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I’m Samorn Selim. 

I’m a lawyer turned career coach on a mission for us to take our careers from dread to joy. As the daughter of poor Lao refugees, I was told to pay my dues.

After coaching over 1,000 clients, I now realize that the idea that you have to pay your dues and work in a toxic place is a myth. 

We can face our challenges head on, do work we are passionate about, and work with good people with kind hearts to make a big impact. So even as we struggle, we can find a sense of belonging.

Feb 27, 2024

 

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 Aye on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ayemoah, Twitter @ayemoah, and https://www.boomeranggmail.com/


Connect with Samorn 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.


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