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#RI-69aa7e24·3 months ago·
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“Switched from teaching to UX research despite struggling job hunt”
What Actually Happened
Spent 5 years as high school English teacher, then attended bootcamp and found new job in UX research
What I wish I knew
"Quantify old skills and mirror job descriptions for better resume results"
Advice to Someone Facing This Now
If I could tell you one thing
"Play the resume game by mirroring job descriptions and quantifying old skills, especially for switchers"
Regret Index
2/10
Positive or neutral outcome.
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career transition Category
81
career transition decisions logged. Avg regret 4.7/10 across the category.
Same Outcome Band
41%
of career transition decisions land in the settled band the same as this one.
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