Practical over theoretical
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About
Hey, I'm Hilal (opens in a new tab)
Growth marketer, 10+ years in tech, 6 of them in London — and the person behind Tech Kariyerim.
My story
How I got here
I studied Industrial Engineering at Özyeğin University, and like a lot of people in tech, I didn't walk a straight line into the job I have today. I found my way into growth marketing, and I've spent 10+ years since then working in technology companies.
Six of those years were in London. Moving your career to another country teaches you things no course covers: how differently CVs are read, how much of hiring runs on referrals and networks, how to talk about your work in a second language, and how lonely the process gets when nobody around you has done it before.
Somewhere along the way, people started asking me for help. A CV review here, a mock interview there. Then more. I've now mentored and coached 100+ professionals through career changes, interview processes and offer negotiations — and I noticed the same questions coming up again and again.
That's why Tech Kariyerim exists. Everything I'd been repeating one-on-one deserved to be in one place, free, and open to anyone building a tech career — not just to the people lucky enough to already know someone in the industry.
The path
The short version
- 01Industrial Engineering, Özyeğin UniversityWhere the analytical foundation came from — and the first proof that your degree doesn't have to decide your career.
- 02Into tech, into growthFound my place in growth marketing and started building a career inside technology companies.
- 03Six years in LondonLearned how international hiring actually works — referrals, positioning, interviewing in a second language, and building a network from zero.
- 04Mentoring 100+ professionalsCV reviews, mock interviews, career-change plans and offer negotiations — one conversation at a time.
- 05Founding Tech KariyerimTurning all of it into a community: free resources, live sessions and a network that refers each other forward.
Coaching & consulting
Where I mentor and consult
The universities and centres I provide career, job-search and startup consultancy for.
KWORKS – Girişimcilik Merkezi
University of Greenwich
City St George's, University of London
University of Westminster
“Everything I'd been repeating one-on-one deserved to be in one place, free, and open to anyone building a tech career.
What I believe
How this community works
Tech is bigger than code
Product, design, data, marketing, sales, customer success, QA — a tech career has many doors, and this community keeps all of them open.
No gatekeeping
The things that actually move a job search — referrals, insider context, honest feedback — shouldn't depend on who you happen to know.
Honest about the hard parts
Rejection, silence after applications, losing motivation. We talk about those too, because pretending they don't happen helps nobody.
Get in touch
Questions, feedback or an idea?
Write to me directly. There's no contact form here on purpose — an email reaches me faster and I answer it myself.
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