Avocationist publishes weekly interviews with interesting people about their real-life careers and job changes.
The site is for anyone who is thinking about changing their job, facing a new phase in their life, or just wondering "Is this all there is?"
The stories in these interviews provide ideas, tips and examples from others who have faced similar questions to you.
Who is the Avocationist?
I am on my 5th career - my current "day job" involves traveling the world developing new business for a Silicon Valley technology company. (That's me at age 4 in the photo below.)
I have interviewed hundreds of people about their careers through the course of my career changes and travels. The Avocationist site is my way of sharing some of what I've learned along the way.
“Work becomes more like play - our vocations can become more like avocations...”
I have a passionate belief that we are all born with unique gifts and that our careers provide a way to better understand these. I also believe that as we better align our jobs with these gifts, work becomes more like play - our vocations can become more like avocations...
In my own career, I have navigated through a PhD in physics, worked in a national research lab, researched in academia, worked in technology and e-commerce start-ups, and a Fortune 50 bank in roles of management, strategy, sales, marketing and R&D. I've also had businesses in photography, consulting and career coaching. (In addition to jobs in fast-food, lawn services and the carpet industry during my early years).
The Avocationist lives in the Southeastern US with his wife, daughters and a crazy wire fox terrier.
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Send me a note, comment on the interviews, share your stories. I'm always looking for interesting people to interview.