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Career Pivots

Inspiring stories and tactical advice for anyone shifting industries, roles, or careers—big or small.

Career Pivots

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Solo Stories: Build the systems before you need them

Feb 5, 2026

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10 min read

Solo Stories: Build the systems before you need them

From FinTech executive to freelance writer with Anna Burgess Yang

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

Career Pivots

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Solo Stories: She left corporate to make work feel like play

Jan 22, 2026

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10 min read

Solo Stories: She left corporate to make work feel like play

Why Julia Kaplan left Uber and Disney to start her own retreats business

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

How-To

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Be the 8%

Jan 19, 2026

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10 min read

Be the 8%

If they say consistency breeds results, how do you stay consistent?

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

Career Pivots

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I have a bad manager. Now what?

Dec 22, 2025

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8 min read

I have a bad manager. Now what?

When to stay and when to walk away

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

How-To

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How to prioritize what's important when you’re a busy bee 🐝

Oct 5, 2025

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6 min read

How to prioritize what's important when you’re a busy bee 🐝

Let's make time for what you say you really want

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

How-To

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How I built this: my Just Start career experiment

Oct 3, 2025

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6 min read

How I built this: my Just Start career experiment

Step-by-step with screenshots!

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

How-To

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If I started from zero

Sep 2, 2025

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7 min read

If I started from zero

5 steps I'd take to pivot my career with zero experience

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

How-To

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How to build a support system when you're pivoting to something new

Jul 28, 2025

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8 min read

How to build a support system when you're pivoting to something new

Reaching out to people, communities to try, examples and tips

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

How-To

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How to experiment your way to a career you actually like

Jul 14, 2025

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7 min read

How to experiment your way to a career you actually like

Stop overthinking and start before you're ready

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

Career Pivots

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Stepping into the unknown

Jun 23, 2025

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5 min read

Stepping into the unknown

Reflections from the desert and my next adventure

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

Career Pivots

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6 lessons from 6 years in Product Marketing (that you can use too!)

Feb 3, 2025

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9 min read

6 lessons from 6 years in Product Marketing (that you can use too!)

Leverage these skills to pivot your career or build your own thing

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

Career Pivots

Hello from San Diego!

Jan 20, 2025

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5 min read

Hello from San Diego!

How I went from product marketing to planning a 150 person company retreat

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

Career Pivots

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Did I just go viral on LinkedIn?

Dec 9, 2024

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5 min read

Did I just go viral on LinkedIn?

How I'm attracting aligned career opportunities (and how you can too)

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

Career Pivots

At least I'm flying free

Dec 2, 2024

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2 min read

At least I'm flying free

Quitting my job, turning 31, and more updates from the past few months

Maggie Blackburn
Maggie Blackburn

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