Interviews

“It was relatively straightforward for me to work with an AI coding tool to build an MCP (Model Context Protocol)…”

“What mattered more to me was a job where I could have work-life balance, I didn’t care about climbing the ladder.”

“It's a little bit of a career change, but it gets me back to where I want to be: building.”

“I’ve also been figuring out how the recruiting team can use AI…”

“You have to have perspective. You have to have a point of view.”

“We definitely use AI, probably a lot more this last year than we ever have.”

“Now that everything has AI attached to it, I’m sure a lot of them are getting scanned automatically first.”

“I believe on the surface, my purpose is to bring joy to those around me and support those I love in any way I can.”

“I got my college degree in philosophy, funded by the Singapore government.”

“I graduated with a degree in creative writing, but I started with a game design major.”

“I created a pitch deck for a production company and used AI to generate reference images based on the tone and descriptions of each film.”

“My confidence has increased, my skills have improved, and I have discovered what sparks my passion.”

“I do feel like I learned a ton in college, even if I didn’t go for my first or second choice.”

“I don’t really use AI to answer questions unless it’s similar to Googling something.”

“I think I’ve definitely had to fight to find purpose.”

“My biggest struggle right now is AI, both in how it is impacting my industry and in how I should respond to it.”

“I don’t know if I can say I’m living a purpose-driven life right now.”

“It doesn’t feel like it, but I know I am living with purpose, because everything is in steps.”

“I’ve also expanded my hobby list beyond just travelling and gaming.”

“I met great people, made close friends, and learned what kind of work energizes me.”

“I didn’t have any volunteer experience, and I needed to take a few more classes before I could move forward with the whole process.”

“In five years, purpose will probably mean something entirely different: starting a family, adopting another dog, figuring out how mortgages work…I don’t know!”

“I started courses in AI, and it was the same thing.”

“I think to some good degree, I have a purpose driven life, though I am not at my full potential.”

“I feel like that’s very, very difficult, especially with this whole ATS system and the AI scanning resumes.”

“I chose marketing because it felt like the most logical pathway to be creative in the modern job landscape.”

“I chose my major because I really loved learning about politics in high school.”

“In retrospect, if I had just gone to a tutor and pushed myself a little more, I could have learned to like those subjects.”

“I was able to have AI help me with some of the math and and the logic there.”

“My goal right now is to talk to as many people in the space, mainly project managers, and learn from them.”

“I think I grew a lot as a person, and really learned how to push myself.”

“I am still in training, so I’m learning new information everyday about the role.”

“They basically asked me if I’d ever given business administration any thought, because it involves talking to people and building relationships.”

“My thoughts around purpose have drastically changed since I graduated from school.”

“We’re molded by our experiences, and what once gave you purpose can suddenly no longer feel right.”

“My main project at the moment is working with AI models on what’s referred to as stumping.”

“I work in the journalism industry as a digital producer.”

“I wish I had learned so much sooner not to be afraid of life and what it has to offer.”

“I know it’s so cliché, but it really is all about who you know and the relationships you build.”

“I learned a lot about myself and about the world of linguistics and speech.”

“I currently work part-time at a learning center tutoring K-12 students in reading, math, ACT prep, and French.”

“Music is absolutely a subject best learned in person, and I felt “robbed” by having to take the latter half of my degree online.”

“Learning to dedicate myself to my hobbies in a way that doesn’t feel overwhelming or exhausting, or unfulfilling.”

“I think I would want to have achieved a sustainable work-life balance.”

“In general, though, I would say it’s more important to learn skills than a master’s degree.”

“I don’t want to call out certain job titles or stuff like that, but I recently learned about this role in my company.”

“I think I’ve learned methods and tools to manage it, and I’m more motivated than I have been in the past.”

“Instead of joining industry, I decided to further my learning with graduate school and get involved in pursuing new knowledge in the sciences.”

“I think that it’s super important to live a purpose-driven life.”

“I spent a good chunk of my career trying to work up my skills.”

“I think it was a great choice, because I genuinely enjoyed the majority of my classes and learned a lot.”

“So I think meaning and purpose are important for work and also the outside life.”

“I actually put my classes in my resume and I said what I learned in a specific class and what I did in the lab.”

“I can practice it pretty much every day with just random little offshoot projects and learn something every time I take a stab at it.”

“I learned that I don’t enjoy factory-esque work and that I find value in interacting with people.”

“I feel like it is that conversation of purpose and feeling like I’m fulfilling my purpose.”

“As a Christian, I believe my purpose is to live for God’s glory.”

“I learned so much about the entertainment industry, but I was still not finding the midpoint I wanted.”

“My long-term plan is to translate my counseling skills and experiential knowledge of the SUD population into legal advocacy.”

“We work with a lot of the software that nurses use on the daily, for medication administration, anything you’d see in a hospital.”

“I’m working to find a balance between school and family.”

“I would describe it as very intensive, definitely a job that tests your ability to write and research on short deadlines.”

“I started working with my community’s non-profit as a food justice aide, helping in my community garden.”

“At this table, we share stories of the places we’ve been, and the lessons we’ve learned along the way.”

“I love literature and love learning about the written word.”

“I’m trying to teach myself how to crochet, and I’ve begun learning how to linocut.”

“I work morning to early afternoon at the first and afternoon til 5/6ish at the second.”

“As someone who loves to learn, it was hard putting down the books after 4 intense years of college (I know – nerd)!”

“I work for the public body running public transport in my metro area.”

“It’s a bit of an experimental thing, but I got it to work with the help of AI and it’s really responsive.”

“I quickly learned there was a lot of politics and just a lot of internal things going on.”

“I work at a hospital called Atlantic Health Systems and teach doctors and nurses how to use the electronic medical record system.”

“I always feel that there is still so much to learn.”

“I highlighted these skills for my interviews and received positive feedback.”

“I soon learned that wasn’t going to be very easy.”

“I got so much interaction and suggestions from people, and it was amazing to build that kind of community.”

“I focused on building various fallbacks so I could explore the things I wanted to without too much worry.”

“I would love to see myself still doing something creative and making a difference through my work.”

“I manage my own freelance English teaching business, specializing in instructing medical doctors and students from Japan.”

“Ideally, I would hope I would have started something of my own, even if it’s not full-time or with the purpose of making money.”

“I work for an AI SaaS company focused in the healthcare space as a Revenue Operations Specialist.”

“My first job was an entry-level marketing job at a baby tech startup, and I learned a lot during my year there.”

“I wasn’t able to be as creative as I would have liked.”

“I started doing a mix of social media management, community management/engagement, and creative branding consulting for them in October of 2023.”

“It’s very far from my dream job, but I have learned a lot of transferable skills.”