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.

Ada Offonry guides us through the Clarity Audit, her practical framework for deciding whether to stay in your current role or take the leap into something new. She helps you uncover what’s truly behind your career dissatisfaction and build a plan for your next chapter with purpose and poise.

You’ll discover:

• The 7 root causes of career unhappiness

• The 3 questions that reveal if your situation is fixable

• How to create a “stay” or “go” plan that puts you back in control

Whether you’re craving growth, alignment, or simply more joy in your work, this episode will help you take the next step, clearly and confidently.

Data sources: Job dissatisfaction (64%): Gallup State of the Global Workplace 2024 Thought about leaving (51% UK, 23% did): CIPD Employee Outlook 2025 Similar situation within 18 months (40%): LinkedIn Talent Solutions 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.

Ada Offonry explores why highly capable, intelligent people still make career decisions they later regret. She breaks down the hidden psychological traps that keep us over optimising for salary, security or titles, staying too long in roles that no longer fit, or leaping into new ones for the wrong reasons.

Today, you'll learn about:

• Optimising for the wrong thing
• Fear disguised as “safety”
• A smarter way to choose what’s next

Data Sources: Job regret (72%): Joblist U.S. Job Seeker Survey 2024 Staying too long out of fear (58%): CIPD UK Employee Outlook 2025 High earners + comp-only decisions: Harvard Business Review, "The High Earner's Dilemma" 2024

To be reminded of all future episodes, please FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE.

For more from Ada: https://adaoffonry.com/

Follow Ada: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adaoffonry/

Find out more about Ada's new venture: https://www.inferencesearch.ai

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.