Possible Paths

Kat Jost is the founder of Skilled Not Ill: “a Philly-based mental health club for modern humans who live successful lives in spite of mental illness. We host weekly events that are centered around skill-based approaches to mental health, particularly DBT and CBT.” In this episode, we speak candidly about the career and community she… Continue reading Kat Jost →

From artist to teacher to community manager for a consulting and software engineering company. I found this conversation inspiring in a way related to persistence and giving more than you get. The thread through this episode is continuing to build skills, yet being open to what comes up. Pat woke up early every morning to… Continue reading Pat Woods →

From dog walker to iOS developer in 1.5 years. I first met Christine when I asked on Slack about people who changed careers into tech. She easily had the most compelling story with this one sentence: “in the last year and a half I went from walking dogs to working at Comcast as an iOS… Continue reading Christine Cunniff →

From working in higher education to full time UX designer in 10 months. Meghan Kelly is a full time UX Specialist at Elsevier. She volunteers as Events Lead Organizer at Girl Develop It Philly, and has served as Events Lead at Code for Philly. In this episode, she is completely candid about the confusing process of… Continue reading Meghan Kelly →