Career Crashers

22 - Dave Wasmer on Crashing a Career in Tech

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Synopsis

In this episode Crash's own Head of Engineering, Dave Wasmer joins Isaac to talk about how he launched his career in tech.  When Dave graduated from college with a degree in economics, he wasn't sure where he wanted to go in his career. He used his self-taught programming skills to get an opportunity at a large corporation, but he soon realized that the corporate environment wasn't the place for him to flourish. He was feeling the itch to find a new opportunity, but it wasn't until a serendipitous blog post connected him with a start-up that everything fell into place.  In this episode, Dave shares the stories of how he Crashed his career and built his way to a great career in tech.  Connect with Dave at:  * https://twitter.com/davewasmer * https://davewasmer.com/ Discussed in this episode:  * How Dave crashed his career to get his first job in engineering for a software startup. * How blogging an idea led to a unique job opportunity. * Increasing your luck surface area: you can't r