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Breaking Into Startups
Breaking Into Startups is a platform where we feature inspiring stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds. We strive to help millions of people take action towards the different paths in tech and find their dream jobs.
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Breaking Into Startups is a platform where we feature inspiring stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds. We strive to help millions of people take action towards the different paths in tech and find their dream jobs.

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Timur Meyster
Everybody wants to win or do great things but not everybody is willing to do the things it takes to win or do great things.
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Ruben Harris
Partnerships & Lead Gen @Honor, Advisor @AltSchool. Former Advisor @ForgeHealth, Music Teacher and Investment Banker. Cellist for 22+ years. #YoungandCultured
Writers
Go to the profile of Timur Meyster
Timur Meyster
Everybody wants to win or do great things but not everybody is willing to do the things it takes to win or do great things.
Go to the profile of Ruben Harris
Ruben Harris
Partnerships & Lead Gen @Honor, Advisor @AltSchool. Former Advisor @ForgeHealth, Music Teacher and Investment Banker. Cellist for 22+ years. #YoungandCultured
Go to the profile of John Huang
John Huang
Marketing @Twitter, Reshaping How to Think About Careers, Growth Marketing Enthusiast, Always Curious
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Tanvi Kant
Accidental Developer, Occasional *Writer*
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Stephanie Oh
Product Manager | Cryptocurrency Investor and Enthusiast
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Adam Waxman
product design @seatgeek | i like to build stuff | https://blog.awaxman.com
Go to the profile of Stephanie Hutson
Stephanie Hutson
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Marianna Zaslavsky
Just a startup girl, livin’ in a biz dev (and product) world. Columbia MBA. Wannabe actor, dancer and philosopher.
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Nkem Nwankwo
Product Manager and author of After School: Is Getting an MBA Really Worth It? http://lifeafterschool.co
Go to the profile of Lex R. Brown II
Lex R. Brown II
Dad. Writer. Native ATLien. Tampa Bay Resident. USAF/Military Veteran. Tune-in to “Resecure The Bag” podcast every Tuesday: https://anchor.fm/resecurethebag.
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Konstantin Escher
Freelance User Researcher & UX Consultant. Social & Decision Making Psychologist. www.konstantinescher.de
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Camille Laurente
Camille Laurente is an award-winning podcaster, digital media strategist, and writer. She is the co-founder and CEO of Hueman Group Media.
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Sameer
student loans paying, finance majoring, pro cable cutting watching, tech enthusiast
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Mehdi Alhassani
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LarisOrman
Go to the profile of Johnny Ray Austin
Johnny Ray Austin
Product and Tech Leader · I Believe In You · https://recursivefunk.io
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Mianya Ong
writing to stay clever & retain my sanity 🙃 // musings on tech, startups, life, growth, self improvement // ong.mianya@gmail.com
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Everydayllc
Career Stories
Go to the profile of Chloe Condon
Chloe Condon
Musical theatre actress turned developer evangelist.
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Emily McIntyre 🦋 🕸 🌙
I’m writing a new fantasy short story every Thursday with 3 prompts from readers! Give me your prompts: take control of the story… let’s do it!
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Titus Capilnean
Growth Manager & Product Marketer | Politics & International Affairs | Community
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Tiger Shen
Hey, I’m Tiger and I like to write :) www.tigerthinks.com
Go to the profile of Iris Nevins
Iris Nevins
Self-Taught Software Engineer
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Tom Goldenberg
Junior Principal @quantumblack. LinkedIn Top Voice in technology. Former CTO & co-founder @commandiv.
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Julian Christian Anderson
Full Stack Web Developer • Coffee • Minimalist
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André Santiago
Puerto Rican — New York City Based Software Engineer, Photographer & Powerlifter // Former Sr. Network Engineer & Incident Manager // #LatinxInTech