Spill the Baby Tea with Helen: Breaking Free from Big 4 Burnout - How Content Creation Changed My Life

AsianBossGirl

Melody, Helen, and Janet

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Spill the Baby Tea, I’m taking you behind the scenes of my career journey—from my early days as a valuation manager at Ernst & Young to the big, scary leap into content creation and podcasting. Many of you might be navigating big life or career transitions yourself, or wondering what it's really like to follow a passion outside of the corporate world. I’ll be sharing the highs and lows of both paths: the perks and pressures of working for a global firm, the hard truths about climbing the ladder, and why I ultimately walked away to create something of my own. I also share in this episode some real talk on financial preparedness and advice for making a successful transition. Let’s dive into the path less traveled, and find out if becoming a content creator is as dreamy as it sounds ;) AsianBossGirl’s latest Instagram post for comments/interactions, linked here. #SpillTheBabyTea Become an ABG Bestie to get new audio episodes ad-free, monthly “Dear ABG” AMA sessions, discounts on merch, and shout-outs in our episodes. https://abg.supercast.com/ __________________________________________ Host: Helen Wu Editor: Victoria Cheng __________________________________________ P A R T N E R S • Wild: Use code “ABG20” for 20% off your first order at WeAreWild.com/US • Pampers: Check out Pampers Cruisers 360 today! • BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month with code “ABG” at betterhelp.com/ABG __________________________________________ C O N N E C T W I T H U S • Subscribe and Follow us @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Amazon Music/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter/Facebook • Listener Survey: Let us know your thoughts on the podcast here • Email: [email protected] __________________________________________ S U P P O R T U S • Merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com • Donate: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support • More about us at asianbossgirl.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.5	Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Spill the Baby Tea, a podcast where we can only talk about all things motherhood and parenthood.
1:06.0	My name is Helen Wu Wang. I'm a mom to an almost 3-year-old baby boy.
1:10.0	And I am here at a creative space where we can all share, connect, and feel a little less alone.
1:10.9	Some of you who have listened to the ABG podcast may know that my first job out of undergrad was not content creation
1:16.0	or being a podcast host. Rather, I spent nearly a decade at one of the big four accounting firms.
1:22.1	I was fresh out of undergrad, wide-eyed with big dreams and excited to start my big girl job at
1:27.4	Ernst and Young.
1:28.8	It wasn't until right before the pandemic that I decided to quit my job
1:32.7	and start a business that you all know and love, Asian boss girl,
1:36.4	and to fully embrace life as a podcaster and content creator.
1:40.4	So I've had two careers, two very different paths.
1:43.6	Having spent nearly a decade in finance and now seven years as a content creator,
1:48.0	I often get asked about what it's like to be on both sides and to have transitioned, especially now that I'm a mom.
1:55.0	I'm so excited to get into all of that with you today. To all my parents out there, we are into together, so let's get this episode started.
2:07.7	As with every episode of Spillababy Tea, we are going to start with my giggle and drool of the week.
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