sean_walker45•4d agoMost Upvoted

Spent $200 on a 'career coaching' course and got the worst advice of my life

I signed up for this online career coaching program back in March thinking it would help me pivot from retail to tech. The guy who ran it had this slick website with testimonials and everything. Dude literally told me to 'just cold email CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and ask for a job.' Like, are you serious? I wasted 6 hours on that and got zero replies, just a bunch of spam filters. Then he tried to upsell me on a $500 resume rewrite package. I feel so dumb for falling for it lol. Has anyone else gotten burned by one of these expensive coaching things? What actually helped you change industries without paying a scammer?

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amyh214d ago

Oh man that sucks, I got burned by one of those too. Honestly what helped me was just finding a free mentor through a local networking group who actually talked to me like a real person.

skyler_adams3d ago

@amyh21's right about the free mentor thing. It's funny how in so many parts of life, the expensive shortcut usually ends up costing more in time and frustration than just doing the slow, honest work. You see it with fitness trainers, diet plans, even lawn care - people promise magic for a price and deliver the same old common sense.