”
From Account Manager to Portfolio Careerist “My friends all seemed to know what they were doing with their careers, while I felt stuck and unfulfilled.”
From Teaching to Prison Reform “I couldn't make the difference I wanted in a job that was so all-consuming.”
From Tech to Photography “I was running out of steam to keep plugging away at the same old problems.”
From Insurance to Data Science “For any new idea that came up, I'd always find a reason why I couldn't do it.”
From Marketing to Portfolio Career “I wanted to make a difference. But all I was doing was making rich companies richer.”
From Corporate Life to Portfolio Career (Plus Post-Shift Update) “I felt I was letting my employer down by not going back.”
From Google to Start-up (Plus Post-shift Update) “I was living life at such a furious pace; I needed to step off the treadmill.”
From Newspapers to Design Consultancy “My enthusiasm had dwindled. It wasn't the job I'd first started.”
From Manager to Blacksmith “Doing the same thing every day really got to me – it wasn't what I wanted to do with my life.”
From Higher Education to Own Business “I realised that the already-pressured environment would become even worse.”