The Not My Job Pod - Episode 1: Heather Kimpton

In the first episode of The Not My Job Pod, I sit down with my best friend, Heather Kimpton, to chat about our very different career paths—me in tech, her in education—and everything we've learned along the way. We get into what it actually feels like to do our jobs, what makes work fulfilling (or not), and how the world of teaching English as a second language has changed over the years.

Heather shares what it’s like teaching ESL in London to a wildly diverse group of students—from beginners to near-fluent speakers, refugees to international school kids. We talk about the power of trauma-informed teaching, why classroom context matters so much, and how different people learn languages in totally different ways. There’s also some real talk about the messiness of for-profit education and the quiet, everyday ways teachers shape people’s lives.

It’s honest, reflective, a little nerdy, and packed with the kind of insight you only get from someone who's been around the block.

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