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How I Became the Quarter-Time Head of Marketing at Gumroad as a New Grad SWE

Most Indie Hackers, myself included, started our projects while maintaining full-time jobs or full-time student status. It is a tough balance. Here is the story of how I found a job that actually accelerates my independent projects.

https://philipkiely.com/essays/gumroad_hom.html

Tl;DR: built context over many months, sent the world's warmest cold email, did the job, got the job.

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    Dude, this is so awesome.
    Good for you.👏👏👏

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    Congrats. I can't wait to see the projects you're working on.

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