If you are considering a career change after ten, fifteen, or twenty years in the corporate world, there is a specific fear that nobody seems to say out loud: What if everything I’ve built so far was for nothing?
When you’ve spent years building your credibility, your expertise, and your entire identity around being \"the marketing person,\" \"the lawyer,\" or \"the finance expert,\" leaving doesn't just feel like changing jobs. It feels like losing the person you worked incredibly hard to become. The sunk-cost anxiety creeps in, and you worry you'll be throwing away decades of hard work.
But here is the truth: You are not starting from scratch.
In this episode, I’m sharing how I completely pivoted my career in my thirties and again at 41, moving from New York to Germany, then Singapore, switching industries entirely, and landing leadership roles at companies like Spotify and Meta. I didn't do it because it was easy; I did it because it proved a point. The experience I thought I was leaving behind became the exact reason each move actually worked.
We dive into:
You might feel new to the next step, but you are not new. Your skills are coming with you. Let’s talk about how to unpack them.
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