How to Get Your First Job at a Tech Startup

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David Smooke, HackerNoon Founder and CEO, gave this talk at CleverProgrammer's Conference in Los Angeles. Watch "How to Get Your First Job at a Tech Startup" on HackerNoon's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5iqXrsRrOg Get a story published about your tech job on HackerNoon: https://app.hackernoon.com/new?template=get-a-job-in-tech Also check out: * Open positions at HackerNoon: https://careers.hackernoon.com/ * David's profile on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/about/David * Startup stories on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startup * HackerNoon's startup database: https://startups.hackernoon.com/ * Open-source data for HackerNoon's startup of the year by location contest: https://github.com/hackernoon/where-startups-trend * Stories about hiring on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/hiring https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startup-hiring https://hackernoon.com/tagged/recruiting * HackerNoon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackernoon/ * David Smooke on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ClarkKent * "How to get a job in tech" writing prompt on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/writing-prompt-how-to-get-a-job-in-tech-interview-list-of-questions * Read: https://hackernoon.com

How To Get Your First Job at a Startup
By DavidSmooke,
CEO/Founder @
HackerNoon
By

Top 6k Site
Ranking Worldwide
3 Million + Monthly
Readers Worldwide
12 FTE, 22 PTE, and also the
creators of CMS that powers
HackerNoon, Slogging, The
Free Internet Plugin, and
Noonies Voting Software
20k+ contributors
from just about every
tech company

How to Get Your First Job at a Tech Startup

OPTION 3: Get other work,
be patient, and figure out
where your skills and
possible startup
opportunities overlap.

3 Simple Ways Developers
Can Grow “From the Sidelines”
1, Grow Industry Knowledge
2, Reach out 1:1 to Ppl and Businesses
that interest you
3, Build Your Own Shit Everyday

College → Newspaper → SF Startup
Parent’s Basement
San Francisco Burn Rate

2, Reach out 1:1 to
Ppl and Businesses
that interest you

Short Messages & Meetings About How to
Help the Business
Are Greater Than
Formal Cover Letters / Apply Process.

FUN FACT:
Everyone at HackerNoon started
part-time, including me.

The Technical / Non-technical
Conversation From a Semi-
Technical Perspective, i.e.
What CEOs Look for When
Hiring Software Developers

1, Humility
2, Empathy
3, T-Shaped Intelligence
4, Quality Written
Communication

1, Humility
Are you likely to
overdeliver or
underdeliver?
Will your teammates
enjoy working with
you?

2, Empathy
Do you care deeply
about the users your
work will impact?
To me, that means
that already show
signs of engaging in
community before
hiring

3, T-Shaped Intelligence
Curiosity and knowledge around a little bit of
this and a little bit of that means you’ll probably
end up improving a little bit of this and little bit
of that all around the business.

4, Quality Written
Communication
The written word is the
bridge to and from the
technical world and
the business world.

PUBLISH YOUR STORY WITH HACKERNOON
PUBLISH.HACKERNOON.COM

Join a Startup.. Like one of the 40k we listed
here

OPEN ROLES @ HACKERNOON
Careers.HackerNoon.com

Top 6k Site
Ranking Worldwide
3 Million + Monthly
Readers Worldwide
12 FTE, 22 PTE:
Software, Editorial,
and Sales.
20k+ contributors
from just every tech
company
By DavidSmooke,
CEO/Founder @
HackerNoon

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How to Get Your First Job at a Tech Startup

1. How To Get Your First Job at a Startup By DavidSmooke, CEO/Founder @ HackerNoon By

2. Option 1: Start a Startup

3. Top 6k Site Ranking Worldwide 3 Million + Monthly Readers Worldwide 12 FTE, 22 PTE, and also the creators of CMS that powers HackerNoon, Slogging, The Free Internet Plugin, and Noonies Voting Software 20k+ contributors from just about every tech company

4. OPTION 2: Join a Startup

6. OPTION 3: Get other work, be patient, and figure out where your skills and possible startup opportunities overlap.

7. 3 Simple Ways Developers Can Grow “From the Sidelines” 1, Grow Industry Knowledge 2, Reach out 1:1 to Ppl and Businesses that interest you 3, Build Your Own Shit Everyday

8. 1, Grow Industry Knowledge

10. College → Newspaper → SF Startup Parent’s Basement San Francisco Burn Rate

11. 2, Reach out 1:1 to Ppl and Businesses that interest you

12. Short Messages & Meetings About How to Help the Business Are Greater Than Formal Cover Letters / Apply Process.

13. 3, Build Your Own Shit Everyday

15. FUN FACT: Everyone at HackerNoon started part-time, including me.

16. Back to OPTION 2: Join a Startup

17. The Technical / Non-technical Conversation From a Semi- Technical Perspective, i.e. What CEOs Look for When Hiring Software Developers

18. 1, Humility 2, Empathy 3, T-Shaped Intelligence 4, Quality Written Communication

19. 1, Humility Are you likely to overdeliver or underdeliver? Will your teammates enjoy working with you?

20. 2, Empathy Do you care deeply about the users your work will impact? To me, that means that already show signs of engaging in community before hiring

21. 3, T-Shaped Intelligence Curiosity and knowledge around a little bit of this and a little bit of that means you’ll probably end up improving a little bit of this and little bit of that all around the business.

22. 4, Quality Written Communication The written word is the bridge to and from the technical world and the business world.

23. PUBLISH YOUR STORY WITH HACKERNOON PUBLISH.HACKERNOON.COM

24. Join a Startup.. Like one of the 40k we listed here

25. OPEN ROLES @ HACKERNOON Careers.HackerNoon.com

26. Top 6k Site Ranking Worldwide 3 Million + Monthly Readers Worldwide 12 FTE, 22 PTE: Software, Editorial, and Sales. 20k+ contributors from just every tech company By DavidSmooke, CEO/Founder @ HackerNoon

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