Midlife isn't a crisis anymore. It's a career rebrand.

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Tiara Neal, Danielle Scott

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I quit my MBB consulting job to help others land jobs at top firms. Here's what separates the candidates who get offers.

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Jack Kim at a restaurant holding chopsticks.
Jack Kim said he had a hard time getting a job in consulting because he overlooked the "airplane test."

Jack Kim

I quit Bain after a 43-hour workday and now own an outdoor adventure business. Consulting prepared me for anything.

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Sunny Stroeer in the mountains wearing an orange jacket, white helmet, and glasses.
Sunny Stroeer said her work as a consultant at Bain prepared her for her career in the outdoors.

Sunny Stroeer

I quit my job at TikTok at age 30 to travel. There was no way I was going to stay — the freedom is worth it.

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Nerine Mak

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I didn't want my family's old house in Japan to sit empty — so I turned it into a café

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Aoi Onodera in his café in Japan.
Aoi Onodera turned his great aunt's house in Japan into a cafe.

Reeno Hashimoto

I was sick of never seeing my 6 kids. So I quit my Amazon job to become a tulip farmer.

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Andrew Miller working at his tulip farm.
Andrew Miller became a tulip farmer after quitting his job in Big Tech.

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They left their jobs in their 50s to reconnect with their kids. It helped them rethink their long-term career plans.

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A selfie of a man, a woman, and their three sons in Turkey.
Pablo Slough and Karen Gilchrist quit their tech jobs in mid-2024 to take a gap year to spend time with their sons.

Pablo Slough and Karen Gilchrist.

I'm in my 40s and on my third career change. I got rejected from 83 jobs last month but I'm not losing hope.

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3 signs that it's time to make a job change, according to an AWS leader

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Colleen Aubrey
Colleen Aubrey has been at Amazon for over 20 years.

Amazon

At 31, I decided to quit my job and become a barber. I joke that I offer therapy in the chair.

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Tate Yohe at his barber shop
Tate Yohe became a barber at age 31.

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