It all started when he got fired. David has amassed over 2.5 million followers combined through his social media channels where he offers career tips, resources, and job search help. While experimenting with a bunch of different ideas, David decided to make a TikTok account to share his perspective on navigating careers and what worked for him to land jobs. Turns out, that it worked for others too. In this episode of Building While Flying, David joins Joe Quattrone to talk about his journey from insurance to career advisor. Driven by the passion to make education accessible to everyone, he’s built a business out of execution instead of monetization, never accepting money for his advice. David shares why he gets down in the dirt with DMs and urges us all to pursue what you believe fundamentally needs to exist.

In-flight topics:

• How David got started pursuing his passion
• Using Twitch to learn how to sustain attention
• Sharing his career perspective instead of expertise
• Pivoting from Twitch to Tiktok to grow community
• The magic of sharing information for free
• …and more!

RELEVANT LINKS:

• TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@davidpaykin
• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/davidpaykin
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/davidpaykin/
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpaykin/
• Community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9018999/
• Resources - https://beacons.ai/davidpaykin