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How did you get the first consulting gig?
by toxicFork 7y ago
How did you get the first consulting gig?
- k__ 7y agoWrote some application emails to companies that posted stuff online. AngelList or such aggregators. I had saved some money, I didn't have pressure. Talked to 4 companies when I started, one said yes. Took 2 months or so.
- iudqnolq 7y agoWhat experience did you have at that point? (Asking as someone trying to get a first job part-time in college).
- k__ 7y agoTalked with random startups. They all took their time. One that seemed promising rejected me over a botched take-home-project. Another one didn't talk to me vor over a month, then cam suddendly back with a "yes". All felt pretty uncertain until it worked. After that I got better in those kind of interviews. Knowing what to say and what not. At one point I started blogging and that helped with telling people what I know (just read my blog). Now, I write articles as my main job, lol.
- toxicFork 7y agoThank you for the answers, this helps a lot! I will be following a similar path too :)
- iudqnolq 7y agoThanks for the reply. What was it like starting a blog?
- k__ 7y agoHm, wasn't too exciting. I wrote some articles about topics I worked with. React, Webpack, JavaScript, etc. I think, I was lucky in many ways. I started blogging 2017 at dev.to when everyone with a name was blogging at medium, so there wasn't much competition. I wrote beginner articles about front-end topics, that hit a nerve. So getting in the top 7 post of the week a few times helped with motivation. I posted almost every week in 2017. Took over two years until companies wanted to pay me to write for them.
- iudqnolq 7y agoVery interesting. Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess I just have to write the first post.