4 Things to Consider Before Changing Your Career

If you want to be more successful than me

DB Willows
4 min readNov 12, 2023
Photo by Brendan Church on Unsplash

I’m a serial career changer.

Every time I get a new job, it’s something completely different. I stick with it for a few years and then hop to something else.

I’ve even switched careers while staying at the same company.

Why do I do it? I don’t have a great answer. I’m just never happy where I am.

Logically, it’d be far easier to just grow on my current path, to climb the ladder that’s already in view. It’s not like previous attempts at career changing have gotten me any closer to being satisfied with my career trajectory.

The thing is: it’s just the way I am. And I’m okay with that. I’m not thrilled about it — being a serial hot mess isn’t exactly something to be proud of — but I’m okay with it.

That being said, I want to share a few lessons I’ve learned from career switching, so you don’t make the same let’s-not-call-them-mistakes as me.

No Career, No Job is Perfect

Work is work. It’s as simple as that.

No matter what you choose to do, you’ll wind up with responsibilities that you don’t want. You’ll meet people you can’t stand working with. And…

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DB Willows

Proud dog mom and accumulator of random knowledge. Writer and Engineer. I find the world around me forever curious.