Alex Gorman

What jobs did you leave or are planning to leave in order to become a maker?

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Hi Makers, I've become really interested recently in what makes someone leave a job to pursue a career as a maker. I used to be an Archaeologist (its an unusual change I know). I want to know your stories. What jobs did you give up to pursue your dream? What job are you planning to leave once your Unicorn takes off? Why?
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David Suleymanov
Sold my Communication agency and invested in a startup
Kate Dalessi
I have a degree and 4 years experience in logistics (road transportations). I gave that career up to take part in building an internet startup, and I've never been happier in my life
Fernando Nikolic (mindfold.co)
I would love to learn how the previous experience can be useful for becoming a maker. Please leave your reply here!
Sreekanth PM
I was working in a project-based service firm as a sales head. I tried several times to build something side with my colleague. But nothing worked as pressure from the job was so high that I am unable to focus on multiple things. So finally I quit the job in 2018. took a year break and started the plan of developing a saas platform in 2019. Now we are a team of 3 people working on a product. it depends on the person and job. For me, I cannot focus on multiple things simultaneously.
Saro Gunaseelan
I left my full-time job as a Product Manager, to start my own trip planning market place. Built a team, grew the revenue stream (positive) and had to recently close it down for a few reasons. My thoughts are - if I had to do it again, I would probably have stayed on at my full-time job while at least getting a MVP out and getting some level of product - validation done. In retrospect, I did manage to do a good level of business development, but nothing comes close to launching a product and going through validation phase.