A playbook for college studentsChapter 1 is free
Your work gets you hired, not your resume.
9 companies reached out to me first, starting in my 3rd year of college. None of them asked for my resume first. I wrote down how it happened, and the first chapter is free.
The real count
- 9companies reached out to me first
- 0asked for my resume first
- 1.5kLinkedIn connections at the time, roughly. Under 200 followers on X.
Not all of them went well
- I lost one final round.
- One trial ended early, after 3 weeks.
- Two companies ghosted me.
One of the nine
A YC-backed startup in San Francisco. Their CEO found me. I said no twice, because my existing contract needed my time.
What founders actually saw
- Work I had shipped
- A personal site with real numbers on it
- Open source code
- Posts about what I was building
What's in the free chapter
- 1The storyHow each company found me, including the trials that failed.
- 2A worksheetFind what to build, even if you have zero projects right now.
- 3A checklistWhat founders look at before they message you.
Not a promise you'll get hired. Just what worked for me, and what didn't.