Career Change for Women | Career Coaching, Career Path · Brittany Cates | Career Coach, UX Designer, Podcast Host, Entrepreneur

The Career Growth Secret You’re Overlooking—And How to Use It to Your Advantage with Francie Jain

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Francie Jain built a career change platform after a 2016 debate highlighted millions of jobless manufacturing workers.

Feedback bruises sometimes. The guest starts with the reaction most people know well, then offers a calmer way to hear critique without turning it into a verdict on who you are. That is the useful bit. The conversation does not dress professional growth up as a grand reinvention. It keeps coming back to smaller choices: who to ask, what to try, and which advice has earned its weight. The guest has changed paths herself. After years connecting hedge funds with investors and raising nearly half a billion dollars in institutional investment, she moved toward work shaped by professional development and structured support through Terrawatt. The host follows that pivot gently, framing it around a career crossroads and the possibility that better support might have changed what came next. Advice sits at the center of the episode. The guest says she is talking with more people in the CFO and accounting space because trusted advisors can sharpen business thinking in practical ways. Friends and family still matter, of course. But she draws a clear line between emotional backup and technical guidance, especially when the people who love you are not working in the area where you need help. The host catches that point and brings it back to career change: different people can help with different parts of the move. Networking groups get a warm, practical defense. The guest talks about using them to test theories, gather feedback, receive introductions, and meet people she would not otherwise run into. Not every conversation will fit. Still, the speed-dating rhythm of quick meetings can widen the circle and turn up a useful angle. The episode has a tender practicality to it. Growth is not treated as ignoring feedback or swallowing every opinion whole. It is about choosing the right sources and staying open when the helpful parts sting a little. The guest closes by pointing listeners to her website or LinkedIn, and the host returns to the show's promise of helping women move toward work they can love.

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A grounded conversation about feedback, trusted advice, and making career support more accessible.

The episode treats feedback as something that can sting before it helps, and that framing gives the conversation real weight. Francie Jane's arc runs from matching hedge funds with investors and raising nearly half a billion dollars in institutional investment to building…

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You want career advice that takes the ego bruise seriously and still helps you move forward.

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