Ever wonder what people actually do all day at work? Each episode, we sit down with someone doing a job you might not have known existed, or one you've always been curious about. We dig into how they got there, what the day-to-day really looks like, the highs and the headaches, how AI is changing the way they work, and what advice they'd give someone who wants to follow a similar path. No fluff, just real conversations about real work.
Teaching English is no joke - Stand-up Comedian, Vince
Vince is an American Expat who makes a living:
Teaching English
Training LLMs
Doing Stand Up Comedy
In this episode we talk about how he got started in each of his three jobs, expat life, and how all of these are affected by the times.
Check out Vince's comedy on IG (https://www.instagram.com/shortforvincent/)
31 Mar 2026
How to Start a Coworking Space: Lessons from Prague's Oldest Community Workspace
Mathias is a Belgian expat who runs one of Prague's oldest coworking spaces. In this episode, he walks us through Locus Workspace, talks about what it's really like to run a physical community business, and shares his advice for anyone thinking about starting a coworking space: start with people, not a place.
We cover:
What it's like to buy a business during a pandemic
The daily reality of running a coworking space (yes, including fixing toilets)
How Locus builds community with 11+ events per week
Why charging for a free event actually increased attendance
His advice for anyone thinking about starting a coworking space
The future of remote work and neighborhood workspaces
🔗 Locus Workspace: https://locusworkspace.com (https://locusworkspace.com)
📍 Vinohrady, Prague
23 Mar 2026
From Translation to Travel: Designing a Career Without a Master Plan
What if the best career path isn’t planned at all?
In this episode, Eva shares how studying languages in Spain led her to unexpected opportunities across Europe and Canada, including landing a role as a tour coordinator for international school trips and building community in a coworking space.
We talk about the value of experimentation early in your career, the reality of working holiday visas, the perks and pressures of planning travel for hundreds of students, and how AI is beginning to reshape knowledge work.
Eva’s story is a reminder that meaningful careers are often built step-by-step, not through perfectly mapped plans, but through curiosity, adaptability, and the willingness to try something new.
Topics covered:
Why your first job doesn’t define your future
Working abroad and building an international career
What it’s really like planning trips for schools
Remote work, flexibility, and lifestyle design
AI’s impact on hourly work
The power of coworking communities
16 Mar 2026
Crunching Numbers: Banking, Work Culture, and the 4-Day Week with Jakub
Jakub is good with numbers, a skill that he parlayed into a career as a banking consultant. In this episode we talk about work culture in Prague vs. London, a 4 day work week, and, of course, the daily life of someone in the role.
9 Mar 2026
Brady, DevOps Engineer: The Bridge Between Code and Chaos
Brady is a DevOps engineer at a VPN company in Prague, but his path started in restaurant kitchens in Omaha, Nebraska. In this episode of Craft a Path, he walks us through how a tech support gig and a self-taught AWS education turned into a career managing deployments across the globe. We get into what DevOps actually is (and how it differs from regular software engineering), what happens when you accidentally break production and trigger 45 minutes of alerts, how AI is reshaping the role of the engineer, and why moving to Europe completely changed his perspective on work, money, and life.
Sections:
Intro / warming up
What Brady does and how he got into tech
From restaurant work to tech support to freelance coding
Software engineering vs. DevOps explained
The two week sprint: planning, firefighting, and documentation
Strategic vs. tactical work
A day in the life in Prague
Remote work vs. return to office
Perks of the job
Challenges: people, complexity, and breaking production
AI in software engineering and how it's changing the role
The future of the developer role
Advice for getting into the industry now
Life as an expat, European salaries, and rethinking what matters
7 Mar 2026
Did it - How Marcela Turned Prague's To-Do Lists Into a Business
We all have that never-ending list, the car inspection, the address change, the trip to the authorities that eats up half your day. The founder of DIDIT saw that problem and built a solution: a service that simply does it for you. In this episode, we talk about what running a business in New York taught him about the value of time, why Czech bureaucracy is ripe for disruption, and how DIDIT grew from a simple idea into a go-to lifeline for hundreds of people in the Czech Republic expats and locals alike. If you've ever said "I just don't feel like dealing with this," this conversation is for you.
Learn more at https://didit.cz/
8 Jan 2021
Gone to Daejeon- “EPIK” life of teaching English in South Korea with Laura Zoellner
Gone to Deajeon: About the “EPIK” life of teaching English in South Korea with Laura Zoelner.
In this episode of the podcast, I chat with my former neighbor from the Eunhaeng-dong neighborhood of Daejeon, Laura Zoelner, about her two experiences as an English teacher in South Korea.
18 Dec 2020
The Power of Prioritization with Michael Joseph
Personal Finance coach and host of the Sustainable Savings (https://sustainablesavings.org/podcast/) Podcast Michael Joseph joins the show to talk about the power of prioritizing the things that matter most to you. Mike and I discuss his path from unemployed college grad, to founder of Sustainable Savings, and the things he's prioritized along the way.
11 Dec 2020
Monetizing your Niche with Jeff Contreras
Jeff Contreras is an artist, producer, and all around entrepreneur. Listen in as we discuss college, creative ventures, and constructing a living while continuing to chase interests.
Jeff makes his living as a Tennis Pro, and he's one of the best in the business. Link below if you're interested.
https://www.jeffcontrerastennis.com/
3 Dec 2020
The Path to Politics with Andrea Hoffmannova
Fed up with politicians? Desperate for change? Andrea Hoffmannova once felt the same way. But rather than turning to social media to complain, she became involved in the efforts to create positive change. In this conversation, Andrea casts a demystifying light into the lives of politicians, so as to remind us that we’re all humans the same. And that by starting small, at a local level, you too can influence a nation. You’re listening to the Craft a Path Podcast, with today’s guest Andrea Hoffmannova, on her Path to Politics.
29 Nov 2020
Carlos Rubio Moreno on leaving your comfort zone and the rewards which follow
Author Carlos Rubio Moreno joins us to chat about the importance of leaving ones comfort zone, and the fantastical world which exists outside of it. Born and raised in Malaga Spain, following university studies, Carlos left the sunny costal city and headed north to Norway. Three years later, his journey is far from complete. In this episode, Carlos and I discuss a wide range of topics and opportunities from Seasonal Work and Workaway gigs, to the art of prioritizing a creative pursuit.
Find his novel here, and keep an eye out for future works.
https://www.amazon.com/.../dp/8418031263/ref=sr_1_1...
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