Betty Oloo-Anderson started her career without the academic credentials required to get her to scale the highest levels of the development industry. Although she started out with secretarial course qualifications, she quickly learned how to utilise the experience she had acquired in one job to take to the next. It wasn't always easy; there were two retrenchments along the way that taught her the strength of patience, tenacity, the ability to regroup and the ability to reinvent. If you are currently in between jobs and struggling to cope, this is for you.