Career change story carousel template

When to use it

Reach for Career change story when you want to show your experience and earn trust and start a conversation in the comments. Its structure is story: something that happened to you, and what it meant. Give Postora your topic and it keeps the shape, writing every slide about your subject in your voice.

What each slide does

1. 1Hook

   Opening: before and after roles, over a photo from the old life.

   In the example

   I taught maths for nine years. Now I build software.

   From classroom to code

   What the switch actually took.

2. 2Point

   The moment you decided, told as a scene.

   In the example

   A Tuesday in March

   I was marking 31 tests at 11pm and realised I enjoyed building the spreadsheet more than the teaching. That was the first honest thought in years.

3. 3Steps

   The path, in stages, including the slow parts.

   In the example

   The 22 months in between

   • Month 1 Evening course — Two nights a week, after school.
   • Month 8 First small project — A timetable app for my school.
   • Month 14 61 applications — Three interviews.
   • Month 22 Junior developer — At a logistics start-up.

4. 4Chart

   Income over the switch, including the dip (author-provided).

   In the example

   It got worse before it got better

   Yearly salary, €k

5. 5List

   What you would do differently.

   In the example

   What I’d change

   If I did it again

   • Applied too late — I waited to feel ready. Nobody does.
   • Hid the teaching — It was my best interview story.
   • Learned alone — A study group would have halved the time.

6. 6Quote

   One line you would tell someone thinking of switching.

   In the example

   “Your old career is not wasted time. It is your edge.”

7. 7Call to action

   Ask readers what career they would switch to.

   In the example

   What would you switch to if money weren’t a question?

   Over to you

   I’ll reply to every comment this week.