Early Career Questions, Answered

Yesterday, I did a networking call with this guy who just graduated college that was looking for advice on job search, on finding a job, on what to do, on how to do it, on any advice I had or could give him on the best ways to start and like figure out how to find a job.

And throughout the call, I was thinking about the fact that everything he was asking and that I was answering or giving my advice on would apply to anybody listening right now or listening to this podcast that is looking for a job or doesn't know where to start with finding a job, or somebody that's in their career and wants to figure out what's next. Somebody that wants to leave their job and start looking for something new.

This would apply to so many different people. And I was like, I want to do a full episode on the early job questions that everybody has, or the most frequently asked job questions, or job search questions, or career questions, specifically for starting the search. And the reason I think this applies to everybody listening is because I think.

And everything I'm about to say in here will serve as a really good reminder for a lot of the things that we forget about. A lot of the things that we fall out of practice from. Like when you're in a job for X amount of time or for like a few years at a time, you kind of forget about all of those things you started doing and the skills you really honed in on when you were first starting out. That means like.

Updating your resume or conducting a networking call or reaching out to people or who to reach out to, or how consistent you have to be when applying to jobs, where to start, what to do, how to tell your story, how to put your experiences into a story and neatly wrap them into a gift that you can tell somebody, like how to introduce yourself, how to give an elevator pitch.

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All of these things that we really spend so much time on, whether it's senior year of college or just out of college when we're first looking for a job, or when you're looking for a job in general, that we kind of don't do, we we lose practice with because when you don't do it, a lot of times you just kind of forget about how to do it. And I think this episode is perfect for so many different people. So if you're starting out your job search, if you don't know what to do,

If you don't even know where to start, I hope and I think you will leave this episode with a place to start and with tactical and practical things that you can start doing today that will get you on the right path in your job search and will make you feel like you are on a path, at least. I also think this episode is for somebody wanting to figure out what's next or

Maybe wanting to switch up their career, leave their job, somebody also who maybe has just left their job or is out of a job. Like I think this advice and what I'm about to say in here and the questions I'm gonna answer, that's how I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna ask a question to myself and then answer the question. And I think the questions I ask and the questions I answer will apply to so many different people in here. And I probably almost everyone. So I think.

Even if you saw this title and you were like, this isn't gonna apply to me, like I really think it will. And I hope you give it a chance and it will set you up on a a good path forward for whatever position you're in. So while it might seem like you already have a lot of these questions answered and figured out, I I really think that they will serve as a good reminder for things that we fall out of practice from and things that you don't know how to do anymore and and will be like a good reminder.

For all of these things and just will be helpful, hopefully. Being on the other side of this type of call, like a networking call, and I've done a lot of these now where I've been on the other side of them in the past four years of my beginning of my career, made me realize that there are so many questions we all have when we're starting out. And there is no like central or great place to get.

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A lot of answers in in one place. And that is why I want to take it upon myself to try and do this to the best of my ability and give you my answers or my advice and opinions about these so that when you're in this period, if you're in this period right now, this can serve as a like starter pack or a toolkit for what to do or how to start. And I'm gonna answer all of them for you in here, and and hopefully this will.

Be a great thing you can come back to and listen to time and time again when you don't know what to do next, or if you're feeling lost, or if you don't know where to start. So let's get into it. The first question I'm gonna answer, I think every single person has had when starting out their job search. How do you get a job when you don't have the right experience or any experience for that matter? That is like the funny part about.

First starting your job search or first interviewing, it's like, how am I supposed to be able to talk about this job or have any experience when I don't have a job yet? I I've never had a job so far. So how am I supposed to have any experience to apply to this thing? I'm gonna tell you the best way to answer this question, the best way I think you can answer this question. You have to figure out how to bring together all of the experiences you have had so far and apply them to whatever the job is.

And I'll talk about my own experience because I think it's a good example of it and how to like tell your own story or like formulate a story. Because everybody can do this. And it's singular and it's individual and it's really specific to each person. So I can't give you a universal template, but I can give you mine. When I was first applying for jobs, I was specifically applying to like beginner marketing jobs. I always wanted to do marketing.

But I majored in psychology and I minored in entrepreneurship and marketing in college because I was most interested in psychology, even though I didn't want to become a psychologist. I didn't want to go into that field or that realm. I just thought that and I I knew that psychology would be more interesting and I could figure out how to apply it to everything else I did. In every interview I did and every job I first applied for, I kind of crafted this story about how I believed psychology gave me a leg up over everybody else. And

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Taking psychology with marketing and entrepreneurship kind of gave me this like full picture, full story about how to market, how to get inside people's brains and think about how people think and understand and blah, blah, blah. And I just like made up this whole kind of bullshitty story that I actually still think is a really good story and a good way to form everything I've done and everything I was doing in order to get to where I wanted to go. But I think it's a good example of like.

How you can turn whatever you've done so far into the right thing to say for whatever you're applying for. Like everybody has something that they've already done, whether it's a club, whether it's a team, whether it's a this, whether it's a that, that they can make into this type of story. So if you're applying for a job in let me think about a good example. In I don't know. I I'm not gonna give it an example because I it is so specific to each person.

But like you have to take whatever you've done so far, whatever leadership experiences you've had, whatever club experiences you've had, whatever experiences you have had up until this point, and figure out how to weave them together in order to tell a story about how you're the right person for this job and how everything you've done so far sets you up for success or mi or sets you on a different path that makes you an even better candidate than everybody else.

That I think is the best way to kind of skirt around this question of how do I get a job when I don't have the right experience. This is all about having transferable skills because what you've done so far, I guarantee, can apply to what you want to do or what this job requires of you. That is how to tell your story. That's how to craft this into this, like your own world of things that you've already built that.

Make you a great candidate for this job, that make you an expert in whatever you've done so far. Having the ability to do this and that has given me a strength in this. Like, like saying something along the lines like the fact that I have been able to learn how to do this and this can apply to this in this job. And I know and I believe that because I can do this, I will be much better set up to do this.

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Because when you're starting out, like nobody has everything. Nobody has the job experience already. So you have to figure out how to explain that what you've done right now sets you up for success and and gives you that transferable skill. And everybody can do it. It just takes time to figure out what you've done so far that gives you the leg up or what you've done so far that makes you good at this or make you shine at this.

So decide on the few experiences that you think stand out the most and figure out how they transfer into the job you're applying for. Figure out how they give you a leg up into this job and will make you great at this job. And that is how you position yourself as having the experience already. That is p it's all about your positioning. It's all about how you talk about yourself. If you go into the interview and you say, like,

I know I don't have this experience right now, but I am a quick learner. I will learn on the job. I'll figure it out. That's great and all. But how much better would it be if you say, Well, I don't have this specific experience yet? I have done this and this, and I know that will set me up for success while doing this. Like, I have proven that I am good at this through this, and I know that I'll be able to transfer that skill over to what I'm required to do in this position. Like it just

gives you that little leg up that you're looking for and just figure out how to tell your story in that way. Everybody has the ability to do this. Nobody tells you what to do or how to do it. And I think this is a a a really strong one and and a great place to start here. The next question is what is the best way to actually find a job right now? So if I were starting out, if I had no idea what to do, where to start, where to even begin.

Here is what I would do. I would make a list of the 20 companies that I like. Look around your apartment or your house or wherever you live. Think about the products you use, the things you like every day, what you eat, what you go to, whatever you like in your day. Scroll through your phone, like get inspiration wherever you can and make a list of 20 to 25 companies that you like.

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From that list, expand it another five from each one. So if one of them is I like going to the movies, so AMC, expand that into five more from AMC. So it's like Fandango, A24, like Universal, Disney, and figure out a world for each of those. That will get you a list of like a hundred companies. And do this yourself. Like, don't use AI, don't use Chat GPT. Really sit and do this exercise yourself. It will help you moving forward.

Guarantee it. You will be left with like a list of a hundred companies that you are you have in like a doc. From there, go into your LinkedIn and look at every single one of those companies and figure out if there is anybody that's an alumni of your college or somebody in your network or somebody you know that you can reach out to and send them a message and say, Hey, I'm Josh. I'm graduating from this or I just graduated, or if you're in a work experience or you've already had experience so far.

I currently do this for this company and I'm really interested in learning more about what you do here. would I would love to talk to you for 30 minutes. Let me know if you have some time. Like something along those lines, in your own words, of course. but that's like a good kind of easy template. I'd love to learn more about your experience at this company. please let me know if you have some time. Thank you so much. looking forward and best, Josh. Like I'm giving you the full template now. I would then like scour my alumni network.

Or scour your network for who is related to these people, who you can start calling. From there, like try and set up a few calls a week with people. Start picking their brains. Start taking these networking calls. Start getting on the phone with people, emailing people, asking questions. That will prime people to be like, I just talked to Josh the other week and I know that he's interested in this and I know he's doing this. Like,

Now that I've seen that this role opened up my company, like it just puts your name out into the ring. It puts your name out into the world and into like the it gives that gives you that like karma out into the world that like people know who you are, they know who you're looking like. Even if that doesn't become a job, you never know what that networking or that call or that thing could turn into. So even if it's not like an immediate job or an immediate opening, like you just never know what can come from that. So start scheduling networking calls. I would do at

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Try and do at least a couple a week, like honestly. I would then start making a list of companies that I'm interested in and applying for or figuring out the position that I would be best suited for and applying to at least five to ten jobs a day. I know this fucking sucks. Like the the job, find people say finding a job is a job. Like, and it really is. Like that that is the shitty part about finding a job. Like it does take that much effort. It takes communication, it takes network.

It takes putting yourself out there. It takes sending emails. It takes setting up calls. It takes applying, applying, applying, applying. Like I think the best way to do this is just putting your head down and spending at least an hour a day applying for jobs, writing cover letters, putting yourself out there, like sending your shit out into the world because who knows what can come from it. The best way to find a job is to be consistent with this. Like the answer to most things is consistency. Like

It is just sticking with it day in and day out and not letting yourself be brought down by the inevitable rejection. The kid that I spoke to, or the guy who I spoke to on this call, asked me, like, Do you have any like words of wisdom for me before I leave? as his like last thing he said, which is a really big question. And I was just like, whoa.

And I also think that by the way, if you're on a networking call, the best thing to leave that call with, and I'm I'm probably gonna do a whole episode on like how to have a networking call because I think it would be really beneficial. The best thing to leave the call with is saying, Do you have anybody else that you recommend I speak to? Set yourself on that train of like this person to this person to this person, this person. That is a great way to network. Who do you have any people I could talk to next? Or do you have somebody else that you recommend I speak to that could be?

Helpful to me. That is like the best way to leave a call because then I'm like, I don't know who it is. But then I'm like, let me think about it and I'll get back to you. And that keeps that conversation going. But he asked me this question and he was like, What is like a big piece of wisdom you have for me? And I said to him, rejection is redirection. Finding a job and this job search can be so brutal, can be so taxing, can be so like draining and grading that.

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You can't let yourself be brought down by any rejection because it's so inevitable in this. You're putting yourself out there so many different times a day, so many different times a week, that you're going to be rejected again and again and again. And you have to know and internalize, and it can be really hard in the moment, but you have to internalize the fact that anytime you get rejected, any door that closes, that was not meant for you.

That was redirecting you into the place you were supposed to go. And I really believe in living that way. I do. Like I always think that when you are rejected, when you are turned away, it hurts. It fucking sucks. I got rejected from something recently and something I was really looking forward to and really wanted. And it hurts. And it like I sat there and I was like, damn, damn, that fucking sucks. Like being rejected or losing an opportunity. That was more what it was, like an opportunity that I really wanted. And not getting it, I was like,

I really thought I was the right person for that. I really thought that was gonna work. That really sucks. And I let myself sit in that for a second, but then a a little bit later, I was like, you know what? Then that wasn't right for me. That this wasn't the right time for this thing. Maybe it'll happen later, maybe it won't. Maybe it'll happen with something different. Maybe it'll happen with a totally different thing at a different time. But I know that that thing wasn't right for me in the moment and something somewhere.

Was telling me that that this isn't for me, that rejection is redirection. The thing I was just rejected from, I wasn't meant to have, I wasn't meant to do, it wasn't the right thing. And I really think that framing, that mindset, that ability to move forward with that on your shoulders is such a great way to move forward. It's such a great way to way to progress. And I really think that.

In the job search, when you're starting out, when you're applying consistently, when you're networking, when you're reaching out to people and you're not hearing back, you're getting ghosted, you're getting rejected, and it's this really like like situation, you have to remember that rejection is redirection. So the best way to find a job right now is to be consistent, is to reach out to people, is to

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Put yourself out there. You can't be afraid afraid to put upraid. You can't be afraid to put yourself out there and just keep at it. The next question is: how many jobs should I apply to every single day? I kind of touched on this on the last one and I meant to save it for this one. Sorry, I got carried away. But I really think a a great thing to do is to set up like an application system. And what by system I mean a literal like running Google Doc, like a Google sheet where you have

All of the companies you've in you're interested in, all of the companies you want to apply for in one column, and then the date you applied for them, and then if you've heard back. This is I yeah, this is like a great thing to do. Like you can just literally take what I'm saying and and create a Google Doc off of it. the companies you want to apply for, the date you applied for them, if you've heard back from them, if you've followed up, a contact you have at them, any phone numbers, any emails you have from them, and make this like master sheet.

Master doc that you go back to every day at 9 30 AM if that's the time for you, or whatever time you want to do it. But have it be at the same time and try and do it in the same place so that you know that when you put your ass in that chair, you know when you put yourself in the place at that time, it is time to do that. That's it's like a psychologically proven, scientifically proven thing that I wish I had the research for, but I know there is research out there that like when you sit in the same place and do the same thing I like day in and day out, like

You're automatically more predisposed to get it done and actually do it. So try and do it in the same place at the same time. I would say use this like system or this sheet, this trap tracking sheet. and I would try five or ten a day. And at the same time, I would try and reach out to five people a day. I know it's a lot, and that's big numbers. So you can start honestly with one to five and then move up to five and then move up to ten. it's a numbers game. It really is. I did an episode with my old roommate Reed.

Where he talked about how many jobs he applied for. the episode is called The End of an Era with Reed Becker. You can check that out. I really like that episode. because he went through a brutal job search, and I brought him on to talk about it because I was like, this is such a relatable topic that you never hear anybody talk about the fact of how fucking hard job searches are, even when you have experiences, even when you are in a job.

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Just when you're looking for your next thing, like even how brutal that can be. So he came on and talked about how many jobs he applied for, how many rejections he faced, how many like final round interviews he made it to before he found his next job. And I thought while that episode was like like treacherous for him to go with, it was extremely relatable. And it is an experience that everybody has had at one time or another. And it will make you feel seen and heard and really less alone on all of this. So go check that episode out if you're in this right now or if you've been in this for a second.

but I really do think it's a numbers game and I think it's a consistency game, and you just have to stay consistent with this. The next question is Do networking calls actually help you get a job? Absolutely, I think they are helpful. They may not help you get a job directly from every single one, like the one I just had with this guy the other day. I'm not getting him a job.

But I do believe that something I said might help him, might give him the encouragement or the push forward or the advice that he's looking for. and then it he might be encouraged to do more calls or do something differently or try something differently. so I absolutely think they are helpful. I think they're actually extremely beneficial. I think they're necessary in a job search. I think taking calls, setting up calls, reaching out to people is.

One of the most beneficial and best things you can do when you're looking for a job or when you're looking for your next thing, or even if you're just a little lost or you don't know what to do next, you don't know where to go, you don't know what you want to do with your life or what you want to do with your career. Talking to people, understanding people's experiences and how they got to where they are now or how they got to where they were, what they did to get there, what they did during that time where they didn't know what to do next. Like,

Hearing everybody's different experiences and how they handled it and how they pushed forward and what they learned, what they can share with you. Like we have everybody at our fingertips. You can reach out to anybody, you can call anybody, you can email anybody. And having all of these different human experiences like to inform your own experiences is like the best thing you can do at at this time when you're unsure or you don't know what to do or you're feeling lost. Like

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Talking to people and understanding how they got through it or what they did next or the next steps they took, like there is nothing more beneficial. So do networking calls actually help you get a job? I think yes. I think they do help you get a job indirectly because and it it might be directly. There might be somebody that actually has something for you. And I I took a couple calls that ended up get I I in senior year of college, I took a call with somebody who was an alumni of my college and

And I did get a job offer from that call. And I took other calls that ended up being nothing, but they gave me advice or they gave me different perspectives. but I did actually end up getting an offer from a a job. So I would say yes and no to this question, but indirectly, absolutely yes. The next question is should you work at a startup or a big company? This is a really good question. And I think like a topic I don't hear discussed often because like it is so personal, it is

So specific to what you want. And I think there are absolutely benefits to both. There are pros and cons to each of these. But and and I personally only have startup experience so far, but in those jobs, I have worked with big companies. I've worked with people in bigger companies. And I think there are really big benefits and opportunities from each of them.

I think having a name brand on your resume is always a good thing. I think if you don't know what to do, starting at a big company is a a good thing you could do because there's a lot more structure. There is a lot more here's what to do, there is a lot more like this is these are your tasks, these are what to do, and here's who to report to, here's what is expected of you.

When you're at a startup, there is so much less structure. And it is a lot more up to you about what you do and what you want to accomplish and your goals and everything. It's a lot more up in the air. So if you are somebody that prefers structure and prefers being told what to do and how to do it, and here is what ex what's expected of you, I would go to a big company first. If you are somebody that is extremely creative and extremely and and okay with the fact that

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you may not know what to do every day or that you're gonna be doing something different every day that you have a lot to figure out and you're kind of flying by the seat of your pants. Like that is what a startup is like. So I think that is the best way I could explain those two things. Startup is like it a lot of it is up to you and like good fucking luck. And and I love it by the way. I I love startup experiences. I think that it's one of the best ways to learn you gain so much knowledge and expertise and experience in a startup.

But at a big company, like it is a lot more structured. You you have a lot more like drawn out expectations of what is expected of you, expectations are expected of you, what you have to do every day, and you you know everything. It's kind of written out for you. Whereas at a startup, it's not nearly as written out for you. And then there are mid sized companies too, where there's a middle ground to all of that. So I can't say explicitly or specifically like.

Should you work at a startup or a big company, I can just outline the two things for you and explain to you that there is a lot more structure at a big company and there is a lot less at a small company. So know that going into those and know that applied when you're applying for those two things, what you would feel more comfortable in starting out. And you can always switch. Like after your first job, you can always go to a bigger company or a smaller company. I recommend at at some point in everyone's career they try both of them and get experience in both of them.

Because there's gonna be different things you learn from the leadership styles and the structures and the expectations. Like it's all going to be helpful in your life and in your career. so there's not one right answer, and there's not one specific thing that is the best way to go about it. Like it's it's all what you make of it, how you go about it, and what you're looking for specifically for yourself. The next question is: how do you figure out what career you actually want?

I think that when you're starting out, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to have it all figured out, have the answers, and like start planning out the career that we will be in for the rest of our lives. And I want you, if you're listening to this and you're in this position right now, to take the pressure off of yourself. I want you to understand that your first job is not the end-all be-all. It is not the thing that.

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Will define the rest of your career and the rest of your life. And I think that we are kind of set up to believe that what we do first is what we have to do forever. And I just think that is so far from the truth. I think that your first job isn't permanent. It is a starting place. It is a pinpoint. It is what you do first. You can go anywhere from there. You are not stuck in that job.

You will gain experience, you will be started out in that place, you will have to figure out how to pivot out of it or what you want to do next, but you are not stuck in the mud. Like you are not stuck there, and you do not have to be. So take the pressure off of yourself, knowing that your first job is not going to be the thing you do forever. If you want it to be amazing, if you have an idea of what you want to do and

You get into the job and you're like, actually, this feels right. This fits perfectly. The pieces of the puzzle are actually fitting way better than I thought they would. Amazing. Like, that is so, so great. I feel like that doesn't happen that frequently. Probably doesn't happen to most people, but if it happens to you, that's awesome. If it doesn't, and you're in that job and you're like, this is not what I want to do at all. Holy shit, I don't want to do any of this. I don't know how I ended up here. I don't know why I ended up here. I don't know why I picked this. That's great. That is like a

That that is an idea of what you don't want to do. Now you know what you don't want to do. Now you know where to go from there. Now you have a an entire experience under your belt where again, you will have to figure out how to transfer those skills, how to make whatever you did applicable to that next job you want to apply for or the next thing you want to do. Like you will have to then tell that story for the next job, or you will have to figure out how to tell the story of what you did and what worked and what makes sense in that job.

for the next one and and use those transferable skills again. Like, see how what I was saying in the beginning about how this applies to everybody, not just somebody starting out and somebody in their first job. Like I I really do believe that. So you will have to figure out how to make whatever you did in the experiences you had transfer over. And you will be able to do that and you will figure that out because everybody does and everybody will. Just know that your first job is not have does not have to be your last and it will not

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It will not be your last. Your first job will not be your last, most likely. Especially now. Like previous generations, people were in jobs for 10, 20, 30, 40 years. Now we're seeing so much more turnover where people are in jobs for a year and a half, or two years, or three years, and then they're on to the next one for two years or three years, then to the next one for two years or three years, and maybe for seven, or then they find something they like and they start to settle into it and they start to figure out what they want to do and actually they they like what they do.

But you're seeing a lot more turnover. You're seeing a lot more people jumping from place to place and trying new things and getting new experiences. And I think that's a good thing. I think it's great that our generation is kind of like promoting this, that you stay in a job for two years or so or a year and a half or so and you get all you can from that. And if it's not right, then you start applying for the next thing and you figure out what you want to do next, and you figure out how what you've done applies to the next thing. And like I I think that's cool. I also think it's cool that if if

People find the job they like, they stay there for four years or six years or eight years. Like there's no one size fits all to any of this. Like I have friends that have jumped around to tons of different jobs. I also have friends that have stayed in their job since they've graduated college. And I think that's great. And I think like showing you the dichotomy of the fact that I mean, I've had three jobs since college, and I've had friends that have literally only had one job and they've gotten promotions and raises within that job.

that have they're kind of climbing the ladder in their company. And that's fucking awesome. Like if you find the thing that fits and you like, like amazing. And if you don't know that you can move around and you can try new things and you can jump and you can grow and you're not stuck and you can change what you've decided. Like you're not stuck with that decision. And I really want that to come through in this episode because I feel like I had that.

in in my first job, it was like, well, I don't want to do this forever. And that leads me to the next question I want to answer for you as well is will my first job pigeonhole my career? And this was something that I thought about a lot when I first took my job. I was really worried that the first job I took was going to completely pigeonhole what I did and that I would never be able to do anything else. And the first job I took.

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was a social media job, which is funny because that's now what I do every day and I love it so much. it's very different now because I have a lot of other things as a part of it. But I was just doing social media. And I was like, I don't know how I'm gonna be able to do the growth marketing I want to do or the partnerships marketing or the this or the that or like all these other different facets of marketing that I was really interested in trying. Like I didn't know how I was going to figure out how to pivot out of this. And I was like, am I gonna be stuck in this forever? And I think that is a

Pretty normal feeling for a lot of kids in their first job or graduates or somebody, whoever's in their first job. I think that's a normal feeling of like, shit, did I make this decision and I'm gonna be stuck in this forever? No, you your first job will not pigeonhole you. It is your first role. That's all it is. You absolutely can pivot later. And I think I'm proof that the answer is no. Your first job does not.

Pigeonhole you as long as you don't allow it to. If you continue to believe and you day in and day out are like, I've I've done it, I've made my decision, and this is it, and this is my life, and I'm stuck where I am, like you'll stay stuck in that. Yeah, like you you will. If you continue to continue to convince yourself that you will. But if you believe that you will

Have a chance to grow and pivot and change and change your mind and try something new. And you actually action that belief and you apply and you interview and you network and you figure out through either other people's experiences or learning about other jobs and other companies and what other positions could be, you can actually change your job within your first two years and change your entire career path.

And then after those first four years, you can decide that this still isn't right and change to the next thing. And I there is no one size fits all to any of this. And I think I I really want to hit that home too, that like you can find your thing you love in your first job, and you can find the thing you love in your sixth job. It takes some people.

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their first try and it takes some people their tenth try. And there is no right way to do this. There is no one timeline that everybody is expected or supposed to be on, that you're supposed to figure out what you want to do by X time or this date or this year in my life. Of course, at some point you want to have a little bit more of a grasp on what you want to do and what you want to see with your life, but that

comes at different times for different people. And you hear about the quarter life crisis or the midlife crisis or the 30 crisis. There's crisis they they invent crises every day for every single age group because nobody has it really figured out. And everybody just wants to feel good in the fact that they don't always have it figured out or they may not have it figured out yet. So know that going into all of this, that everybody who you think has it figured out, for the most part, they're still figuring it out.

I don't think there is one person who has it completely figured out yet. I don't think there is one person that feels entirely 100% right in everything they're doing in their job every single day. I just don't think there is. And I think that you will learn that in your first job. You will learn that throughout your career and you will start to see that firsthand. But you will not pigeonhole yourself in your first job. Your first job is not your end all be all, and you will figure out what you want to do in time.

So if you're starting out, if this is new for you, or if you're in a position where you're switching jobs, you're out of a job, you're changing jobs, you're changing careers, you wanna pivot, you wanna try something new. Stay consistent long enough to see yourself succeed. Stay consistent, see it through, and believe in yourself to know that what you are supposed to do, what you wanna do, you will find. It will come to you. And at some point soon, you will find it.

So there's now construction outside and inside, and it sounds like there's also a flood happening. So I'm gonna end it here. That is the episode. Thank you so much for listening to Guys said a guy's guide to what should be talked about. I'm Josh, I'm 26 years old, and I'm here every single week, every single Tuesday to talk about what should be talked about for guys. If you like this episode, I really hope you did. Please like, subscribe to this podcast. Five stars. Move for the tone too for five stars, not four, not three, not two, not one. It's five stars.

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