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5. Network - it’s also about who you know.
Use Linkedin, Twitter and communities to make yourself known. As much as it’s about what you know, it’s also about who you know. This should help you find an entry level role.
4. Start a side project
Whatever you choose, pick an idea and build it on the side, you’ll have valuable stuff to talk about at interviews. Also helps things like portfolios. A mentor can helo with this too.
3. Get educated
You’ll need to spend some time learning to do a course or watch videos etc to gain some foundation knowledge and what the career looks like. Join communities and speaking to people is great. People are ready to help more than you think.
2. Pick an industry
Domain doesn’t matter but it’s initially an easy entry route. Your background & the role you’ve picked, try and apply to an industry. In this example you might be interested in healthtech, edtech or retail and find it easily applicable to your natural skills
1. What’s your background? Start there.
Whatever that looks like, it’s transferable. Have a read here https://t.co/27wmgDelZM to start building some synergy between what stands out and what you already apply. E.g. A psychology degree might lead you to a UR role
In the past few weeks, I’ve had alot of people slide into my DMs ask me ‘but how do I get a job in tech?’ It’s not always easy and be prepared to put the time in, but here’s my list of 5 tips that I seem to be saying alot! A thread 🧵 …
@swatato Learnt all Adobe packages at degree level (but I've been using Photoshop & video editing since I was 12)
As with most things, the best way to learn is to experiment & use it daily / weekly
Try remaking simple graphics & animations to start off with