My Friend Is Gatekeeping Information About His Career Change. I Need Him to Fess Up!

Good Job July 28, 20268:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by stockbusters/Getty Images Plus. Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Good Job, A friend of mine from work (office job) quit last year to train in a trade. We hung out recently and he seems really happy. It sounds like this was a good decision for him. I told him I have considered following in his footsteps, and he got really weird and tried to talk me out of it! It really felt like he was gatekeeping his new industry. I would like a change, and it would be great to get some advice from him on how to go about it. What’s the best way to ask? —Need a Change Dear Need a Change, Without knowing more about you and