Reflections on Leaving a Job to Start a Consultancy: A Personal Journey
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Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Summary
The author reflects on the year and a half since quitting their job to start a consultancy, discussing the motivations, challenges, and mindset behind leaving traditional employment. They describe building up the courage and financial runway to make the leap, drawing on personal experiences and observations about how organizations are run. The article explores themes of career autonomy, entrepreneurship, and the psychological journey of breaking away from conventional work structures.
Key quotes
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It took me years to build up to quitting, and I had not only a chip on my shoulder, but to quote Seth Sentry, 'the guac and the dip and the salsa.'
I looked around at how organizations are run, at the people that tol
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