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24 alternatives to Don't Get a Job…

How to forge your own path in the creative field.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Don't Get a Job… launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Show Your Work!▲84

   10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Steal Like an Artist▲86

   10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Design Review - Ep. 47 - How to Plan Your Design Career▲59

   If you don't plan, you plan to fail.

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Stop Thinking Like A Freelancer▲135

   Stop thinking like a freelancer

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Jobs-to-be-Done: Theory to Practice▲100

   Turn innovation into a science.

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Start! Stop Procrastinating And Pursue Your Passion▲66

   A practical guide on turning your idea into a reality.

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Sketch Style Guides▲172

   Never start another design project from scratch

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Freelance Web Designer's Guide (By Webflow)▲101

   The missing guide to becoming a freelancer

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Designer Paths▲190

   Discover the optimal path for your design career

   2022 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Startup Opportunities▲85

    Know when to quit your day job

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Startup Opportunities▲84

    Know When to Quit Your Day Job

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Learn How to Break into your First UX Design Job▲83

    This free 16-page guide will launch your UX career.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Finding the Next Steve Jobs▲56

    How to find, hire, keep and nurture creative talent

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Real Artists Don't Starve▲78

    Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Create Or Hate: Successful People Make Things▲128

    We are all creative — there is a creator in you.

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Working with Pictures▲66

    A tiny book on how to draw at work

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Fastest way to learn creativity▲91

    Tap into your creativity with these 170 creative exercises

    2023 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Writing Without Bullshit▲66

    Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    I made a book with a hundred UI/UX tips▲198

    Hello. This year I dived into UI/UX area and at the same time I work as a web developer. I sincerely love making good UI. But at my full time job it's not always possible due to different reasons =\ So I've been posting random UI/UX staff on Twitter, then I made a free book that had 50 tips (posted it here as well). I decided to finish this year by collecting everything I learned and here it is: https://akcium.gumroad.com/l/ui-ux-tips. This time it's a paid one. But, you can check ~20 pages of it, just go to…

    2021 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Creativity For Sale▲113

    An honest book about entrepreneurship & making money online

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Liberal Arts Techie▲80

    How to break into your first startup job

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate, and Think▲139

    Reframe your problems as opportunities

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Creatives Guide▲117

    An essential guide to freelancing in London for creatives.

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Successful Mistake▲84

    Transform Your Mistakes & Failures Into Your Greatest Ideas

    2015 · its alternatives →

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