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Jackson's avatar

I don’t know man. It sounds like Milton needs a little space to get his swag on. Just my opinion but I don’t think I want Alice in the boardroom. She’s like the terrifying witch at the top of the hill you only want to go see when the entire village is inflicted with the plague.

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Jordan Call's avatar

But what if I'm truly, deeply, half corporate sell-out??

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Kiran Pathakota's avatar

Man I got through the series fast! I hope you find your sheep while feeding those wolves.

I left big tech a couple years ago myself so a lot of your questions resonate.

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Jordan Call's avatar

Thanks Kiran! I'm glad you're digging it. How's life after Big Tech?

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Kiran Pathakota's avatar

Life minus big tech plus two kids is pretty much unrecognizable. I think death and rebirth is the right metaphor. Kind of dramatic, but accurate from my perspective.

As I type this, both kids sleeping with the newborn resting on my chest so life is pretty epic ngl.

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Mazsi Jávorszky's avatar

I loved this essay so much, thank you for writing it and putting out into the world🩷 And this was exactly the reminder that I needed to have to not choose a side but incorporate them! I am curious how Alice and Milton's marriage will turn out!

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Jordan Call's avatar

Thank you Mazsi! And I like how you put that---I feel like I'm on a big integration kick lately, trying to connect with different parts of myself, including ones I don't like. Seems to be pretty beneficial so far!

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Jeff B's avatar

I like it! I feel like I’m going g through a similar journey of discovery, with two similar internal forces. I’m still in the corporate gig, but I’m ready to make some big changes towards that new balance.

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Jordan Call's avatar

Nice, good luck! I'm curious to hear about how things go when you make those changes happen.

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Psych Yourself Up's avatar

A terrific application of the two wolves allegory, Jordan.

I explored from a psychology perspective in my very first substack newsletter.

https://open.substack.com/pub/profwalker/p/sometimes-the-wolf-is-real?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Jordan Call's avatar

Nice, thanks for sharing! Keep feeding those good wolves.

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Shanonymous's avatar

Wolves are pack animals :)

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Jordan Call's avatar

True!

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