Career Pivot

This track comes from Aaron's startup DNA — the philosophy that convention is just a suggestion. It tackles The leap from military/DoD career to tech entrepreneurship, the fear and freedom of betting on yourself. The lyrics get specific — "Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, that's the resume line" — because personal tracks on Majik's are personal for real, not performatively. The electronic production matches the energy of the confession. It hits determined and uplifting, in that order. Every personal track in the catalogue comes from a real moment, a real feeling, a real person. This one is no exception.

[verse 1] Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, that's the resume line DoD civilian, everything was fine Benefits package, pension on the horizon But something in my chest kept quietly rising Like a notification I kept swiping away You're meant for more than this, it said every day So I opened up a terminal at two AM Started building something no one asked me to build, and then The side project became the main event And the salary became the safety net I bent [pre-chorus] Everybody said don't leave the government Everybody said think about retirement But retirement's a long way from alive And I need to feel alive to survive [chorus] Career pivot, spinning on a dime Trading in the safe bet for the paradigm Shift, career pivot, watch me turn Every lesson that I've ever learned Into something that's entirely mine Career pivot, it's about time [verse 2] First month out the revenue was zero Second month was worse, I'm no one's hero Third month something clicked, the code compiled And the product started moving, and the users smiled Founded Magic Unicorn Technology from the void Built a music platform that had people overjoyed Five weeks from nothing to a working application That's not a career pivot, that's a career detonation In the best way, like controlled demolition Of every limitation and every inhibition [pre-chorus] Everybody said you're crazy, Aaron Everybody said the risk's not worth bearing But the biggest risk was staying in that chair Watching my potential die right there [chorus] Career pivot, spinning on a dime Trading in the safe bet for the paradigm Shift, career pivot, watch me turn Every lesson that I've ever learned Into something that's entirely mine Career pivot, it's about time [bridge] The Navy taught me to be resourceful The DoD taught me to be thoughtful But entrepreneurship taught me to be fearless And that combination's kind of peerless Do more with less, that's the motto Same work ethic, different lotto But this time I picked the numbers And I'm not going back to slumber [verse 3] Now they call me CTO, they call me founder They call me the unconventional technologist, and prouder Words have never left my mouth than those Because I earned them with the late nights nobody knows The career pivot wasn't just a change of occupation It was a declaration of my own emancipation From the box they put me in with a label and a rate A-A-Ron's in the building and he's building something great [chorus] Career pivot, spinning on a dime Trading in the safe bet for the paradigm Shift, career pivot, watch me turn Every lesson that I've ever learned Into something that's entirely mine Career pivot, best decision of my life