This week on Career Crashers, Isaac is sharing listener career crash stories and some of the best examples of career crashing that you can learn from. 

In this episode: 

- How creating without permission got a fan a job with Derek Sivers

- A listener whose viral parody video led to a great full-time job 

- Thinking outside the box and using doughnuts to get job interviews 

- Focusing on value creation instead of formal titles 

- It's never too late to start moving towards a great career 

- How bartending created the foundation for a career in graphic design 

- What the college admission scandal shows about the signal of a college degree 

Check out Crash.co for great resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email Isaac [at] crash [dot] co

There are certain areas where people think you can get by without going to college. If you're going into a trade or starting a business, people get that you can get by without college, but what about being a history professor? 

In this episode Thaddeus Russell talks about his experiences working as a professor at elite colleges and eventually breaking out to create Renegade University. 

In this episode: 

- How Thaddeus' early experiences as a professor led him to think about options outside out academia and eventually create Renegade University 

- Building an education company around his field of study

- How colleges insulate professors from the market

- What provoked Thaddeus to leave academia and start his own business

- The entrepreneurial opportunities that exist for charismatic and compelling professors

Follow Thad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThaddeusRussell

Learn about Renegade University at http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/

Check out Crash.co for great resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email Isaac [at] crash [dot] co

Austen Allred is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lamda School, a 9-month, immersive program that gives students the tools and training to launch new careers in tech—from the comfort of your own home. Students only pay once they are hired after the program, so Lambda is completely accountable for the results they promise. 

Austen joins the podcast to talk about launching his career in marketing and founding Lambda School. 

In this episode:  

- What is Lambda school? 

- Moving to San Francisco and living in his car to launch his career

- How Austen got his start

- Learning from the failure of his first company 

- Stories of Lambda School alumni 

Learn more about Lambda School at https://lambdaschool.com/

Follow Austen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Austen

Check out Crash.co for great resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email Isaac [at] crash [dot] co

Amanda Grimmett is the Area Community & Corporate Events Manager at Convene, where she oversees all of their client facing and community events in New York. 

In this episode, Amanda shares how her college jobs and extracurriculars helped her land her first opportunity after college and talks about what she looks when she is interviewing job candidates. 

Find more of Amanda's work at: https://amandagrimmett.com/

In this episode: 

* How running events from college led to Amanda's first career opportunity 

* Getting offered a job during her interview that was actually higher than the role she was interviewing for

* Selling your experience in a way that shows a company it is relevant to the jobs you want 

* How to prepare for an interview 

* What separates the best applicants she interviews for roles 

* What skill did she wish she had when she was starting her career 

Check out Crash.co for great resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email Isaac [at] crash [dot] co

Christopher Lochhead is the author of Play Bigger and Niche Down, the host of the Follow Your Different podcast, an advisor to over 50 startups, and a three time Chief Marketing Officer.  He joins Career Crashers to share the story of how he co-founded a company at 18 to start his career. 

In this episode:  

Learn more about Chris at www.lochhead.com

Read Play Bigger and Niche Down: https://lochhead.com/play-bigger/

Listen to Follow Your Different:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/christopher-lochhead-follow-your-different/id1204044507?mt=2 

Check out Crash.co for resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email Isaac [at] crash [dot] co

Chuck Grimmett is the product manager at Crash. In the last episode Chuck shared his story of launching his career with the Foundation for Economic Education, and in this episode, Chuck talks about how he transitioned from his first job into his career working in tech. 

Topics: 

Learn more about Chuck at http://www.cagrimmett.com/

Check out Crash.co for great resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email Isaac [at] crash [dot] co

Chuck Grimmett is the product manager at Crash. He joins Isaac to talk about how he launched his career through photography, internships, and a willingness to share his work. 

Topics: 

Learn more about Chuck at www.cagrimmett.com

Check out Crash.co for great resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email Isaac [at] crash [dot] co

In this episode Tim Chermak shares the story of how he decided to hire a young employee at the start of her career. 

It's not about resumes or connections, but this story shows how to separate yourself from the pack and get noticed when you're looking for opportunities.  

Topics:  

- Using creativity to make an impression to a company

- Offering to work for free for a trial period

- Getting specific about how you can create value for a company

- Most companies are looking for good people all the time, even if they aren’t publicly posting about hiring

- It’s way easier than you think to stand out in the hiring process 

Check out Crash.co for great resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email isaac [at] crash [dot] co 

Tim Chermak is the CEO and founder of Platform Marketing, joins Isaac to talk about how Tim launched his career helping small businesses with marketing and turned that opportunity into a thriving company, Platform Marketing.  

Topics:  

- The first step Tim took to starting his career.

- Realizing he wasn't interested in finance 

- The difference between what he learned in marketing classes and what he learned on his own from marketing blogs, books, and seminars

- Lessons learned starting his career

Check out Crash.co for great resources on creating a great career and if you want to share your story email isaac [at] crash [dot] co. 

Welcome to the Career Crashers podcast! Each week you'll hear from someone who has broken free from the slow and conventional path to forge a great career.