So many of you know I went to SXSW a few weeks ago and I had an amazing time! I got to spend time with so many of my great friends, and meet so many new awesome people.

During my week at SXSW I was going through a sort of “career identity crisis”. After I left Comcast in January I wrote about my decision to go back to school and look for a job back in NYC. I said that I wanted to be open about being a student again, but I was worried about getting categorized as a “Student” and not being considered for jobs that I should be able to get based on my level of experience.

But along the job search trail I got a little lost. I started to apply for jobs that were where I thought I needed to be (mostly PR and Marketing agencies) but during SXSW I realized that wasn’t what I was really passionate about. Everyone kept telling me “just do what you love”. But the problem was that I didn’t really feel like I LOVED anything. I liked a lot of different things, but I couldn’t put my finger on what I was most passionate about. I made it a point during the conference to talk to all of my good friends and mentors, to try and get a better sense of a “career road map” for myself.

On the last day of SXSW I realized that what I have loved to do all along has been online community. It’s something I have always been passionate about, and something I know I am great at. But there was a problem, I had to go home to interviews I had lined up with agencies, and try and explain to them that I no longer wanted the job I applied for.

Last Thursday I was sitting in my 3rd interview with a PR agency. I had just come back from SXSW, so I was pretty excited about everything. But while sitting there talking, I realized that I was not going to be able to do what I wanted to do within such a large company.

When the interview was over I had a missed call from my good friend Dave Lifson. I had met Dave over a year ago at New Work City and I have been in awe of how he has been able to grow a startup from idea to funding. He was calling to tell me that he wanted to hire me as Postling‘s Community Manager.

I literally started jumping up and down on the sidewalk in midtown Manhattan!

So stay tuned, there will be awesomeness to come! But don’t worry, I will continue to bring you the same random content you are used to here on randomsarah.com.

I also wanted to thank my family, friends and more importantly my mentors, for helping me find what I love, and hold out until I found a job that would make me happy.