Episode 98
How to Get a Job by Just Showing Up (Moving to SF With Nothing) - w/ Deep
Most people grinding through a tough job market send 300 applications and wait. Deep Suchak bought a one-way ticket to San Francisco.
Who this is for
- You are trying to get hired without sounding like everybody else in the pile.
- You would rather hear Deep's version while the mess is still fresh than get another polished hindsight sermon.
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- Get a Job by Just Showing Up (Moving to SF With Nothing) - w/ Deep
- Just a read on where the opportunities actually were — and a conviction that showing up in person would do what a perfectly formatted resume never could.
- What would you do if somebody just told you to move to a new city without a job and without any plan? You'd say they're...
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What would you do if somebody just told you to move to a new city without a job and without any plan? You'd say they're crazy, right? Well, my guests today did exactly that. Pack is bad, bought a one-way ticket to San Francisco and showed up with the belief that proximity beats applications.
I booked a one-way ticket to SF, bagged my bags, no way to stay, no resources in SF, but still I was like, okay, let's do it. And what happened next is one of the most unconventional job hunt stories I have ever heard.
We're talking about cold walks into offices, sleeping on couches, saying yes to everything. Quickly when don't knock it, that I'm here to pitch without a resume, without knowing what the company does.
Subscribe on YouTube and Spotify or anywhere else you get your podcasts for new episodes every week. Hi, everyone. So nice to meet you. What I'm itching to know right out of the bat is, was there ever a point where you were like, you know, I'm cooked, this is not going to work out, I've already messed up?
Let's just call it a day, let's just head back. Yeah, so the day was, I distinctly remember, so I had saved up a little money from my on-campus job back in Wooster where I did my masters from.
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Most people grinding through a tough job market send 300 applications and wait. Deep Suchak bought a one-way ticket to San Francisco. No couch lined up past the first week. Just a read on where the opportunities actually were — and a conviction that showing up in person would do what a perfectly formatted resume never could.
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