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How Medium Helped Me Start A New Career
I didn’t realize recruiters were looking here
I started writing on Medium in December of 2018. I remember it pretty clearly. It was 2:00 in the morning when I started to write Why I Cancelled My Home Internet on my phone. It had 20,000 views within two days.
To say I was surprised would be an understatement. I had been blogging on and off for years, on various platforms. The luckiest I ever got was having 3 or 4 family members share my posts on social media. But this… this was something else.
I was hooked.
I started writing about everything. All the time. I wrote about technology, relationships, programming, New York and how expensive it is, dinosaurs, Kim Kardashian, and I dabbled in political satire. I wasn’t getting rich, but I was getting energized.
Within 6 months, I was invited to speak at a huge conference. All my expenses were covered. I moderated a panel in front of 2,000+ people. The subject: one of my articles. One that didn’t even get too many views.
