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Mike Torchinsky
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Senior career decisions, explained from the other side of the hiring table. I'm Mike Torchinsky. For 25 years I have run executive searches, mostly for high-frequency trading, quant, crypto and fintech firms, and for senior legal roles. I work from Dubai and Tel Aviv. I see how owners and boards actually choose leaders, how offers are put together, and why strong candidates lose roles they should have won. This podcast is where I talk about it openly. The episodes cover the moves that shape a senior career: leaving a corporation for a privately owned business, relocating or deciding to stay, reading and negotiating an offer, working with recruiters, and how hiring itself is changing. Every episode draws on real searches, with names removed. No pep talks. I'm also the founder of TOPHEADS (topheads.ai), executive career intelligence for senior leaders earning $150K+. I built it from the same work. You get an anonymous career card that vetted firms can see, and nobody learns who you are until you approve it. You also get a private workspace to track your opportunities and a daily read of your market. If an episode makes you rethink your next move, TOPHEADS is where you can start working on it. 14-day free trial, no payment card needed.

  1. vor 3 Tagen

    An Hour from Home

    Thinking about a big career move, but your family isn't ready to go? This one is about the radius of an hour from home: why the most interesting executive roles keep opening up far away, why remote work hasn't solved it, and why the number that makes a move worth it has to be agreed at the kitchen table long before any offer arrives.

  2. 11. Sept.

    The Oldest Story

    Left home and quietly wondering if you made a mistake? You're not broken, and you're not alone. This one is about the oldest human story there is: leaving. From the Huguenots to Sikorsky and Nabokov, and why the people who made it work usually just gave themselves a little more time.

  3. 27. Apr.

    The Other Side. The Selection. Part 3.

    A corporate interview is a process you can prepare for. A meeting with the owner is something else entirely — and the things that got you hired before are exactly what will lose you the job now. The Other Side, Episode 3 of Different Rules: what owners actually evaluate, and the five mistakes that sink strong candidates.

  4. 16. Apr.

    The Price of an Offer

    Eighty-five percent of more than a thousand respondents chose to pay a consultant ten thousand dollars for a result over five hundred dollars upfront with no guarantees. It looks like financial literacy — until you run the arithmetic. In this episode, Mike Torchinsky unpacks what the poll actually measured: not preferences about payment, but anxiety, mistrust, and an unspoken request candidates rarely put into words.

  5. 13. Apr.

    The Other Side. The Search. Part 2.

    You updated your LinkedIn, sent your CV to the recruiters you know, answered a few postings. And nothing's happening. The problem isn't you, and it isn't the market — it's that you're searching for a job, when what you actually need to find is an owner. This episode is about where executive roles in private business really live, and why most of them stay invisible until you're already inside the right circle.

  6. 25. März

    THE OTHER SIDE Episode 1: The Idea

    Half of my conversations with corporate executives end the same way: "I've been thinking about going private." Most of them aren't ready. This is The Other Side — an 8-episode series covering every stage of the transition from corporate to private business. Episode 1 is about the very beginning: figuring out if the idea is real, what's actually driving it, and what you're putting on the line before you take a single step.

  7. 25. Feb.

    87% Don't Care (And They Have the Best Jobs on Earth)

    Europe has the best working conditions in the world — and the least engaged workforce on earth. Gallup puts it at thirteen percent. Eighty-seven percent of European workers feel nothing about their jobs. They're not miserable. They're not lazy. They just don't care. This episode looks at why the system that was built to protect workers might be the very thing that killed their motivation.

  8. 20. Feb.

    Stop Saving for a Degree That Won't Matter

    Entry-level jobs are disappearing. Degrees are losing their value. And the safest career move in 2026 might be the one no parent wants to hear. A former programmer quit tech to become an electrician — and now earns more than he ever did in IT. This episode is about what's actually working, and what parents need to rethink before it's too late.

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Senior career decisions, explained from the other side of the hiring table. I'm Mike Torchinsky. For 25 years I have run executive searches, mostly for high-frequency trading, quant, crypto and fintech firms, and for senior legal roles. I work from Dubai and Tel Aviv. I see how owners and boards actually choose leaders, how offers are put together, and why strong candidates lose roles they should have won. This podcast is where I talk about it openly. The episodes cover the moves that shape a senior career: leaving a corporation for a privately owned business, relocating or deciding to stay, reading and negotiating an offer, working with recruiters, and how hiring itself is changing. Every episode draws on real searches, with names removed. No pep talks. I'm also the founder of TOPHEADS (topheads.ai), executive career intelligence for senior leaders earning $150K+. I built it from the same work. You get an anonymous career card that vetted firms can see, and nobody learns who you are until you approve it. You also get a private workspace to track your opportunities and a daily read of your market. If an episode makes you rethink your next move, TOPHEADS is where you can start working on it. 14-day free trial, no payment card needed.

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