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Hannah Zhang | @careerhannah

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👩🏻‍💻 Nonlinear Techies: Are you a “workist”? 🤔 (Apr 28)

Nonlinear Techies Newsletter (Apr 28) I'm a "workist" and if you're reading this careers newsletter, you might be too I recently had a realization that made me completely rethink how I approach my life and work. So, naturally, I'm sharing it with you. Warning: This is a little different from my usual career content...but I figured I should be honest about something I’ve been thinking about lately, in case it helps you too. TLDR: For all my fellow chronic overachievers — don’t spend so much...

Nonlinear Techies Newsletter (Apr 20) 🎉I hit 100K followers on IG this week - actually CRAZY to think that there are this many people supporting my work. If you're reading this - you're in my inner circle and I SO SO appreciate you being here! 5 career quizzes to find your next move If you're Googling “what job should I do?” at 2 am...I'VE BEEN THERE.When I was thinking of leaving my banking job, I took dozens of career quizzes because they were easy to do in my decision paralysis and made me...

Nonlinear Techies Newsletter (Apr 14) Are you an analyst or an operator? I talked about this question a few months ago in one of my videos, and since many of you were interested, I turned it into a little ~framework! After taking what felt like a million career quizzes when I was confused about my next step after banking, I found that asking myself this simple question helped more than most. The issue with the career quizzes is that they boxed me in too quickly. What do you mean my ideal...

Nonlinear Techies Newsletter (Apr 7) I built an AI personal assistant in 30min (as a total beginner) I built this AI personal assistant that lets me send audio/text to Telegram and do this. (As someone who Intro to Java in college after a week in the class because I thought coding was way too hard 😅) I'm always telling you to upskill by learning about AI, so I try to practice what I preach. I wanted to see if I could build a simple "AI agent" personal assistant to: read and write calendar...

Nonlinear Techies Newsletter (Mar 31) Happy Monday! I'm taking PTO today to work on something new for @careerhannah - stay tuned, I'll share more soon 🤫 Try this instead of S.T.A.R. As a career switcher, the STAR format doesn't get you hired. When I pivoted from finance to tech, I had to rethink my approach to interviews after realizing traditional frameworks didn’t help me highlight what really mattered.STAR (Situation. Task. Action. Result.) had been drilled into me for behavioral...

Nonlinear Techies Newsletter (Mar 24) I hope you had a great weekend. I'm traveling for work this week but made it a personal trip as well by coming a few days early - IMO underrated way to balance work/personal! Do you like traveling for work or don't care for it? "Beating" procrastination doesn't work Do you ever find yourself putting off a task, starting it, immediately feeling a lack of motivation, picking up your phone, going back to the task, and repeating the cycle? I certainly do, and...

Nonlinear Techies Newsletter (Mar 17) I hope you had a great weekend! I got out of the city and spent a refreshing and much-needed 2 days in nature 🐶⛰️ Underrated way to get clarity, especially if you feel stuck or at a crossroads, or just in a funk! Own your career by creating your "category" If you’re pivoting into tech as someone with a nonlinear career, you might be struggling to fit into a neat job title—Product Manager, UX Designer, Product Marketer. But what if you didn’t need to fit...

Nonlinear Techies Newsletter (Mar 10) Welcome to the 1st issue of my revamped newsletter! This will be weekly-ish and include my top tip(s) of the week and interesting jobs that I come across Don't ask for referrals. Do this instead. You’ve heard that referrals can help you land a job, especially if you’re pivoting in this crazy job market. But asking a stranger for a referral? It's a H*LL NO from me. Instead, DM them on LinkedIn and ask for a coffee chat—a quick, informal networking call...