This week you're a marketer, strategist, salesperson and maybe your own ops team, too?
Somewhere in there you also need to make a deck that doesn't look like it was thrown together between calls. Gamma is built for that generalist life! Fast, good-looking, edit-anywhere, and it doesn't mind that you're not a designer.
👋🏼 Hiya! So, we’re generalists. OF COURSE we’re going to be career transitioning from this, to that, to the other. We’re the epicentre of squiggly careers. We squiggly career-ed before it was even called squiggly careers. But sometimes it can feel lonely, and maybe everyone in your life is wondering why the hell you’re doing it. It’s probably one of the reasons you signed up to the Generalist World newsletter or became a member (wooo!)
Have a listen to the podcasts below, our community of generalists might be able to help…
Why your transferable skills don’t care about your industry (47 mins)
Natalie Hoop on squiggly careers, the confidence problem, and multi-unit retail as training ground.
The Journey: Left college, fell into retail, built transferable skills across squiggly career
Take the “side door” (30 mins)
Li Si Wong on transitions between industries, importance of asking the right questions, to the role of generalists in product management.
The Journey: Construction → banking → software, left without a job during 2009 financial crisis
20yrs in one org to design ops strategist? (32 mins)
Lucy Nersesian on emphasising the need for generalists to connect the dots across teams, the importance of empathy, and how continuous learning is essential for personal and professional growth.
The Journey: Theater design → 20 years graphic design → SaaS operations
What happens when a cat matchmaker can’t stop saying yes (30 mins)
Allie Dono on the volunteer path to ops mastery, breadcrumb connections, and building Austin community.
The Journey: Cat matchmaker to ops wizard, accidental career path via volunteering
