Kim Porter runs a community called the Engineering Exchange and has seen every version of "I think I want to be an engineer but I have no idea what that means." So we sat down and talked through all of it — the different types of engineering (there are more than you think), how to figure out if this is actually the path for you, what makes people genuinely good at this work, how to write a resume that doesn't get immediately trashed, and what separates a good engineer from a great engineering leader. No fluff, no gatekeeping. Just the stuff you actually need to know before you go all in on this career.

He started at McDonald’s. Then a local pizza shop. Turned down the chance to run his dad’s company… and followed the path that actually felt right.

In this episode, we sit down with a Twin Cities private chef and caterer to break down what his career has actually looked like—from fast food shifts to running high-end private dinners with his wife. We talk about the adrenaline of kitchen life, the leap into catering, what separates a home cook from a professional chef, and the reality of building something from scratch (including long hours, multiple jobs, and not a lot of free time).

If you’ve ever felt like your starting point defines your future, this is proof it doesn’t.

What does a forensic accountant actually do all day and how do you even end up in a job like that?

In this episode, I sit down with Melissa, a forensic accountant who walks us through her real path into the field, what her day-to-day work actually looks like, and the differences between working in the public versus private sector. We talk about following curiosity over comfort, why persistence matters more than having a perfectly mapped career plan, and what it’s really like to walk away from a job that pays well in order to build something that pays off even more in the long run.

If you’re someone who’s good at a lot of things, questioning whether you’re on the “right” path, or trying to figure out how people land in careers you’ve never heard of until now, this conversation is for you.