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Jan 2022
32m 11s

Making a career change with Drew Overcas...

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Drew Overcash is a songwriter (and Jessi's cousin). He's talented, and he has drive. And he had some success in the musical theater world, while continuing to hold down multiple survival gigs. Eventually, though, he realized that his career aspirations - and life goals - were shifting. And that led him somewhere entirely different: Coding bootcamp, and a job ... Show More
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