Ep 108: [Career Transitions] From Tech To Comedy, Ex-Googler Sarah Cooper, Blogger @TheCooperReview

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English - April 03, 2018 07:21 - 39 minutes - 37.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings
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Former Googler Sarah Cooper describes her journey as she moved from Tech to Comedy. Today, Sarah is a successful writer and comedian, with a popular blog https://thecooperreview.com/ that gets >100,000 readers per month. She regularly performs as a standup comic, and has authored multiple books inlcuding "100 Tricks To Appear Smart In Meetings" - https://www.amazon.com/100-Tricks-Appear-Smart-Meetings/dp/1449476058

Some of the areas that Sarah touches upon in this episode include:

1. How Sarah kept working on her writing and her comedy, while she was doing her day job
2. What convinced Sarah to leave her job at Googler
3. The challenges she faced after quitting her job
4. Some things that Sarah thinks helped her get through this transition phase
5. Sarah's advice for anyone contemplating a similar career change

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