Most people think economics is models, spreadsheets and calculations. Diana Mousina says it’s much more than that. In this episode, Jane Butler talks to Diana, Deputy Chief Economist at AMP, about what an economist really does all day, from forecasting interest rates to making the economy simple through short videos. She also explains why AI still can’t do her job. If you’re curious about economics, this one is for you.

In this video, I cover:
✅ How Diana fell into economics without knowing what an economist did
✅ What an economist actually does all day
✅ The pressure of being ranked on every forecast
✅ Why her team makes videos that explain the economy in plain English
✅ Why AI can summarise the past but can’t forecast the future
✅ What the career costs, from travel to quiet weeknights
✅ The skills that matter most, and why it’s not just spreadsheets
✅ Why financial literacy is the big opportunity ahead

Chapter Timestamps:
0:40 - How Diana fell into economics
2:37 - A typical day: forecasting the future
3:51 - The pressure of being judged on every call
6:30 - What she gave up for the career
8:42 - Making economics simple with videos
10:29 - Can AI do an economist’s job?
12:34 - What keeps her in the role
14:26 - The mistake that taught her to expect being wrong
15:12 - Skills you need

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Most people think speech pathology means playing games with kids. It does, but the play is the treatment. In this episode, Jane Butler talks to Julia Sophia Musico, a paediatric speech pathologist, about what the job really involves, from stuttering and speech sounds to how AI is taking care of the admin. If you’re curious about speech pathology, this is a good place to start.

In this video, I cover:
✅ How Julia knew in year 8 that she wanted a helping career
✅ The four-year degree and 1,000 hours of clinical placements
✅ What a typical day looks like in a private paediatric clinic
✅ What speech pathologists treat, from stuttering to literacy
✅ Why play is the treatment and parents are coached to carry it on at home
✅ How AI is cutting the admin so she has more time with families
✅ The hard parts, including a 40-child caseload and the emotional load
✅ The skills you need, and why work-life balance depends on the employer

Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 - How Julia found speech pathology
1:19 - The pathway: degree and placements
2:07 - A typical day in a paediatric clinic
2:47 - What speech pathologists treat
3:39 - What therapy looks like: play and parent coaching
4:29 - How AI is changing the admin
5:55 - The hard parts: caseload and emotional load
7:47 - Work-life balance: private practice vs hospitals
9:18 - The best part: seeing kids grow
11:50 - Skills you need

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The 20 Minute Career provides real-world career insights through honest conversations with professionals. We help students and job seekers understand the true nature of different jobs to make better career decisions.

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Simon finished Uni and landed the graduate job. He spent five years in an office writing reports, falling behind on deliverables, and collecting a couple of performance warnings. He stopped feeling like he was any good at work. A nine to five office job really didn’t suit him, and that’s not a character flaw it was just a reality. So he quit with no plan and no job, and flew to Sweden.

What happened next is the story. A Masters in sustainability, a stack of spreadsheets sent over from Sydney each night, and a working day that suited him. It turned out the thing he was bad at in the office was the thing he was brilliant at when he worked his own way. Now he runs a sustainability consultancy that uses AI to look at the contents of a skip bin and work out what’s in it.

In this episode, Jane Butler talks with Simon Lunn, who went from environmental scientist to sustainability tech founder. He Talks about his dream job that didn’t exist, why waste is really a data problem, and the hard parts of working for yourself.

If you’re a student heading toward a graduate role and quietly wondering whether an office job is really for you, this one is for you.

In this video, I cover:
✅ Why Simon picked environmental science and the cash his dad left on the fridge
✅ The dream of working outdoors versus the reality of contaminated land consulting
✅ Why five years of office report writing left him feeling bad at his job
✅ Quitting with no plan and moving to Sweden
✅ How working remotely, in short focused bursts, finally suited him
✅ Why sustainability is hard to define and even harder to measure
✅ How he built an app and an AI tool to track what’s inside a skip bin
✅ The hard parts and the freedoms of running your own business
✅ His advice for graduates who don’t want to just jump into a graduate role

Chapter Timestamps:
0:38 - Why environmental science
2:29 - When the office work wasn’t working
3:30 - Quitting for Sweden
4:22 - Finding a way of working that suited him
7:07 - Why data matters in sustainability
9:12 - Building the app and starting "Traste"
11:01 - Skip bins, photos and AI
13:28 - The hard parts of running a business
15:15 - Technology and the future of recycling
16:54 - Where AI takes the business next
19:04 - Skills that will matter in the AI era
19:44 - What’s exciting about the future of waste and sustainability

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The 20 Minute Career provides real-world career insights through honest conversations with professionals. We help students and job seekers understand the true nature of different jobs to make better career decisions.

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