- you can do practice interviews with peers, some people will be good and some will be bad. Anyway, record them, play them back, take notes on how to get better, and repeat.

- get a list of sample questions, all of them, and figure out through some thought what the best answer to each is, and then drill on that. I used Anki, made hundreds of cards

- learn about MECE and make your answers MECE compatible

YMMV but I was able to really make a leap via some deliberate practice over the course of a couple months.

- security is really hot right now, my last role was a PM for security, many many companies have serious challenges in this area right now

- people who are in it really love talking about it, it would be pretty easy to talk to some people in the field and see what’s a good fit

- speaking of security, there are so many roles it’s hard to imagine that there isn’t a role for you. Some are really technical, some have 0 coding at all (like program management)

- nobody wants to hire a downer, so work on your confidence game. Or learn to fake it

- consider some certs or some other LinkedIn bait to get recruiters to contact you, applying directly seems like a waste of time generally

- think about your narrative, e.g. you aren’t lost, while you were working you realized that you were really into security and have spent the last X amount of time skilling up on it

- don’t worry about comparing yourself to others, just try to get a little better everyday

- think about how you can get 1% better today in security, and do it, then repeat

- same as above, but for interviewing, attracting recruiters, and also working on your headspace

- nobody ever follows this but use Anki to build skill mastery for everything

- if you are weak in an area but consistenly add in 50 cards a day then you’ll get good fast

That’s my take on it anyway. Good luck. The universe wants you to succeed. Hiring managers are hoping that you are the one that can solve their problems. Recruiters are rooting for you so they can get their bonuses, managers are rooting for you to make them look good. I’m rooting for you and I don’t even know you! And so on.

As an additional piece, customize the resume to the job description as much as possible.

At the time it was hugely advantageous to have a native app linked to fb, I remember the week where we made it and released v1, we were the #1 app in lifestyle instantly.

In the working world the best jobs are not at all like school - you make your own projects, there is no defined right answer, and there is room for lots of different types of people. Very different from school, where it is highly structured, in the box thinking, with very inbred processes.

My number one tip would be to work really hard in the beginning to get yourself into a place and position where you can be creative and shine. You may not land there in your first job, so bite the bullet and break out of it as soon as you can.