I cold emailed the company I work for now, saying their product (not a piece of software, hardware, etc, a real-world thing) was cool and asking if they needed

I cold emailed the company I work for now, saying their product (not a piece of software, hardware, etc, a real-world thing) was cool and asking if they needed tech help. At the time, they had none. Now we're starting to have scaling issues and it's getting exciting! BONUS The job before this: started working for a founder, showed him I was a really hard worker and knew my stuff, then was asked to Co-found.