About nine years ago, my life felt very confusing. I was jumping from job to job, hoping to find something that made me excited to wake up every morning.

I had dropped out of school in 2014, and for two years I tried different things just to see what I liked. But nothing felt right. I didn’t feel like I was building a real future.

The hardest part was not knowing how I was going to create the life I dreamed about. I wanted a career that could su...