Richard Barlow was a smart kid that wanted to play video games for free. He wrote computer magazines and offered to review games and write about it. To his surprise, they paid him to do that.

Listen in as he tells Jonaed about becoming a Director of IT when he was just 18, working for million-dollar companies and eventually becoming the CEO of WeJo, a company that raised $157 million during their startup phase.

Support/Contact Richard:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardWejo

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwejo/

Company: Wejo

Website: https://www.wejo.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wejoHQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wejohq/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wejo/

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/JonaedIqbalND

Connect with us on social media!

LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeLinkedIn

Facebook: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeFB

Instagram: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeIG

Twitter: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeTW

TikTok: https://bit.ly/3qfUD2V

Join our discord server: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeDiscord

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, drop us a review on Apple Podcast and/or subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodegree.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.

You see a vacancy. You read the requirements and halfway through you decide you won't apply because you don’t meet all the requirements. But Jonaed says you should.

He isn’t just the CEO of NoDegree, he is also a resume writer and career coach. To date, he’s helped over 350 job seekers get jobs at places like Tesla, Amazon, Disney, Microsoft and Google (to name a few). Many increased their income by a $20k-$130k. Many of his clients didn’t meet all the requirements of a job they applied to.

Find out why you should apply for a job even if you’re not the perfect candidate in this week’s episode. This is Jonaed’s appearance on the Find Your Dream Job Podcast.

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

• LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/JonaedIqbalND

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeLinkedIn
• Facebook: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeFB
• Instagram: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeIG
• Twitter: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeTW
• TikTok: https://bit.ly/3qfUD2V
• Join our discord server: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeDiscord

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, drop us a review on Apple Podcast and/or subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodegree.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.

Nobody makes $100k per year where she came from. So Ebony Johnson was quite happy making $45k per year working as a Certified Tumor Registrar (CTR). She was so good that she taught CTR prep classes and presented at state and national conferences. Five years in, a start-up founder wanted her help with a software for oncologists. She became the mediator between the customers and the engineers. She transitioned into tech and didn’t even know it.

Listen in as she tells Jonaed about passing up a scholarship after high school, spending lots of money figuring out what she wanted to do in college and how she transitioned into the tech industry without even knowing it and earning more than she ever thought she could.

Support/Contact Ebony:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebony-johnson-ctr/
• Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Ebonyize

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Jae Taylor
  • NoDegree Podcast Interview
  • LinkedIn
  • Mentor Mesh
• Brennan Decker

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

• LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/JonaedIqbalND

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeLinkedIn
• Facebook: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeFB
• Instagram: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeIG
• Twitter: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeTW
• TikTok: https://bit.ly/3qfUD2V
• Join our discord server: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeDiscord

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, drop us a review on Apple Podcast and/or subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodegree.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.

She wanted to go to college to be an Interior Designer. But Faith McKinney’s dad saw no value in that and said he wouldn’t pay for college if she pursued it. He told her to go to college for business instead. She did and dropped out.

Listen in as Faith McKinney tells Jonaed about how manifestation helped her to break out of her introverted-shell and go from working as a janitor to sales, becoming a personal brand and media strategist and interviewing celebrities like Mike Pence, Kirk Franklin and many others.

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Episode Intro
• 1:00 Faith's intro
• 2:15 What was high school like for you?
• 7:39 This is how I got over Impostor Syndrome
• 9:17 Jobs: Where you wanna be?
• 13:00 How did you go by learning? 
• 14:03 How did you get momentum?
• 15:50 Mistakes Faith made for you to learn from (Yes guys it's with you) 
• 17:20 Hardest period of Faith's life
• 19:00 PITCH YOURSELF, PITCH YOUR STORY!
• 21:35 The Power of podcast
• 23:09 Biggest accomplishment
• 25:32 Biggest career accomplishment
• 26:57 You interviewed Dan Rather, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!
• 29:37 OH WAIT!!!
• 30:23 How did u get better at interviewing?
• 31:35 Stigma because you were a Janitor?
• 33:00 Your point of view of working as Janitor
• 34:45 You had a kid at your early 20's, any advice for the audience? 
• 36:10 Some advice for the younger you?
• 36:56 Tools for networking?
• 37:44 Have you ever felt insecure about not having a college degree?
• 38:34 What helped u to get over of not having a college degree?
• 39:40 Special advice from Faith
• 40:10 How to contact with Faith McKinney?

Support/Contact Faith:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Website

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Schmingling -The Art of Being Well-Connected Through Blatant Self Promotion

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

• LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/JonaedIqbalND

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• TikTok
• Join our discord server

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, drop us a review on Apple Podcast and/or subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodegree.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.

He had his own lawn mowing business before he was 14. By the time Johnathan Lightfoot was 17 years old, he was a supervisor at Target. He always wanted to join the Navy though so when the opportunity came, he took it.

Listen in as he tells Jonaed about how he got into IT after the Navy, worked at Norwegian Cruiseline as a part of their IT department, lectured at MIT and wrote books that out-performed famous competitors.

Support/Contact Johnathan:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnathanlightfoot/
• Company website: https://www.symbiont.com/

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Microsoft Sharepoint 2010: https://amzn.to/39Kk0Ex
• Microsoft Sharepoint 2013: https://amzn.to/3a8br6t
• Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 Inside Out: https://amzn.to/38EIXRv

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

• LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/JonaedIqbalND
• Connect with us on social media
  • LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeLinkedIn
  • Facebook: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeFB
  • Instagram: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeIG
  • Twitter: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeTW
  • TikTok: https://bit.ly/3qfUD2V
  • Join our discord server: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeDiscord

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, drop us a review on Apple Podcast and/or subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodegree.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.

Everywhere would stink if the garbage men went on strike and bridges wouldn’t be built without iron-workers. Both occupations have one thing in common: they don’t require a college degree. Although these jobs are essential for our society, students aren’t usually encouraged to go that route.

Listen in as Jonaed discusses how he founded and became CEO of NoDegree, the opportunities he’s creating for those that don’t want to go to college and even tips for job interviews and writing your resume.

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

• LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/JonaedIqbalND
• NoDegree
  • LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeLinkedIn
  • Facebook: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeFB
  • Instagram: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeIG
  • Twitter: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeTW
  • TikTok: https://bit.ly/3qfUD2V
  • Join our discord server: https://bit.ly/NoDegreeDiscord

Resources mentioned:

• Join the waitlist for Jonaed's resume course.

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, drop us a review on Apple Podcast and/or subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodegree.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.

He was convinced he didn’t need college. But Stone Fredrickson’s parents were not. He had to prove to them that he could create and maintain a stable income. He hasn’t graduated high school yet, but he got his start as an entrepreneur pretty early.

Listen in to find out how Stone taught himself about financial literacy, started investing at a young age, and how his success on TikTok led to him creating Stone Media, a TikTok marketing agency.

Support/Contact Stone:

• LinkedIn
• TikTok
  • @stonefredrickson
  • @coach.stone
• YouTube: 
  • Stone Fredrickson
  • Sticks n’ Stones Podcast

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Listen to more podcast episodes here. And if you need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with our CEO Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn. (Yes, he answers messages. Even if it takes some time to respond.)

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• TikTok

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.

She went to high school and worked simultaneously. Soon after starting college, Kira Renee got discouraged. She felt like she wasn’t learning enough while accumulating student loan debt. Frustrated, she decided to drop out. 

She went on to become an inbound marketing strategist. This is the story of how a frustrated college student dropped out of college and found success as a marketer.

Support/Contact Kira:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/

Sponsor:

• BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/nodegree

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Listen to more podcast episodes here. And if you need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with our CEO Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn. (Yes, he answers messages. Even if it takes some time to respond.)

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• TikTok

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.

He was forced to say goodbye to the only home he knew. Saif Ali came to the US as a child. He had a good life: friends, a girlfriend and plans to get a degree in Biomedical Engineering. But, he lost it all because of circumstances beyond his control. He got deported. 

Forced to abandon his plans to go to college so that he could make a living, within 30 days of being in a new country, he got a job as a digital marketer. 

Listen in as Saif recalls how he bounced back from homelessness and how his first job gave him the foundation for the success he has today as a Marketing Professional. 

Support/Contact Saif:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saifali1/

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Listen to more podcast episodes here. And if you need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with our CEO Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn. (Yes, he answers messages. Even if it takes some time to respond.)

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• TikTok

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.

In high school he was got paid $100/hr to do social media consultations. Collin Castrina’s dad was a businessowner so he grew up surrounded by entrepreneurs. He got his start in middle school the way most kids did-he sold candy at school dances and shoveled snow. 

By the time he got to high school, he interned at a local marketing agency where he eventually became the VP of Marketing and made $100/hr to do social media consultations. That was the point he began to question the value of going to college. Why pay college tuition when most college graduates don’t get paid anything near $100/hr? 

Listen in to find out how he created success for himself and honed his marketing skills to the point where he earned $10k per month. And did I mention, he’s only 21 years old.

Support/Contact Collin:

• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@collincastrina?lang=en
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/collin-castrina-482799167/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/collincastrina
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collincastrina/

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Nightmare Mode – Alex Becker
• Make Today Count by John Maxwell: https://amzn.to/3uT2Psv
• Dotcom Secrets by Russell Brunson: https://amzn.to/383lA3a
• Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson: https://amzn.to/3KXciV7
• Traffic Secrets by Russell Brunson:  https://amzn.to/3OjbTyl

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at nodegree.com.

Listen to more podcast episodes here. And if you need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with our CEO Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn. (Yes, he answers messages. Even if it takes some time to respond.)

Connect with us on social media!

• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• TikTok

Sponsors

 Follow Jayson on:

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-waller-
• Instagram - https://instagram.com/true_underdog
• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwTHT2Q-omcIjTOwOa2imTQ
• Website - https://trueunderdog.com/
• Linktree - https://linktr.ee/trueunderdog

Need career or resume advice? Follow and/or connect with Jonaed Iqbal on LinkedIn.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonaed

Connect with us on social media!

- Instagram: @nodegreecareers

- TikTok: @nodegree

Thank you for sponsoring our show. If you'd like to support our mission to end the stigma and economic disparity that comes along with not having a college degree, please share with a friend, or drop us a review on Apple Podcast.

Remember, no degree? No problem! Whether you're contemplating college or you're a college dropout, get started with your no-degree job search at NoDegree.com.