Figure It Out

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...

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 l...

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 ma...

What does it actually look like to build a life in sports if you’re not the one on the field? In this episode, I sit down with Derek Sharrer , President of the St. Paul Saints, to talk about his decades-long career in minor league baseball. We get into what the work really is, how careers in sports actually start, what keeps people in the industry long-term, and the unglamorous realities no one te...

Join Dave and I in our conversation about what it is like to be a wilderness guide, the ebbs and flows of life, what it takes to spend years outside, and how to talk to your parents about what you want to do!

Bri has had a lot of life experience, and talking with them about traveling abroad, working in youth development and how they came to love woodworking are highlights of this episode.

Today I sit down with Mary LaGarde, the Executive Director of the Minnesota American Indian Center here in Minneapolis. We dive into what got her interested in non-profit leadership, what keeps her going when she feels burnt out and some of the challenges she's overcome along the way.

A deep dive into my own career path, all the twists and turns that lead me to where I am today!