In this episode, Ada Offonry demystifies negotiation and explains why it’s a critical skill for reinventing your career.

Drawing on two decades of experience negotiating offers in tech and finance, she shares a clear framework for evaluating job offers, negotiating with confidence and recognising when walking away is the smartest move. This episode is a powerful reminder that negotiation is about strategy, self-worth and long term impact.

She discusses:

• When to negotiate (and why you should)
• How to evaluate the whole offer
• Clear signals to walk away

Data Sources:

Negotiation rates (37% negotiate, 85% get something): Salary.com Negotiation Report 2024 Average salary increase (7-12%): Glassdoor, PayScale Negotiation Studies 2024-2025 Money left on table (10-20%): Your proprietary data + LinkedIn Talent Solutions

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About your Host: Ada Offonry

Ada Offonry provides talent and career intelligence for quantitative finance and technology.

She spent four years as Global Head of Talent at Quadrature Capital, and over 20 years in executive search partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and elite investment banks across New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Ada now works with firms building high performance technology teams, and with senior quantitative and engineering professionals navigating complex career inflection points, through Inference Talent Advisory.

Her work sits at the intersection of market intelligence, talent strategy, and career decision making in an increasingly volatile world of work.

In this episode, Ada Offonry breaks down why most career pivots fail, and what successful pivots actually have in common.

Drawing on two decades of experience placing professionals through career changes, she explains why adjacent, strategic moves consistently outperform dramatic leaps. Ada walks through real examples of pivots that work, highlights what truly transfers between roles, and shares a practical framework to help you change direction without burning your credibility, confidence or income.

You'll Learn:

• That adjacent beats dramatic
• What really transfers (and what doesn’t)
• A realistic pivot timeline

Data Sources:

Major pivot success (29%): LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Career Pivot Study 2024 Lateral pivot success (67%): Harvard Business Review, "The Adjacent Possible" 2024 Average pivot timeline (18-24 months): CIPD UK + Payscale Career Transition Report 2025 • • Comp data: Your proprietary placement data + eFinancialCareers 2025

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About your Host: Ada Offonry

Ada Offonry provides talent and career intelligence for quantitative finance and technology.

She spent four years as Global Head of Talent at Quadrature Capital, and over 20 years in executive search partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and elite investment banks across New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Ada now works with firms building high performance technology teams, and with senior quantitative and engineering professionals navigating complex career inflection points, through Inference Talent Advisory.

Her work sits at the intersection of market intelligence, talent strategy, and career decision making in an increasingly volatile world of work.

In this episode, Ada Offonry challenges the idea that midlife career change means either staying stuck or starting from scratch.

She explores increasingly mainstream career paths such as sabbaticals, fractional roles and consulting, showing how experienced people can gain more flexibility, autonomy and income without blowing up their lives.

You'll learn all about:

• Career paths hiding in plain sight
• High income without full-time roles
• Pivoting without quitting outright

Ada breaks down who these options are really for, how to test them safely, and how to pivot strategically rather than impulsively.

Data Sources: Fractional/portfolio work (47% increase): MBO Partners State of Independence 2025 UK non-traditional income (1 in 4): IPSE (Association of Independent Professionals) 2025 Sabbatical outcomes (38% better roles): Harvard Business Review, "The Sabbatical Effect" 2024

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About your Host: Ada Offonry

Ada Offonry provides talent and career intelligence for quantitative finance and technology.

She spent four years as Global Head of Talent at Quadrature Capital, and over 20 years in executive search partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and elite investment banks across New York, London, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Ada now works with firms building high performance technology teams, and with senior quantitative and engineering professionals navigating complex career inflection points, through Inference Talent Advisory.

Her work sits at the intersection of market intelligence, talent strategy, and career decision making in an increasingly volatile world of work.