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Edit 01: You Don’t Need a New Career. You Need New Packaging.

Editor’s Note:
I used to think I had to burn it all down to start again.

In 2019, I was deep into a “good on paper” career. I’d spent 15 years across roles in recruitment, business development, and operations at companies like LHH, Cerner, and Gartner. I was managing talent strategy and tech systems, negotiating deals, and helping build other people’s businesses.

Then my mentor left.

And for the first time, I realized I was done building for everyone else.

But I didn’t jump. I didn’t panic. I positioned.

There’s a moment when you realize it’s not that you’re underqualified, it’s that you’re under-positioned. That’s what happened to me. In 2019, I knew I needed a change—not because I didn’t have the skills, but because I hadn’t yet told the right story about what I could do. I’ll show you how I rewrote my narrative and landed in tech without starting over.

This edit is for anyone who feels boxed in by a job title that doesn’t reflect what they’re capable of. You don’t need to quit your career—you just need to reposition what you already know how to do.

How I Rewrote My Career Story:
I didn’t start over—I strategized. Here’s what I did:

  1. I built strategic relationships.
    I showed up for the leaders I admired. I became indispensable by understanding what they needed—not just what I wanted.

  2. I reframed my experience.
    I stopped saying I was a “recruiter” and started speaking in outcomes. Revenue. Retention. Ops systems. I wasn’t changing who I was—I was reintroducing myself.

  3. I researched my way into tech.
    I had access to role patterns through my recruitment experience, so I studied what companies hired for. I found the overlap between my strengths and the roles they couldn’t fill fast enough.

  4. I created a story that made sense.
    I didn’t beg for interviews. I sent customized pitches to hiring managers based on insight, not desperation. I didn’t “apply.” I aligned.

That’s how I made the leap into tech—with no new degree, no public meltdown, and no hustle.

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What You Need to Know:

  • You don’t need a new skillset. You need to repackage the one you’ve got.

  • You’re not behind. You’re just under-described.

  • Tech isn’t a culture club—it’s a system. And systems need what you bring.

  • Your next role should make more money, not more confusion.

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“Your story isn’t broken. It’s just under-edited.”
— Luci, editor-in-chief

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