Your responses: “Making a career change is hard”

In my quest to answer the question, “Why do we never hear that a career change is easy?” I’ve found a resource that I’m so wicked excited about. There’s a textbook (collection of essays?) titled Origins of the Modern Career that I want to access. The book was created as a sort of response(?) to a conference on “Employment Security and Career Mobility in Historical Perspective” back in 2001. We can read the first chapter online through ResearchGate, but if we want the rest, we have to get the book. ;)

Going back to our original question, I’ve received a number of wonderful comments that I want to highlight here:

”Career change is ‘hard’ to some because people end up outside their comfort zone. Whether it's a R&D scientist switching to PM to career coach to earning a MBA, it's not easy to get out of the comfort zone. However, when you are uncomfortable, you learn the most and unlock your true potential.”

”I believe there is an expression anything that’s hard is always worth the effort because you know nothing really comes easy!”

”I remember when a math teacher told me to stop saying Math was hard. It wasn't hard it was unfamiliar and different and I'd actually have to put in work to learn it. We often associate things that are hard with things that have a learning curve, and things we have to actively learn.”

”Changing your career means a completely new skillset, an entirely new network, and an unfamiliar ecosystem, with no certainty that it will actually work out.”

Is there anything that you’d like to add to the conversation? I always welcome your insights and feedback.

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