Ever since I started in my job in venture capital as an Analyst at Rev1 Ventures, I have been intending to write a post detailing my experience trying to break into the world of venture capital. Venture Capital is a notoriously difficult sector to make your way in to, especially junior roles for someone only
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How John Chao Got Data Scientist Job at LinkedIN
It all started in February, 2013 on a sunny Sunday morning in Foster City. As I was sitting at my kitchen table – I started to contemplate about my future career path. You see, I’d been working in predictive analytics and statistical modeling for about 6 years at that point for a SaaS company, but I felt like my
Women’s Day Special Stories – How Suhasini Gadam Became A Product Marketing Manager At Movimento, An APTIV Company
Not able to find the right Product Marketing job? Getting bogged down with rejection after rejection? Feeling helpless and don’t know what to do? Well guess what, we have all been there! I remember when I came to the US in 2015, I was super excited to come to the Silicon Valley and further my
Women’s Day Special Stories – How Bian Salins Got the Job as Head of Social at TSB
Bian Salins – Head of Social at TSB I recently came across a report card from my pre-school days back in India. The teacher had commented how shy and reserved I was, describing me as ‘a dreamer’. I remember laughing out loud because anyone who knows me now will tell you I’m anything but reserved
How Tim Park got first developer job at Square with no internships straight out of college
5 key elements that will make all the difference in your job search My many suitors. Getting a job out of school is hard. Especially when it seems like every other fresh graduate has been interning at Google or Facebook or Amazon (or all three) since sophomore year. Believe me, I know. When I started my job hunt
How Joel Califa Got Product Designer Job at GitHub
Real design homework that landed the job. I’ve been at Product Designer Job at GitHub for about half a year now, and I figured I’d make this a tradition. GitHub’s assignment was slightly different in scope. DigitalOcean asked for an actual redesign of a module, and I decided to take it the extra mile to
How Bo Peng Got Technical Program Manager Job at LinkedIN
Last week, I accepted my offer to join LinkedIn NYC as a Technical Program Manager job. In this blog post, I’ll discuss how I used LinkedIn to get a job at LinkedIn. Photo credits: Komal Why I found LinkedIn interesting I have been a huge fan of LinkedIn, both the product and company, for a
How Xiaohan Zeng Got Software Engineer Job Offers From Five Top Companies in Silicon Valley
I did Software Engineer interview at five top companies in Silicon Valley in five days, and luckily got five job offers In the five days from July 24th to 28th 2017, I interviewed at LinkedIn, Salesforce Einstein, Google, Airbnb, and Facebook, and got all five job offers. It was a great experience, and I feel