I left my 6-figure job at Google to attend pastry school in France. Now I work on Disney cruise ships.

Valerie Valcourt left her six-figure job at Google to attend a pastry school in France. Courtesy of Valerie Valcourt Valerie Valcourt worked in Big Tech for five years, earning six figures at Google in Seattle. She left the tech industry behind to attend pastry school in France. Valcourt has worked on multiple Disney cruise ships and hopes to open her own patisserie someday. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Valerie Valcourt, 36, who previously worked at Amazon and Googl...