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Discussion on: What is a wrong turn you took your career?

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Matt Ellen

A couple of times I've tried being freelance, but I just can't sell myself.

The first time, I wanted to pivot away from financial services and into a field I hate less, but I didn't know anyone outside financial services, so I had to find a regular job.

The second time I just couldn't take the struggle of finding clients while at the same time doing work.

At the precusor to my career, when I was in uni, I thought I wanted to do AI, I studied psychology and then interactive intelligent systems, but I couldn't get my head around the maths involved, so I changed course to being a regular developer.