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I Quit My Big Tech Job and Why I Don't Feel Free

I quit my big tech job at 37 with no backup plan - just savings, a podcast, and a feeling that something in me was dying. I thought I'd feel free. Instead, I felt lost. This is the episode nobody talks about: what actually happens after you make the brave choice.

One month in. No KPIs. No performance reviews. No one telling me where I stand. What I didn't expect was that the hardest part wouldn't be the financial fear or the beginner mistakes at 37 - it would be the voice in my head asking: do I even deserve to want this?

That voice has a name. It's the Good Girl script. And it doesn't go…

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