Tonight I attended an interesting talk at General Assembly by Charlie O’Donnell, discussing finding pathways with startup jobs. A few brief notes:
Notes:
- In the world of startups and startup skills that are applicable to emerging startups, it’s possible to teach yourself the skills you need in one to two years. Even if you want to be a mobile developer, it’s easy enough to get good enough to work at a startup in 1-2 years. It’s all about making the upfront investment.
- With business skills – with commitment, it’s possible to get the skills you need fairly quickly to get in at a startup.
- Specialization – Use a concept like “pricing” or “globilization” or “scaling and people management” as a field to become an expert in, and make yourself extremely valuable to startups. Find a specific niche and get really good at it.
Once you have specialized in one specific niche of the market, you can approach companies with your specific competency and tell them how you can make them money, rather than asking them what they need you to do. Start a blog about the thing you’re getting really good at. Key differentiator when a potential employer is looking at your resume. (more…)
