Goals:

What I am trying to do is find more appropriate employment. My rough target is sales and marketing. That is rather broad I know. I am trying to combine my interest and experience in to a reasonable ...

Current involvements:

Background:

Despite my Bachelors degree in design, I consider my professional background to be in technology.

In 1995 I graduated from North Carolina State University a semester early for my degree with my bachelors in Design. The full title of the degree is Bachelor of Environmental Design which is quite misleading because it doesn't have much to do with the environment as most people know it per se. It was also quite short sighted of the administration of the then School of Design to agree to this moniker, obviously not being overly concerned with the challenge it would pose for graduates on the job market.

Before being admitted into the School of Design in 1992, I spent several years prior in the College of Engineering studying Computer Engineering. During that time I also applied for and completed several internships with Duke Power Company. While still registered in the engineering program I began looking at Architecture as a career option as it had been my childhood dream career (an idea I got watching the Brady Bunch; Mike Brady was an Architect). Having become more an more interested

Even though I have been teaching English for a significant period of time.

Professional profile:

Tesla Motors:

Last evening I listened to a podcast of the Diane Rehm Show from Thursday last week. The topic was electric cars. There was a guest on from Tesla Motors, the founder and chair, Mr. Elon Musk.

*Light bulb goes off!*

Why not apply here? New technology, start-up, ground floor? Why the hell not?! Now I have a name too!

I went to the website and low-and-behold, they are looking for a Sales and Marketing Associate in Europe. Hey, I'm in Europe, I speak German, I have a consultative sales background and over 10 years in customer-facing roles! They must be talking about, mmm ME!

Guess what today's goal is?

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Hi, my name is...

Hello! Welcome and thank you for visiting my blog. My name is Michael and I am a 41 year old American currently residing in Hamburg, Germany. I am in the process of a career change.

Because of the anxieties I feel surrounding this issue, I decided to blog my experiences. This process is not meant outwardly as help or a guide for any visitors here, but more as a place where I can strategise, track my progress and vent as necessary during this process.

Again, thank you for visiting.