Has anyone here successfully transitioned from a non-marketing background into a solid marketing role without having gone to school? I really want to hear about a firsthand experience in this to know what the hardest parts or the surprisingly easy parts were.

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didnt go to school for marketing either and landed my first marketing role as a marketing coordinator but it ended up being more of a support to sales (with no commission for me) and was more administrative as well. didnt do much marketing at all.

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I got my first marketing job as a total personality hire. I wrote a funny cover letter and really leaned on my personality and humor, poking fun of the fact that I have basically no marketing skills and would be starting from the bottom. They hired me anyway because they liked the vibe. Huge mistake on their part, lol.

An emotional hire : ) what happened after that? are you still in marketing? did you learn a few tricks? I am intrigued now

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