https://tonyabdelmalak.com/detours/ Notes from a career that didn't go in a straight line. en-us https://tonyabdelmalak.com/detours/follow-the-work-not-the-title/ https://tonyabdelmalak.com/detours/follow-the-work-not-the-title/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Why I left full-time roles for consulting, and how each contract pulled me closer to building. https://tonyabdelmalak.com/detours/the-question-i-used-to-dread/ https://tonyabdelmalak.com/detours/the-question-i-used-to-dread/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:00:00 +0000 What were you doing between May and December 2021? For years I had no good answer. Here's the one I'd give now. https://tonyabdelmalak.com/detours/same-conversation-other-side-of-the-table/ https://tonyabdelmalak.com/detours/same-conversation-other-side-of-the-table/ Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:00:00 +0000 I went from selling to physicians to recruiting for NBCUniversal and HBO. It took me years to see it was one job.