Tell HN: I can't even get a job offering to work for free
This is a short, funny but tragic story about my quest for a job. (Apologies for the length and writing style, its half story / half venting). Background: I’m 23, graduated last year with a business degree. I have a bunch of startup experience, having projects mentioned on Techcrunch, TIME, CNet, CBSNews, and more. After a summer of working on a startup with my friend and technical partner, he decided to get a job with one of the big mobile handset developers. That left me with a choice; do something on my own (with limited technical ability) or get a job and learn something. In September, I decided to give it shot and sent email out to the CEO of a local startup. I figured I wanted to be a part of the growing social product space, so a social analytics company made sense. I kidd you not, the subject of my email was “I want to work for you for free!”. It worked, and I got the attention I
Why it failed
This is a short, funny but tragic story about my quest for a job. (Apologies for the length and writing style, its half story / half venting). Background: I’m 23, graduated last year with a business degree. I have a bunch of startup experience, having projects mentioned on Techcr
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- coryl
- Ended
- 2010
- Source
- hackernews