You spent twenty years getting good at something. Now a tool can do it faster, and your company is thrilled about the efficiency gains.
The loss isn't just about your job. It's about mastery itself. The identity you built around being the person who does this specific thing well. The dopamine hit of solving a problem elegantly. The community of people who cared about the same details you did.
Corporate won't help you through this. They'll tell you to "adapt" and "manage the AI agents" like it's a promotion instead of a completely different job you didn't sign up for.
In this episode, I talk about what you're actually losing when your craft gets automated, what survives even when the bots take over, and how to think about building something new that doesn't look anything like your old career.
What you'll learn:
The craft isn't gone. It just doesn't live in the corporate world anymore. What you build next won't look like what you had, but it might let you use what you loved about the work in ways corporate never did.
Schedule note: we're moving to a bi-weekly cadence. Look for episode 33 in 2 weeks.
Shelley McIntyre is a coach for people leaving corporate jobs who don't know what comes next.
She spent years as a corporate strategist before leaving to figure out her own next chapter. Now she helps other people do the same without falling apart in the process.
Work with Shelley:
Own Your Edge Strategy Session - A 90-minute conversation to help you move from stuck to starting.
https://burnthemapcoaching.com/own-your-edge
Reinvention Partnership Program - Step-by-step coaching for people who left (or are leaving) corporate and need help building what's next.
https://burnthemapcoaching.com/work-with-shelley
Let’s connect:
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