The people who
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28 professionals across 15+ industries who got real about their career — salaries, pivots, grind, and all. Browse the directory, watch their episodes.
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From a high school internship at an athlete management agency to one of the biggest sports media companies in the country — how networking carried her further than any degree.
Double major in Marketing and MIS at RIT to customer success at fast-growing tech startups — what a CSM actually does and how he navigated the pivot.
What it actually takes to become a forensic psychologist — the years of grad school, clinical hours, and working inside correctional facilities.
A senior L6 role at Amazon — what it means to be a computer scientist in a business-facing role and why problem solving matters more than any language.
Biology major to economics to programmatic advertising — why job-hopping strategically got her the salary jumps her employers wouldn't give her.
International Affairs to plaintiff's attorney at one of the country's leading sexual abuse litigation firms — what law school doesn't prepare you for.
First in her family to go to college, double-majored at RIT, worked her way to Manager at EY — real Big Four salary ranges at every level.
New Media Design at RIT, taught UX at graduate level, worked across startups and established companies — the difference between UI, UX, and graphic design in plain terms.
9 years at Google — what product management actually looks like at Big Tech and why referrals are 3–4x more effective than cold applications.
Accounting to corporate banking to payments advisory — what it takes to stand out when everyone applying has a 3.8 GPA from a top business school.
10 years in the Coast Guard, then MIT Sloan — what military life really looks like and what drives someone to pursue an MBA after a decade of service.
From Vanderbilt child development to the research team that shapes how Scholastic's products work for kids.
From Goldman Sachs to Deloitte to Columbia MBA to ServiceNow — what consulting is really like and how he thinks about AI governance as a product.
8-year accelerated pharmacy program, two residencies, and a cardiology role at one of Boston's top hospitals — she rarely sees an actual pill.
From semiconductor clean rooms at IPG Photonics and Skyworks to hardware engineering at Apple — why experience beats credentials every time.
Engineer, entrepreneur, and one of the top players on the IRT — the brutal honest reality of professional sports in a niche discipline.
D1 swimmer at Notre Dame, strategy consulting at PwC and Deloitte, self-taught ML engineer — why hard and soft skills both matter equally early on.
Community college to RIT to top ad agency — why the two-plus-two route is a legitimate cheat code and why AI literacy is now non-negotiable in marketing.
CFA, CAIA, self-published author, YouTuber, and women's empowerment advocate — what the CFA journey actually looks like.
Producing multi-billion dollar revenue forecasts and evaluating tax legislation — and why a PhD matters more than people realize in economics.
From graphic design to product branding at a company making AI-powered prosthetic hands — how a great manager changed her entire career trajectory.
Naval Academy → Navy officer → NASCAR driver → NBC analyst → entrepreneur. 100 laps a night on a simulator and an unshakeable belief that anything is figureoutable.
Cold-emailed someone with "social media" in their title as a sophomore — and turned that into running digital content for one of the most iconic franchises in sports.
UCLA applied math → Amex → Capital One → Visa in London — why the PM title is overrated as a starting point and skills matter more than the role name.
25 years in advertising, four layoffs, one book. His first layoff nearly broke him. His fourth he barely felt. What changed in between is the whole story.
Michigan Ross → PwC → a year backpacking the world → Instrumentl. How taking a year off didn't derail his career — it sharpened it.
MIS at RIT → data science at UC Berkeley → storm response during Hurricane Ian → AI at nuclear facilities worldwide. The most unexpected career in energy.
Community college to UC Berkeley to Snowflake — built a following of over half a million helping students do the same. Why the job market is a lottery and how to buy more tickets.
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