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Joe Stubenrauch - Instructional Design and eLearning

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How exactly does one jump from academia to the world of big tech? And how do you do that if you're in the humanities? In late 2020, I walked away from a tenured position as an associate professor of history to take an instructional design job at a big tech company. I won’t rehearse all the reasons here, but any academic reading this will understand what I mean when I mention burnout, work-life balance, and a desire for better compensation, proximity to family, and geographic mobility. Ever since I changed careers, a small but steady stream of academics have reached out to ask me about how I made the jump and what was actually involved. There’s lots of general advice for career-curious academics out there, but this post focuses on the nuts and bolts of what one academic did. Let’s dive into the details below. I highly recommend the book Designing Your Life by Burnett and Evans. The book encourages “prototyping” careers through informational interviews and through small experiments of do

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