Jun 26, 2018
JeanAnn Nichols never really thought about what she wanted to do in terms of everyday work to make an income, instead, she decided where she wanted to live, and picked a career that would take her to that place.
Fortunately, she was raised in a household where traditional gender modeling wasn't a thing, so when she decided to go into engineering, it didn't seem unusual or unattainable.
Two parts of our conversation stand out to me:
Would you consider choosing your career based on where you want to live? I would - and I have - but not with intention.
As always, this conversation made some big twists and turns before coming back to the theme: The stories we tell ourselves are exactly what we will believe.