My Career Transition Story by Adam Taggart Late 2009 Stress and anxiety defined my world. But on the surface, no one suspected that. I was a Vice President at a Fortune 300 Silicon Valley tech giant, about to celebrate my ninth anniversary there. I had arrived there after a successful start-up stint, and before that, an MBA from Stanford and a few years at a Wall Street bulge-bracket firm. My career appeared to be progressing right on schedule. So what was there to worry about? My Career Transition Story by Adam Taggart Late 2009 Stress and anxiety defined my world. But on the surface, no one suspected that. I was a Vice President at a Fortune 300 Silicon Valley tech giant, about to celebrate my ninth anniversary there. I had arrived there after a successful start-up stint, and before that, an MBA from Stanford and a few years at a Wall Street bulge-bracket firm. My career appeared to be progressing right on schedule. So what was there to worry about?