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author: "Robert Pearce"
authorTwitter: "@RobertWPearce"
desc: "Announcement of switching jobs from Articulate to The Iron Yard."
keywords: "switching jobs, new job, articulate, the iron yard"
title: "Switching Jobs"
---

Self-discipline can take you places you've never dreamed you would go.

I have recently switched from one dream job to another one. For the past 1.5
years, [Articulate](https://www.articulate.com) has allowed me to roam from
Washington, DC to Charlotte to Charleston to Atlanta to Greenville to Miami to
Utah to London to Edinburgh to Berlin to northwest Spain to Denver and beyond.
Without such an opportunity, I would never have met many of the people nor had
the experiences that mean so much to me and helped me grow as a human being.
Hopefully I helped a few folks along the way, as well.

Now, however, I am shifting gears. [The Iron Yard](http://theironyard.com) will
be my new home and might well take me to whole new levels of understanding,
inter-personal relationships and travel. I will be teaching software in an
accelerated course to highly motivated people who, of their own volition, are
willing to spend >40 hours per week in my presence (the horror!). The first
course will be in Charleston, SC, and other courses will be taught in an
undisclosed location overseas (I don't think it's been officially announced).

> _&quot;But Robert! How does this help you travel?&quot;_

I'm glad you asked! Each "cohort" (class) is 12 weeks, and apart from the travel
associated with being in different teaching locations, the work schedule goes
like this: **_3 months on, 1 month off_**.

I know&mdash;badass; time for travel, personal development and freelancing.

But what allowed me to get to this point, apart from dumb luck?
_Self-discipline_. If you have the self-discipline to find your way through the
boredom of working your back-side off day and night to not only learn new things
but explore, meet new people and foster relationships with human beings of every
race, gender and creed, you can do anything.

* * *

_[The Iron Yard - Charleston](http://theironyard.com/locations/charleston) is
still taking applications for the class starting June 15, 2015.
[Apply here](http://theironyard.com/apply) and learn you some code._
