Ep. 88: Making big career changes: driving Lyft, going to a bootcamp, and becoming a software engineer at a Fortune 50 company without a college degree with Vincent Robinson (Software Engineer at State Farm)

Do you want to make a big career change?  But you haven’t taken action because you’re afraid of failing?  

In this episode, we discuss:

- How to make a big career change going from dropping out of college and driving Lyft to becoming a software engineer at a Fortune 50 company.

- How growing up as a Black man in a single parent household impacted his life and career decisions, and made him have the grit to keep going forward to achieve his dreams.  

- What you learn from living paycheck to paycheck, and the mindset shifts you need to make to get out of the hustle mentality.  

- Why it’s important to know that you are also interviewing the company, and how to build confidence in yourself.  

- How working with a career coach helped him make his story shine through, and helped him land his first offer.  

- What you can do to turn what you think is your weakness into your X factor, and make employers want to hire you and mentor you.  

Learn more about Vincent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentarobinson/. Connect with Samorn on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/samornselim. Get a copy of Samorn’s book, “Belonging: Self Love Lessons From A Workaholic Depressed Insomniac Lawyer” at https://tinyurl.com/swpc578c. Get weekly career tips by signing up for our advice column at www.careerunicorns.com.