Thinking about a career change? Talk to someone who made one.
You have read the articles, run the numbers and asked ChatGPT. What you still do not have is the view from the other side: what the first year after a career change really costs, which fears were noise and which risks deserved respect. That is what a conversation with someone who has already made the move gives you, and it is what no search result can.
The guides on this page have changed careers themselves, some of them more than once: from research and development into international sales, from a doctorate in biotechnology into film production. You pick the person, you talk 1:1 by video, and your first session is free.
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The people who made these moves
Rami Hajji
- Egypt and TunisiatoGermany
- Sales and leadershiptoFounding Nawaya
Left at 19 with a degree nobody here knew and a language I did not speak. Sixteen years later Germany is home, and I am building Nawaya.
Speaks English, German, Arabic, FrenchGermany
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Firas Fessi
- Offshore renewablestoTender and acquisition
Engineer in offshore renewables, then tender and acquisition management for complex global projects. Belgium.
Speaks EnglishBelgium
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Karim Hajji
- R&D in energytoInternational sales
- International salestoPatent examiner, EPO
R&D in energy, then international sales between Germany and MENA, today patent examiner at the European Patent Office. Three deliberate career changes.
Speaks English, German, ArabicGermany
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Asma Gharbi
- Doctorate in biotechtoFilm production
Doctorate in biotechnology, now making the move into film production. In the middle of it.
Sessions in ArabicGermany
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Sana Dabbous
- UAEtoGermany
- Digital transformationtoSelling AI to industry
Twelve years in sales, from the UAE's digital transformation to selling AI to chemical and pharma companies in Germany.
Speaks EnglishGermany
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Warren Nugent
From UX to Product
Speaks EnglishUnited Arab Emirates
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Bochra Kammoun
- PhD in agronomytoProject management
- TunisiatoFrance
From a PhD in agronomy into project management and digital transformation in the farming sector, and from Tunisia into a working life in France.
Sessions in Arabic, FrenchFrance
Frequently asked questions
Why not just ask ChatGPT or a coach?
ChatGPT knows every option but does not know you and has never changed careers. A coach brings a method and a programme over weeks, and most coaches have not made the move you are weighing. A guide has done it, listens to your case and asks back. Sometimes one conversation with the right person is all you need.
When should I talk to a career change guide?
Before you decide, not after. The most useful moment is when you know what is wrong but the plan is still flexible: someone who changed careers can still bend the plan where it is weak, and tell you which part of the fear is worth listening to.
Do guides help with the practical steps too?
Yes: bridge roles, how to explain the change in interviews, what a realistic timeline looks like and how long the financial runway needs to be. That is exactly the terrain where lived experience beats generic advice.
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Not sure which Guide fits? Start with the full directory. Your first session is free.