There’s so much to learn from times when there are industry wide U-Turns and so we asked so we asked the community to share stories of such reversals that they’ve witnessed over the course of their careers.

Erin Boje

I had been a NICU nurse for 7 years before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. I was just returning to work a the hospital after the birth of my first son, who was 3 months old at the time. I saw the entire health care field take more than just a U-turn during that time – change was happening in the field faster than we could control and the whole system had to pivot. While providing quality patient care was still the top priority, I witnessed so much change during that time to protect everyone – health care workers, patients, etc. Read more>>

Shanell Tyus

For many Gen Xers and Millennials we were raised to be “well rounded” – meaning we should know a little bit of everything and be able to perform moderately well, if not excellently, at a number of different (and often unrelated) tasks. Industry experts started their business feeling like they needed to offer a number of different services in order to attract a variety of clients and be positioned to meet any number of needs. SO MUCH PRESSURE! Read more>>

Mara Macon

The real estate industry is experiencing a U-Turn right now due to rising interest rates and global inflation. For the past two years, we’ve experienced extreme rapid growth in Austin, TX with low interest rates and many new residents coming to live in Central Texas. Read more>>

Tasha Jackson

As a full time social work major, my goal was to graduate and become the best social worker that I could be . I wanted to find a great company to work for and help every single last client that I came in contact with. Fast forward, I did graduate. I am the first In my family to do so which was a huge success story for myself. I immediately became employed by a mental health agency following graduation. Read more>>

Toccara Evans

I left the computer tech field in order to be a personal trainer. Working with computers, digital marketing, anything online is my first love. I fell into fitness and training just from who I was around and the personal weight loss transformation I had for my self. The more I train clients and find out about them and their lives, jobs, needs… Its coming up more and more that they need digital marketing or social media help. Read more>>