4/17/2023 0 Comments Switchup careerfoundary![]() The evolving nature of work today means that a career change may be more feasible for you than for previous generations. When you feel like you’ve been thrown ‘off course’, remember that it’s not necessarily a bad thing. What can we learn from Julian’s story? If there’s a universal learning to take away, it’s this:Ĭareer paths are not linear. I want to tell you that your time would be well spent, just being. I want to tell you to be proud of who you are, and concern yourself less with trying to be something. I want to tell you that in the future, people like you are in high demand and are changing the world. I would like to tell you that taking the time to figure out what you don’t like, just as much as what you do like, is important. So, younger version of myself, I would like to tell you not to be afraid of what mom and dad will think. Even though I’m not working in UX today, I’m grateful for the holistic perspective that the experience you’re about to go through provided future me! I know you are currently very much conditioned by this kind of thinking and have always felt that you were doing something wrong (or even dangerous) by following your instincts and just “trying things out”.īut I feel differently about that now. The idea that someone could climb the career ladder with YouTube tutorials and learning by doing, absurd. ![]() The idea that a person could make a career out of being a jack of all trades was idealistic. A psychologist, an architect, an engineer, and most importantly a title that people could recognize. When our mothers and fathers were growing up, a person either learned a trade and stuck to it for a lifetime, or went to school to study a topic and became that thing. We were raised by a generation that thinks differently about work and about the idea of a career. And I’m proud of you (me!) because it’s a bold decision. I know you feel that having a diverse range of skills and interests feels like a hindrance right now.ĭespite all that, you’ll choose to study UX design anyway and it will be the best decision you make at this moment in time. I know you’re afraid people wont take you seriously, and they might see your multifaceted nature as a weakness. However, I know you also feel a sense of underlying dread, a terror of once again switching careers and having to explain that transition in your next job interview. UX is the perfect place to start and you’re about to discover CareerFoundry and make a big change. I know you have that urge to be more creative and to somehow combine your interests in psychology, tech, and design. This moment is an opportunity to change your professional course and try something new. I’m here to tell you now that I’m glad about how you go on to handle the situation, and about what happened next. I know it’s an unsettling time for you right now. From one day to another the entire staff was laid off and the third floor office in Mitte was hollowed out. I know the startup company you were working for recently went bankrupt. ![]() ![]() Here, Julian shares what he would have told himself if he knew what he did now, and his advice for embarking on a career change journey of your own… After graduating from CareerFoundry’s UX Design Program a few years ago, we asked him to share his words of wisdom in a letter to his former self. Julian is currently working as a producer and account manager in Berlin. ![]()
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