Family: Career Change Guide AI Takes Flight at Boston AI Week – Interfanatic Customer Spotlight
Family: Career Change Guide AI Takes Flight at Boston AI Week – Interfanatic Customer Spotlight
Sometimes the most meaningful innovations emerge not from solo genius, but from a collective desire to help more people find where they belong.
When Mike Schoettle came to us years ago, he had a clear vision: help people navigate career transitions with a values-based approach that actually works. We built his first site, CareerChange.Guide, to share his decades of wisdom as an US Olympic Sailing Champion and long-time coach, Yale grad, Harvard MBA, and decades as a successful career coach. But Mike understood something fundamental: he couldn’t reach everyone who needed help on his own.
It started with a book. And then, like a butterfly it evolved into something beautiful. He found he needed to bring it all together to create a new life… technology partners, a new nonprofit organizations, and the AI community itself.
That collaborative spirit led to something remarkable: CareerChangeGuide.AI, an AI-powered career coach that launched at Boston AI Week 2025, the largest AI event on Earth, with 100+ events and 10,000+ participants across Massachusetts. It wasn’t just a product launch. It was a gathering of minds united by a common purpose: making AI accessible, impactful, and inclusive for all.
The Power of Collective Purpose
Mike Schoettle’s Career Change Guide has always been about more than landing a job—it’s about finding where you belong. His values-driven framework asks the questions that matter: What kind of work aligns with who you are? What community do you want to be part of? Where will you thrive?
For years, Mike helped individuals one-on-one, guiding them through career transitions by helping them discover not just their next role, but their next professional family. His book became a trusted resource for people at every career stage, from early professionals seeking their tribe to late-career executives looking for purpose-driven communities.
But Mike saw an opportunity to amplify his impact by bringing together the right partners. He created Employment Resources, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to helping everyone find meaningful careers. Together with technology partners like Interfanatic, we created something greater than any one person could build alone.
Enter Ask Mike, the AI career coach. It’s a collective effort to democratize career guidance.
Building Together at Boston AI Week
Boston AI Week 2025 embodied the same spirit of togetherness that drives Mike’s work. Running from September 26 to October 3, the festival wasn’t just an event—it was a movement. It united Massachusetts’ entire AI ecosystem: enterprises, startups, investors, researchers, artists, students, and government, all gathered around a shared mission.
The festival’s ethos perfectly mirrored what Mike was launching:
- Community-Built: Designed by and for practitioners working together
- Cross-Sector: Academia, arts, government, and industry united
- Open Access: Free events ensuring everyone could participate
- Applied AI: Real-world solutions created through collaboration
Mike’s launch at Boston AI Week wasn’t about standing alone on stage—it was about joining a community of innovators who believe that when people come together, they create collective power for good.
Ask Mike: Where Technology Meets Needs
Ask Mike isn’t just another chatbot. It’s the result of people coming together to solve a real problem: how do we help everyone—regardless of budget or location—navigate career transitions in an AI-driven world?
The AI career coach provides:
- Personalized next steps for networking and finding your professional community
- An authentic elevator pitch that helps you introduce yourself to new connections
- Optional resume rewrites that highlight how you’ll contribute to your next team
- Interview questions that help you find the right cultural fit
After your conversation, Ask Mike emails your materials, all completely free. That’s the power of collective effort: Employment Resources provides it as a nonprofit service, technology partners make it possible, and Mike’s expertise makes it effective.
The Interfanatic Connection: Growing Together
At Interfanatic, we’ve had the privilege of growing alongside Mike’s vision. We built his original website, CareerChange.Guide, to showcase his book and create a gathering place for job seekers. When Mike was ready to expand into AI-powered coaching, we were there to help bring CareerChangeGuide.AI to life.
This is what we mean by family. We don’t just build websites and disappear. We work hard to become part of our clients’ journeys. We celebrate their wins, support their growth, and help them reach more people. Mike’s success is our success, because we’re in this together.
Like all our favorite clients, Mike understands that the best work happens when people unite around a common purpose. His AI career coach exists not because he wanted to work alone more efficiently, but because he wanted to help more people find their professional families—the teams, organizations, and communities where they truly belong.
The Wisdom of Working Together
Mike’s journey from solo career coach to AI innovator offers a powerful lesson: the greatest impact comes from bringing people together around a shared purpose.
Every aspect of Ask Mike reflects collaborative power:
- The nonprofit partnership ensures accessibility for all
- The AI technology amplifies human expertise rather than replacing it
- The Boston AI Week launch connected Mike with a community of innovators
- The values-based framework helps people find where they belong
In our rush to celebrate individual achievement, we sometimes forget that the most meaningful work happens when we gather our collective power for good. Mike never lost sight of that truth. He built partnerships, joined communities, and created something that serves everyone—not just those who can afford private coaching.
Family: An Interfanatic Quality
Mike Schoettle embodies this truth. He didn’t build Ask Mike alone. He brought together a nonprofit concept, technology partners, and the AI community to create something that serves the greater good. He launched it not in isolation, but at Boston AI Week, surrounded by 10,000+ people united by a common vision.
At Interfanatic, we’re honored to be part of Mike’s professional family, supporting his mission to help people find where they belong. From his first website to his AI-powered career coach, Mike has consistently demonstrated that when we come together with shared purpose, we create collective power for good.
Here’s to the builders who understand that we’re stronger together, who create technology that connects rather than isolates, and who never forget that behind every career transition is a person seeking their place in the world.
Congratulations, Mike, on the successful launch of Ask Mike at Boston AI Week 2025. You’ve brought together the right people, at the right time, for the right reasons. And that’s the kind of family we’re proud to be part of.
Celebrating Over 25 Years of Growing Together
From hand-coding websites to supporting AI-powered solutions, our commitment to our clients, our Interfanatic family, remains unwavering. Here’s to many more years of collaboration, collective power, and meaningful impact.