Career 101

[Note: this module is in-progress, but we’ve included resources here for those of you who may find them helpful!]

How can you have a career you are proud of?

How can you do great work, start your own company, or become successful?

How can you offer your services to businesses as a freelancer?

If you’re interested in any of these questions, read on!

How to succeed in your career and do great work:

  1. How to do great work - Paul Graham

  2. How to be successful - Sam Altman

  3. How to Freelance

How to break into tech:

  1. How I Became A Programmer

  2. https://x.com/GabrielPeterss4/status/1898566138352820561

  3. Prototypes are the new cover letter

  4. How To Get Hired at a Startup

  5. Ways to Stand Out When You Apply for a Startup

Where to apply to startups:

  1. Workatastartup - literally apply to startups
  2. Recurse Center - continue your education for free now that you’re el33t.
  3. Buildlist - work at a company building real things
  4. Pampam City Job Listings - get a job in NYC
  5. More curated jobs - good curated jobs, including how much they’re hiring
  6. Built in NYC - tech companies in NYC!
  7. Job Listings on Hacker News - Get a job!!
  8. Career Brew - tech job digest on substack
  9. vansh.nyc internships - list of 100s of internships
  10. More job listings from Jordan Mazer, a16z
  11. Even more job listings from nextplay and from BEN LANG

Don’t know how to get someone’s email? Do this:

  1. Use the Apollo Extension