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ProfessionalPivoting · 1 year, 8 months
Pivoted from high school teacher to UX designer
James Okafor · 28 · Bristol, UK
“I thought I was starting over. I was actually translating skills nobody had named yet.”
In short
Left the classroom after six years and rebuilt himself as a product designer through a portfolio of fake redesigns and real volunteer work.
Hardest part
Getting recruiters to see teaching as relevant experience.
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