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Career

Job boards, portfolio builders, interview prep, and every tool to get where you're going.

Skills & Preparation
  • CV.co.uk—Free CV templates and builder. Clean, ATS-friendly outputs.
  • InterviewBit—Tech interview prep with real company questions and coding challenges.
  • The Muse—Career advice, company culture profiles, and job listings. More human than LinkedIn.
  • 80,000 Hours—Evidence-based career advice focused on doing meaningful work. Genuinely life-changing.Recommended
Freelance & Income
  • Toptal—Elite freelance network for developers, designers, and finance experts.
  • Contra—Commission-free freelance platform. You keep 100% of what you earn.Hidden Gem
  • Fiverr—Hire freelancers for almost any task. Also useful to see what skills are marketable.
  • Remote.co—Curated remote job listings with guides on working and hiring remotely.Hidden Gem
Learning & Growth
  • Reforge—Advanced career programmes for product, growth, and marketing professionals.
  • YC Library—Y Combinator's free library of startup and business advice. Excellent for founders.Hidden Gem
  • Indie Hackers—Community of founders building profitable online businesses. Transparent revenue sharing.Hidden Gem
Networking & Personal Brand
  • Meetup—Find local professional and social events near you. Underused for networking.
  • Lunchclub—AI-matched networking calls with professionals in your field. Free and surprisingly good.Hidden Gem
  • Read.cv—Beautiful minimalist portfolio profiles. The most tasteful way to present yourself online.Hidden Gem
  • About.me—Simple personal landing page. One link that points to everything about you.
Salary & Negotiation
  • PayScale—Salary data by role, location, and experience. Good for negotiation research.
  • Salary.com—Compensation benchmarking tool with detailed breakdowns by industry and region.
  • Ask For More—Scripts and templates specifically for salary negotiation. Practical and direct.Hidden Gem
Productivity & Work
  • Notion—All-in-one workspace for notes, docs, and databases. The most flexible productivity tool available.
  • Obsidian—Local-first knowledge base using markdown files. Your second brain, actually under your control.Hidden Gem
  • Focusmate—Virtual co-working with strangers. Accountability sessions that actually work.Hidden Gem
Interviews & Preparation
  • Pramp—Free peer-to-peer mock interviews for software engineering roles. Practice with real people.Hidden Gem
  • interviewing.io—Anonymous technical mock interviews with engineers from top companies.Hidden Gem
  • CareerCup—Real interview questions from real companies, submitted by candidates.Hidden Gem
Startups & Entrepreneurship
  • Product Hunt—New products and tools launched daily. The place to discover what's coming next.
  • Failory—Interviews with founders about their failed startups. More useful than success stories.Hidden Gem
  • Startup School—Y Combinator's free startup course. The curriculum they've used to fund hundreds of companies.Hidden Gem
Remote Work
  • Remote OK—The largest remote job board. Fully distributed companies only.Hidden Gem
  • Working Nomads—Curated remote jobs for digital workers. Quality over quantity.Hidden Gem
  • We Work Remotely—Longest-running remote job board. Strong in tech, design, and marketing.
  • Nomad List—Best cities for remote workers ranked by cost, internet, weather, and safety.Hidden Gem
  • Remote.com—Global employment platform — get hired legally anywhere in the world.
Personal Finance & Money
  • MoneySavingExpert—Martin Lewis's UK money advice site. The best financial guidance for UK residents.Hidden Gem
  • MoneySuperMarket—Compare UK insurance, energy, credit cards, and loans in one place.
  • PensionBee—Consolidate and manage all your UK pensions in one place.Hidden Gem
  • Trading212—Commission-free stock and ETF investing. Best platform for beginner UK investors.Hidden Gem
Side Projects & Passive Income
  • Gumroad—Sell digital products directly — ebooks, courses, templates. Zero upfront cost.
  • Teachable—Build and sell online courses with no tech skills required.
  • Substack—Start a paid newsletter in minutes. Many writers earn full-time income here.
  • Patreon—Accept recurring support from your audience. Best for creators with existing fans.