{"id":459200,"date":"2022-06-08T01:45:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T22:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/i-quit-my-dream-job-at-google-to-become-a-twerking-instructor\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T01:45:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T22:45:27","slug":"i-quit-my-dream-job-at-google-to-become-a-twerking-instructor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-quit-my-dream-job-at-google-to-become-a-twerking-instructor\/","title":{"rendered":"#I quit my dream job at Google to become a twerking instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40f9927eff4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/i-quit-my-dream-job-at-google-to-become-a-twerking-instructor\/#%E2%80%9CI_quit_my_dream_job_at_Google_to_become_a_twerking_instructor%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;I quit my dream job at Google to become a twerking instructor&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CI_quit_my_dream_job_at_Google_to_become_a_twerking_instructor%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;I quit my dream job at Google to become a twerking instructor&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She\u2019s not afraid of hard twerk. <\/p>\n<p>A British woman who quit her dream job at Google has now built a $125,000-a-year business teaching people how to twerk. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bamikuteyi\/?hl=en\">Bami Kuteyi,<\/a>\u00a029, secured a lucrative role as a marketing executive with Google back in 2015,  believing she\u2019d work with the tech giant for decades. <\/p>\n<p>But the young Brit soon became disillusioned with corporate life and left her friends stunned when she quit the company to kickstart her own business, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bambamboogie.com\/\">Twerk After Work. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel so much freer and in control of my own time,\u201d Kuteyi cooed in an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mylondon.news\/news\/south-london-news\/i-left-dream-job-google-24128350\">MyLondon. <\/a>\u201cI get people messaging me saying they never thought they\u2019d be able to do it or that they\u2019ve been inspired to leave their job and follow their own dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"951\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-65.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22565850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-65.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-65.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-65.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kuteyi became disillusioned with corporate life and left her friends stunned when she quit Google in 2018. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@bamikuteyi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"647\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-67.jpg?w=647\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22565851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-67.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1294 1294w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-67.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=971 970w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-67.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=647 647w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-67.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=324 323w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-67.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI wanted to create a safe space for everyone to just come and have fun. I started Bam Bam Boogie and Twerk After Work while at Google and it was a hit:\u201d Kuteyi was stunned by the popularity of her classes at the tech company. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@bamikuteyi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kuteyi \u2014 who got her Google gig straight after her college graduation \u2014 came up with the idea of becoming a twerking tutor after she began hosting workout classes for her co-workers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting a job at Google was fun. I remember telling all my friends from university and feeling like I was doing amazing,\u201d she recalled. \u201cOnce I got to Google, though, I found it hard to assimilate and find my voice in a place I didn\u2019t really feel included.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Creative Kuteyi decided to start an inclusive workout class and was stunned by how popular it was with her colleagues. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"637\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-63.jpg?w=637\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22565849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-63.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1274 1274w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-63.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=956 955w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-63.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=637 637w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-63.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=319 318w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-63.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\"\/><figcaption>The success of the Brit\u2019s business has been bolstered by <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>. She frequently posts fun tutorials to the Twerk After Work Instagram page. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@bamikuteyi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to create a safe space for everyone to just come and have fun. I started [classes] Bam Bam Boogie and Twerk After Work while at Google and it was a hit,\u201d the innovative entrepreneur stated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had lines out the door of people wanting to take part, people peeking through the windows and it became the most popular employee-led thing at Google campus,\u201d she added. \u201cI killed it at Google.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kuteyi subsequently decided she wanted to take her classes to a broader audience, leading to the \u201crisky\u201d decision to quit her career. <\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Kuteyi left her post at Google and opened her business to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> public. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>Less than 18 months later, the twerk tutor was hit with hardship when the coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of her studios. <\/p>\n<p>However, the defiant dance instructor wasn\u2019t willing to let her booming business die and quickly moved things online. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to build a community online, train instructors around the world and conduct classes online,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt was tough for a new business to have to go through but we managed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"836\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-69.jpg?w=836\" alt=\"Kuteyi says she receives many messages from fans saying she has  inspired them to quit their corporate careers. \" class=\"wp-image-22568349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-69.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1672 1672w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-69.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1254 1254w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-69.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=836 836w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-69.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=418 418w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-69.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\"\/><figcaption>Kuteyi said she receives many messages from fans saying she has inspired them to quit their own corporate careers. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@bamikuteyi<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>With the help of social media and strong word-of-mouth recommendations, Kuteyi\u2019s classes continued to attract devoted followers. Twerk After Work is open to all types of dancers, with students learning various routines in addition to honing their twerking skills. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy business is expected to turn over $125,000 this year,\u201d Kuteyi proudly revealed. \u201cIt feels so surreal to think that. To know my business is going to make that, makes me think, \u2018Like, wow girl, you really did that\u2019 \u2014 and I\u2019m only scratching the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"659\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-68-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Twerk After Work is open to all types of dancers, with students learning various routines in addition to honing their twerking skills. \" class=\"wp-image-22568483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-68-1-edited.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1318 1318w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-68-1-edited.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=988 988w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-68-1-edited.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=659 659w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-68-1-edited.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=329 329w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/twerk-68-1-edited.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\"\/><figcaption>Twerk After Work is open to all types of dancers, with students learning various routines in addition to honing their twerking skills. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The brainy Brit is one of many millennials who have quit corporate life in recent years in a bid to start their own business. <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Kuteyi\u2019s decision to leave her traditional job came just before the pandemic prompted millions of people to quit the rat race, with the unprecedented number of quitting being dubbed \u201cThe Great Resignation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, The Post profiled a number of people who left traditional roles in law and finance to forge their own creative companies.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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