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Courage to Quit Podcast
by Greg Smyth
Telling stories of major career transitions
Episodes
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#16 - "Never make a pivot at a low point" with Chris Spurvey
Today my guest is Chris Spurvey. He is based in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, and a graduate of Memorial University, where I also went to school. We connected through a piece of content I posted online about maybe six months or a year ago. He has been helping me build my coaching business and a…
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#15 - "Trust yourself and do it" (XOM to Accenture) with Yusshy Mendoza
In this episode, I chat with Yusshy Mendoza, a mechanical engineer who has recently gone through a career pivot from ExxonMobil to the consulting world with Accenture. He had been in the oil and gas industry for 12 years - in ExxonMobil for 10 - and had a chance to do a lot of different roles...
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#14 - "Going out on your own" (HR Consulting) with Laura Cashin
My guest for this episode is Laura Cashin, a good friend of mine from St. John's, Newfoundland, and also my coaching client who has recently gone through a pivot from working in an aerospace company into building her consultancy. She initially started her career in tech, then moved to the...
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#13 - Pivot 2.5 (Engr - Consulting - Tech) with Ellie Albadvi
Today on the podcast, I speak with a fellow Canadian engineer Ellie Albadvi who studied chemical engineering and worked as a process engineer after graduation. Then, she wanted to be more involved in the overall vision and how it connects to the financials, so she pivoted into business…
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#12 - ExxonMobil to Amazon with Brandon Quinn
Intro Today my guest is Brandon Quinn, a program manager at Amazon who went through multiple pivots. He was a civil engineer by background but only stayed in this field for the first couple of years as he wanted to get more into a business-focused role. His first pivot happened only a year and a...
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#11 - Educator to Global Consultant with Susan Murray
Resources: Book a call: https://calendly.com/gregfsmyth/new-connections-2 Courage to Quit Blueprint: https://blueprint.gregfsmyth.com/free Profiles: Susan's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-susan-e-murray-72858312/ Greg's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/gregoryfsmyth Episode...
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#10 - Subsea installations to Smart Thermostats with Andrew Goodridge
Links: Andrew's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewgoodridgenl Greg's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/gregoryfsmyth Courage to Quit Blueprint: https://blueprint.gregfsmyth.com/free Book a call: https://calendly.com/gregfsmyth/new-connections-2 Intro: Andrew Goodridge, a...
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#9 - Investment Bank to Product Management w/ Zachary Novak
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/gregoryfsmyth Courage to Quit Blueprint: https://blueprint.gregfsmyth.com/free Book a call: https://calendly.com/gregfsmyth/new-connections-2 Topics covered 👇 - Are you running away from something or towards something? - The compensation dip & how…
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#8 - Running an oilfield isn't much different then running an app with Adrian Leung
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/gregoryfsmyth Courage to Quit Blueprint: https://blueprint.gregfsmyth.com/free Book a call: https://calendly.com/gregfsmyth/new-connections-2 Show notes: Adrian Leung, MBA, P.Eng shares his career pivot story from Reservoir Engineer to Product Manager....
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#7 - Fish Processing to Electric Vehicles w/ Landon Fisher
Landon Fisher is a mechanical engineer that made a big career transition from working for an Icelandic fish process company to managing new technology introductions at Tesla. He tells his story during this episode of Courage to Quit. Topics covered: - How he learned about New Product Introduction…
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#6 - Committing to quitting our careers (Amanda & Greg)
My wife (Amanda Baker) and I discuss the reflection stage of our career transition. This included 2 primary exercises (Defining our values & signing a contract to each other)
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#5 - Find a career in sustainable energy with Julie Hawco
Julie Brown shares her career pivot story to drive the energy transition (Part 1) Topics covered - First actions she took in her pivot - What she would do differently - Learning the difference between project vs. program management - Oversimplifying your experience - How to use LinkedIn Job…
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#4 - Submarines to Rockets with Andrew Ronan
Andrew shares his career pivot story from Subsea robotics to Rocket Lab Outline: How Andrew started his career and context and moving to New Zealand His concerns about being too specialized How he translated his experience from robotics to rockets How Andrew build a competency matrix to…
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#3 - Stanford MBA Career Pivot (United Nations to Facebook)
This Q&A covers Dima El Machnouk pivot from the United Nations in Beirut to Facebook in California. She leverage an MBA at Stanford University to execute the pivot from the non-profit world. After spending a year at Facebook, Dima decided to blaze her own trail with Unleash, her start-up that…
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#2 - MBA to the Boardroom w/ Jenny Selway
Jenny shares her story of leaving ExxonMobil to pursue an MBA & Board Roles Topics covered 👇 Why Jenny decided to leave the oil industry Jenny's pursuing of board roles in Australia Why Jenny took on an MBA How to start networking after 19 years with the same company How jenny translated her...
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#1 - Oil Industry to Silicon Valley (Amanda & Greg)
My wife and I answer a series of questions about our career pivot from the Oil Industry to Silicon Valley (in 2016). Outline:👇 0:00 Intro 0:59 What was easier than you expected? 1:18 What was harder than you expected? 1:41 Can you talk about the day you quit your job? 1:56 Do I have to throw…
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