Buenos dias! I'm a PR professional toiling in the American Midwest after leaving the San Francisco Bay Area for family reasons. My plan, in another couple of ye

Buenos dias! I'm a PR professional toiling in the American Midwest after leaving the San Francisco Bay Area for family reasons. My plan, in another couple of years, is to leave the job I'm working at now for the startup industry. I'm not a geek. I have dabbled some with Python, like reading the occasional "hard" CS article linked from HN, love startup culture, love technology, etc. I'm not a hacker though. Most my good friends are, however. My plan, which could easily apply to you goes a little like this. Work here in the midwest for another couple of years while the family situation resolves itself. Do research on which of the big American tech hubs (Austin, Boston, NYC, Silicon Valley, etc.) are looking the most active in terms of hiring. Move to that place and start seeking a job -- as a PR professional. Now, granted, by the time a startup is seeking a dedicated and experienced PR professional, they're beyond the "five guys working to hack together a product" stage. However, those are the kinds of people I want to work with, not 50-year-olds grinding out their remaining work years sitting in an office. I cannot imagine working in a corporate environment for more than a couple years. Even less can I imagine living in the stagnating midwest (not even Chicago) for more than a couple years. Develop a 3- or 5-year plan to get yourself out of the corporate doldrums. Be willing to move to where the beating heart of tech entrepreneurship is in your country/region. Gather as much experience as you can doing as many varied tasks within your area of expertise as possible. Learn sales, learn marketing, be active in social media, teach yourself some programming so you can at least participate in conversations by asking intelligent questions. Startups need more people than just hackers once they have a product on their hands. No eres sin util in such an environment. Buena suerte!