Many professionals choose careers like law not because they want to, but because they feel like they should. It’s a path built on logic, status and expectation.
But what happens when you realise, early or late, that the path you chose doesn’t actually fit?
In this episode of Outlaws, Kate and Shayla speak with Rob Marsala, a former Perth lawyer who walked away from legal practice after realising it wasn’t for him.
After trying to pivot with an MBA in New York, Rob made an unexpected move, starting again in Los Angeles at the very bottom of the entertainment industry, working in a mailroom for $300 a week.
What followed was not a smooth transition but a gradual reinvention, built through persistence, humility and a willingness to take a step backwards in order to move forward.
This conversation explores leaving law, career reinvention, the reality of starting over in a competitive industry, and why making decisions based on the future, not the past, can change everything.
