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by austingunter 3496 days ago
Hey Itamar, thanks for sharing this.

I definitely started with zero tech experience (and perhaps some ambivalence towards the industry), and build a career out of not much. - Graduated with a writing degree at the height of the 2008-2009 recession - Very minimal business experience - No clue about tech, startups, or entrepreneurship

What I ended up doing was writing job descriptions at startup companies, selling my ability to do content marketing and community marketing until one hired me. Then I did it again 2 years later, got hired again, and then moved to San Francisco to help open a satellite office.

The rest is history.

I wrote more about how other people can create tech jobs from nothing in the book Itamar mentions, and if you want a high level look, the following blog post will be useful:

http://www.austingunter.com/2016/09/biggest-business-lesson-...

Thanks for reading, and I hope all of the above is useful!