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Transferrable skills and patience go a long way toward making a major change.
I graduated college with a degree in agronomy, thinking I would work in agricultural or environmental science. But after I graduated, I realized I would much rather be a newspaper journalist — something I had never taken a single class on. I had some work experience in college, so it wasn’t totally far-fetched. Some years later, I made another decision to switch careers — this time from journalism to marketing.
Transferrable skills and patience go a long way toward making a major change.
I graduated college with a degree in agronomy, thinking I would work in agricultural or environmental science. But after I graduated, I realized I would much rather be a newspaper journalist — something I had never taken a single class on. I had some work experience in college, so it wasn’t totally far-fetched. Some years later, I made another decision to switch careers — this time from journalism to marketing.