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In this lesson.

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We are going to talk about how you can find job offers from the alumni network.

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So I will share with you another real story.

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My first job in Silicon Valley was a two month contract job.

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So a I, I told you in the previous lesson that I started working in consulting gigs.

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Uh, so I started working in a small consulting gigs for individuals, and I, I, I offer a very,

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very convenient rate for them in exchange for them to take the time to talk about me whenever I had

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a another person interested.

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So I was asking them, please, uh, if anyone calls you, uh, and asks about your experience with

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me, please, you know, take the time to, to explain how your experience has been, etc..

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So they were very, very satisfied customers and they were really kind and took the time to talk to

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other potential customers.

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So I think there was just three consulting gigs and I willing I immediately got into one real, uh,

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job.

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So this was a job in a tech multinational in Silicon Valley.

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They were looking for a person with very innovative, innovative tech, uh, experience in one particular

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field.

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And it wasn't common, but it was the field.

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I was, uh, very focused on.

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So I identified, you know, one very trendy area.

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And, uh, they made an interview.

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They call my references, they got very positive feedback, and I was offered a two month contract.

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So after the first month, I got a raise and I.

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I got a very well permanent paid offer.

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They made me a full time employee and in I think it was two months or three months, I was named employee

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of the month and I gained a reputation in, in the company a positive reputation.

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In my second job, I, I was even better paid.

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And I'm talking about very, very well paid for a person that was just, uh, that was just a new in

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the country, you know, and in the field.

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But as you know, tech companies pay really well.

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And in Silicon Valley especially, you have very, very good salaries.

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So my second job was a very well paid also in a multinational also in Silicon Valley.

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The first one was in San Mateo in the south of San Francisco, between San Jose and San Francisco,

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which is called Silicon Valley.

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And the second one was in Palo Alto, which is like the capital of Silicon Valley, is the the city

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of the Stanford University, etc..

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Right.

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So my second job was very well paid.

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I also got a raise there.

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I also was named employee of the month in one of the months, etc., etc. so I share my story with you

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because my story can perfectly be your story.

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If you are not in the tech field and you are looking to make the move as many people are doing right

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now, I remember when I when I initially arrived to the Bay area of San Francisco, I was really surprised

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about two things.

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First, the number of tech employees without a formal tech education, and second, the number of foreigners

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working in every company I remember, especially one day where when, you know, one person arrives

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at our company, we were several hundred people in the in the I think it was like 300 people in the

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company and my department were like 35 people.

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And I remember one day there was a new person in the department, and I asked one of my colleagues,

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where is he from?

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Because she has a very strange accent.

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And they told me she's she's from here.

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So it was very strange, you know, the accent of the local because all of us, you know, most of us,

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we were foreigners.

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So you have people from Europe, from from Asia, you know, from Latin America, from every part of

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North America.

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And it was very interesting to to see that for me.

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So first, the number of people in tech positions without a formal tech education and second, the number

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of people from, from every, every part of the world working there.

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So this story can also be your story, if you ask me, what are the most important things in order to

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get a job in the tech industry?

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I would say education is very important, but this education doesn't need to be from prestigious universities.

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The important thing about the education is that it really teaches you valuable things to offer in your

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in your company.

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Second, good referrals.

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This is super important.

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So for example, in Silicon Valley, companies are hiring a lot of people every month.

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And for the hiring manager for the best people in human resources, it is very important if they can

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find references from people they trust.

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So a it was super important for me to get my first job and also to get my second job to have very positive

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referrals from a previous contacts.

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Right.

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So this is super important for you.

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I tell you this a in the context of the alumni network, the alumni network can be of a lot of use for

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you.

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If you are, for example, a honor student of a of our program, this is going to talk very positively

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about you.

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And whenever anyone calls me and asks me about an honor student, I'm going to spend time talking a

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positive about this person for sure, because I am really appreciative of the contribution they make

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to our program and to our community.

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Third thing I think is very important in order to get a good job in tech, your portfolio.

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So as you know, for example, in our program you can make use of our exercises, you know, our projects

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and include them in your portfolio.

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You know, probably you will customize them.

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You you will improve them.

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You will change them.

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And that is perfectly okay and even desirable.

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And finally, I think it will be very good for you to be able to show a your skills.

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So a tech is a space where merit is the currency.

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So tech industry is really a meritocracy.

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You only progress if you provide value in other industries.

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You can speculate, you know you can hide your your real value, etc. but in tech you need to know what

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you what what you do.

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So in the job interviews, it is going to be very common that you are going to be asked to show your

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knowledge, to show your skills.

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So okay, show me your portfolio, show me what you can do about this problem right now.

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Review this code and tell me what you think about that, etc. etc. etc..

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So these four things good education, good referrals, good portfolio and ability to demo your skills.

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In the alumni network, you are going to find job offers and you are going to find also the possibility

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to get a premium coaching service if you need it.

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Because sometimes you know the space of job hunting or your job searching is really it can be messy

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and confusing.

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So sometimes it's very good to find a person that can share experience, techniques, tactics, contacts,

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etc., right?

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So this is also something interesting you are going to find in the alumni network.

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In the next lesson, we are also going to talk about a very interesting value you can find in the alumni

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network, which is the possibility, the possibility to find future startup team members.

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Okay.

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This is going to be very interesting for you.

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If you are one entrepreneur or if you just want to work in startups, you know, because this is a very

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good moment to do that in the AI, in the generative AI space.

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So we will talk about that in the next lesson.