Ep172: [CASE STUDY] Landing Your Dream Job Isn’t About “Luck,” It’s About Strategy | with Fabian Corrado & Nick Towle

<p>From the outside it often looks as if the dominant factor that determines whether someone achieves their careers goals or not is luck (And you all know how I feel about “luck.”) From an insider’s perspective, having helped hundreds of people successfully make career transitions, I believe luck is simply when their hard work intersects with the right opportunity. And this intersection is no accident when you have the right strategy.</p> <p>One of my favorite aspects of the <a href= "https://optimizeyourself.me/optimizer-apply" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Optimizer coaching & mentorship community</strong></a> is the relationships that are built when students support each other to pursue work they feel most passionate about. When Optimizer students Nick Towle and Fabian Corrado originally came to me, neither one of them knew each other. But they both knew they were tired of the jobs they had, they felt stuck after trying for years to make a seemingly impossible career change, and they were ready to do anything to get on the right path.</p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1646071/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Nick Towle</strong></a> had been an editor in reality tv and transitioned to the scripted world as an assistant editor (AE). He was finding plenty of regular work, and he even had the opportunity to cut in addition to his AE duties, but he couldn't seem to land his first full-fledged scripted editing gig. Nobody was willing to give him the experience…without already having the experience.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10906805/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Fabian Corrado</a></strong> was working successfully as an Assistant Editor in the trailer industry but felt unsatisfied and unfulfilled, and he knew he wanted to make the jump to scripted. He worked hard and spent many years climbing his way up the wrong ladder and felt stuck and trapped doing a job he no longer loved.</p> <p>If you too are struggling to make a career transition, you feel stuck in a