Obama's best career advice was to follow your passions rather than a job title, an ex-White House speechwriter said

• Barack Obama's ex-speechwriter has had a non-linear career, shaped by advice from the former president. 
• "Worry about what you want to do, not who you want to be," Obama told one-time staffer Aneesh Raman, per CNBC.
• Raman advised young workers to think about the impact they want to have rather than a job title.  

A former speechwriter for Barack Obama shared some advice from the former president that shaped his career choices. 

Aneesh Raman, who worked as a speechwriter for Obama from 2011 to 2013, told CNBC Make It that the two-term Democratic president often said: "Worry about what you want to do, not who you want to be."