💪🏾 No magic formula can replace hard work: do your job well & hit all the targets you are set.
😬 When you're struggling, ask for help so you can stay on track to get results, or collaboratively adjust targets.
🙋🏾♀️ In 2011, I was hired into my first junior role in tech @Groupon
👩🏾💻 By 2020, I was headhunted into a VP role in a global tech company @Brandwatch
🤖 I achieved this progression in less than a decade, without ANY coding skills
🔮 How did I do it?
*a thread*
💪🏾 No magic formula can replace hard work: do your job well & hit all the targets you are set.
😬 When you're struggling, ask for help so you can stay on track to get results, or collaboratively adjust targets.
🧙🏿♀️ When challenges arose I was bold enough to try new solutions. Not everything worked, but constantly trying produced valuable innovations.
🧠 I was proactive in finding new, better ways to get the job done.
😎 I put myself forward for any opportunities to gain recognition e.g. speaking opportunities or awards.
👀I actively worked on gaining visibility.
❤️ I didn't fake it. I always acted on my values, and spoke up when something didn't feel right. I showed integrity.
🤗 I was a team player. To everyone.
🗣 I learned how to ask for feedback that showed me my blind spots & flaws so I could work more effectively.
👂🏽 I learned how to listen without defending myself, and simply absorb & learn.
🍂 I embraced change AND I embraced failure.
😒 Things don't always go to plan, I accept that, I expect that.
💪🏾 Every step in the journey made me wiser & more resilient.
✊🏾 @hustlecrewlive wouldn't exist if I listened to super smart, experienced tech pros who told me it wouldn't work. We're on track for 7 fig ARR. And it's my side hustle.
🤓 I did things MY WAY.
🌈I embraced my differences & uniqueness & leaned *heavily* into these.
❤️ I surrounded myself with people who bigged up these parts of me.
🙋🏾♀️ In doing so, I built my self-belief & self-confidence.
🧐 I surrounded myself with people smarter, more ambitious & driven than me.
🤯 I expanded my knowledge thru podcasts, articles, videos, books.
🧠 I built a network of mentors I've never met but whose content I've absorbed.
😕 I accepted missing out on fun stuff when in-between jobs or starting @hustlecrewlive.
🛍 I accepted times I could only afford essentials.
😥 I accepted declining mental & physical health, too.
More from Tech
The first area to focus on is diversity. This has become a dogma in the tech world, and despite the fact that tech is one of the most meritocratic industries in the world, there are constant efforts to promote diversity at the expense of fairness, merit and competency. Examples:
USC's Interactive Media & Games Division cancels all-star panel that included top-tier game developers who were invited to share their experiences with students. Why? Because there were no women on the
ElectronConf is a conf which chooses presenters based on blind auditions; the identity, gender, and race of the speaker is not known to the selection team. The results of that merit-based approach was an all-male panel. So they cancelled the conference.
Apple's head of diversity (a black woman) got in trouble for promoting a vision of diversity that is at odds with contemporary progressive dogma. (She left the company shortly after this
Also in the name of diversity, there is unabashed discrimination against men (especially white men) in tech, in both hiring policies and in other arenas. One such example is this, a developer workshop that specifically excluded men: https://t.co/N0SkH4hR35
USC's Interactive Media & Games Division cancels all-star panel that included top-tier game developers who were invited to share their experiences with students. Why? Because there were no women on the
ElectronConf is a conf which chooses presenters based on blind auditions; the identity, gender, and race of the speaker is not known to the selection team. The results of that merit-based approach was an all-male panel. So they cancelled the conference.
Apple's head of diversity (a black woman) got in trouble for promoting a vision of diversity that is at odds with contemporary progressive dogma. (She left the company shortly after this
Also in the name of diversity, there is unabashed discrimination against men (especially white men) in tech, in both hiring policies and in other arenas. One such example is this, a developer workshop that specifically excluded men: https://t.co/N0SkH4hR35
1/ 👋 Excited to share what we’ve been building at https://t.co/GOQJ7LjQ2t + we are going to tweetstorm our progress every week!
Week 1 highlights: getting shortlisted for YC W2019🤞, acquiring a premium domain💰, meeting Substack's @hamishmckenzie and Stripe CEO @patrickc 🤩
2/ So what is Brew?
brew / bru : / to make (beer, coffee etc.) / verb: begin to develop 🌱
A place for you to enjoy premium content while supporting your favorite creators. Sort of like a ‘Consumer-facing Patreon’ cc @jackconte
(we’re still working on the pitch)
3/ So, why be so transparent? Two words: launch strategy.
jk 😅 a) I loooove doing something consistently for a long period of time b) limited downside and infinite upside (feedback, accountability, reach).
cc @altimor, @pmarca
4/ https://t.co/GOQJ7LjQ2t domain 🍻
It started with a cold email. Guess what? He was using BuyMeACoffee on his blog, and was excited to hear about what we're building next. Within 2w, we signed the deal at @Escrowcom's SF office. You’re a pleasure to work with @MichaelCyger!
5/ @ycombinator's invite for the in-person interview arrived that evening. Quite a day!
Thanks @patio11 for the thoughtful feedback on our YC application, and @gabhubert for your directions on positioning the product — set the tone for our pitch!
Week 1 highlights: getting shortlisted for YC W2019🤞, acquiring a premium domain💰, meeting Substack's @hamishmckenzie and Stripe CEO @patrickc 🤩
2/ So what is Brew?
brew / bru : / to make (beer, coffee etc.) / verb: begin to develop 🌱
A place for you to enjoy premium content while supporting your favorite creators. Sort of like a ‘Consumer-facing Patreon’ cc @jackconte
(we’re still working on the pitch)
3/ So, why be so transparent? Two words: launch strategy.
jk 😅 a) I loooove doing something consistently for a long period of time b) limited downside and infinite upside (feedback, accountability, reach).
cc @altimor, @pmarca
4/ https://t.co/GOQJ7LjQ2t domain 🍻
It started with a cold email. Guess what? He was using BuyMeACoffee on his blog, and was excited to hear about what we're building next. Within 2w, we signed the deal at @Escrowcom's SF office. You’re a pleasure to work with @MichaelCyger!
5/ @ycombinator's invite for the in-person interview arrived that evening. Quite a day!
Thanks @patio11 for the thoughtful feedback on our YC application, and @gabhubert for your directions on positioning the product — set the tone for our pitch!
