Accountancy, parenthood and Bitcoin journalism: a radical career reinvention - with Susie Violet Ward

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#171: Susie Violet Ward worked in accountancy before transitioning to becoming a journalist and financial analyst specialising in bitcoin. She explains the effect childcare had on her career, how she made such a drastic career change, and how she found meaning and purpose in her work.
What you’ll learn

• [1:30] How Susie explains what she does for a living.
• [2:10] What it means to be a bitcoin journalist.
• [3:32] How Susie became a bitcoin journalist.
• [6:27] The different ways to become an accountant and the benefits of not going to university.
• [9:10] The IT aspects of accounting.
• [10:22] The challenges of moving to part-time work after having a child.
• [15:05] Why working part-time can make your job more enjoyable.
• [16:33] The challenge of working from home and homeschooling at the same time.
• [18:43] How to know when it’s time to make a change in your job.
• [19:59] The benefits Bitcoin has over other cryptocurrencies.
• [21:37] Why Susie got interested in Dogecoin.
• [22:30] What made Susie want to work in Bitcoin journalism.
• [25:47] How Bitcoin can be good for the environment.
• [26:47] How Susie managed to get made redundant by asking her boss.
• [30:33] The way redundancy gave Susie the freedom to start a new career.
• [31:15] Building a career around writing.
• [33:32] How Susie’s parents reacted to such a big career change.
• [35:05] The pros and cons of focusing on a future career.
• [37:00] How to manage criticisms around a career change

Resources mentioned in this episode

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• Exodus Wallet
• What Bitcoin Did podcast
• “We are all nodes in the system making it stronger”, Jeff Booth
• Episode 161: Hitting rock bottom: How I went from drug addict to top Bitcoin podcaster - with Peter McCormack of What Bitcoin Did

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:
https://changeworklife.com/accountancy-parenthood-and-bitcoin-journalism-a-radical-career-reinvention/

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