Tech for Non-Techies

57. How to have a great career in tech, lessons from Reid Hoffman


Listen Later

"The business strategies employed by highly successful start-ups and the career strategies employed by highly successful individuals are strikingly similar," says Reid Hoffman in his book The Startup of You.

If you want to have a great career in tech as non-techie, but don't know how to get started, this episode is for you.

Learning notes from this episode:

  • Hoffman says we all have 3 puzzle pieces in our careers: our assets, our aspirations & values and market realities.
  • Plan your career 2 steps ahead. For example, if you work in finance and your aim is to get into product management, it's unlikely you'll just leap from one to the other. This is going to require an interim step, like volunteering with a start-up on weekends.
  • Invest in learning transferable digital skills. If you learn the basics of how apps, sites and algorithms get made, and when tech decisions overlap with business decisions, so many opportunities will open up to you.

Join our free masterclass on How To Transition Into A Career In Tech on 4 August 2021.

Do you have a brilliant app idea and no tech knowledge to build it? Get your FREE guide here.

To go deeper, join the Tech for Non-Techies membership community. As a community member, you'll get:

  • Weekly live masterclasses with global experts
  • Mini-course on how to go from idea to live app
  • Supportive Online Community
  • Library of masterclasses
  • Monthly live coaching with Sophia Matveeva, tech entrepreneur & Chicago Booth MBA
  • Exclusive Resources & Perks

Learn more and sign up at https://www.techfornontechies.co/membership

Say hi to Sophia on Twitter.

Following us on Facebook and Instagram will make you smarter.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Tech for Non-TechiesBy Sophia Matveeva

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

23 ratings


More shows like Tech for Non-Techies

View all
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch by Harry Stebbings

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

540 Listeners

The McKinsey Podcast by McKinsey & Company

The McKinsey Podcast

396 Listeners

The Knowledge Project by Shane Parrish

The Knowledge Project

2,679 Listeners

The a16z Show by Andreessen Horowitz

The a16z Show

1,104 Listeners

Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn by Jon Krohn

Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn

302 Listeners

Founders by David Senra

Founders

2,185 Listeners

Masters of Scale by WaitWhat

Masters of Scale

3,985 Listeners

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett by DOAC

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

8,785 Listeners

Inside the Strategy Room by McKinsey & Company

Inside the Strategy Room

177 Listeners

Coaching Real Leaders by Harvard Business Review / Muriel Wilkins

Coaching Real Leaders

670 Listeners

Business Breakdowns by Colossus | Investing & Business Podcasts

Business Breakdowns

354 Listeners

ACQ2 by Acquired by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

ACQ2 by Acquired

296 Listeners

Marketing Against The Grain by Hubspot Media

Marketing Against The Grain

358 Listeners

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis by Nathaniel Whittemore

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

676 Listeners

HBR On Leadership by Harvard Business Review

HBR On Leadership

172 Listeners