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I built a career on Wall Street without a college degree. Now I help people whose experience doesn't fit the box on the form.

Every career has a throughline — the thread that makes a scattered history read as a deliberate one. Most people can't see their own. That's the work.

Book a working session $150 · 60 minutes · no obligation after

The path the job posting implies

A degree in the fieldListed as required
An internship while studyingListed as preferred
An entry role on the official trackTwo to three years
The job

The path I actually took

No degreeNot a disqualifier. Just an obstacle.
A job adjacent to the one I wantedClose enough to learn how it really worked
Credentials I could earn without permissionSelf-funded, on nights and weekends
Direct outreach, hundreds of messagesMost ignored. Enough weren't.
Wall Street

The second path isn't better — it's longer, and nobody hands you a map for it. But it exists in every industry, not just mine, and the moves that work on it are learnable.

Straight answers

What this is, and what it isn't.

This industry is full of people promising interviews and offers. Nobody can promise you those. Here's the honest boundary of what I do.

What you get

  • A frank read on where you actually stand for the roles you're targeting
  • Application materials that state your capability in terms a hiring reader recognizes immediately
  • A throughline — the connecting logic that turns an unusual history into a coherent case
  • A strategy for the credential gap: what to address head-on, what to route around, what to stop apologizing for
  • My honest opinion, including when it's that you're aiming at the wrong role

What I won't tell you

  • That you'll get interviews. I don't control the role, the market, or the internal candidate who was always getting it
  • That a resume alone changes an outcome. It's one input among several
  • That there's a trick, a template, or a keyword that beats the system
  • That the unconventional path is fair or fast. It isn't. It's navigable
  • What you want to hear, if I think something else is true

Who this fits

Any industry, any level. One recurring problem.

I work with people across trades, healthcare, tech, operations, creative fields, sales, and administration — anyone whose record needs an argument made for it.

No degree

You can do the work. The screen never gets far enough to find that out.

Wrong degree

You studied one thing and want to work in another, and every posting reads like a wall.

Career changer

Real, relevant experience that the reader doesn't yet recognize as relevant.

Self-taught

Skills built outside a classroom, with no institution to vouch for them.

Returning after a gap

Caregiving, illness, a layoff, a business that didn't work. The gap needs a sentence, not a silence.

Stalled

You're applying steadily and hearing nothing back, and you can't tell which part is broken.

Consulting

Three ways to work together.

Start with a conversation. If I don't think I can help you, I'll say so on the call and you won't pay for anything further.

Working Session

$150 60 min

A conversation, not a sales call.

  • We go through your background, your target roles, and where the gap actually is
  • Direct feedback on your current resume and profile
  • A written summary afterward with what I'd prioritize first
  • Credited toward a package if you book within 30 days
Book a session
Most common

Positioning Package

$450

Your case, made properly.

  • Intake session plus a full resume rewrite
  • LinkedIn headline and About section
  • A written positioning brief — how to explain your background out loud, in interviews and outreach
  • Clean, parseable files in PDF and .docx
  • One revision round
Start the package

Six-Week Advisory

$950

For an active, serious search.

  • Everything in the Positioning Package
  • Four scheduled sessions over six weeks
  • Outreach strategy and message review before you send
  • Interview preparation, including how to handle the degree question
  • Email access throughout
Start the advisory

Who you'd be talking to

I did this without the paper first.

I'm Kevin. I don't have a college degree, and I built a career on Wall Street anyway — in an industry that screens for pedigree harder than almost any other.

It took longer than it should have, and I made most of the available mistakes on the way. I got told no a great many times before the yes, and I learned in detail which parts of the process are actually rigid and which parts only look that way.

That's what I do for people now. Not motivation — the specific, unglamorous mechanics: what to lead with, what to leave out, how to describe experience so it lands with someone who has never done your job, and how to answer the question about your background without flinching.

Wall Street is where my story happened, but the wall isn't unique to it. I work with people in every field, at every level, and the underlying problem is nearly always the same: a real record that the document isn't making the case for.

I'm based in Miami and work with people anywhere. This is consulting — you're paying for judgment and hours, not for an outcome I can't control.

Before you book

Fair questions.

Can you get me a job?

No. Nobody selling this service can, and I'd be skeptical of anyone who implies otherwise. What I can do is make sure the version of you that reaches a decision-maker is accurate and well argued. That materially changes your odds. It doesn't set them.

Do you only work with people in finance?

No. Finance is where my own story happened, and it's a useful proof point because it's one of the most credential-obsessed industries there is. But I work across every field and level — trades, healthcare, tech, operations, sales, creative, administrative. The problem I solve is a document problem, not an industry problem.

Do you have contacts you'll introduce me to?

I don't run a placement service and I don't sell introductions. If something genuinely relevant comes up I'll mention it, but you shouldn't book on that basis.

Should I lie about the degree?

No. Beyond the ethics, it's an unforced error — background checks are routine, and a discovered lie ends the process permanently, sometimes years later. There are honest ways to handle the question, and we'll work on yours.

What if you think I'm not ready?

I'll tell you on the call, and I'll tell you what I think would need to be true first. Sometimes the honest advice is a certification, a lateral move, or another year of specific experience rather than a rewrite. You'll get that answer instead of a package.

What's your refund policy?

If you finish a working session and feel it wasn't worth your time, tell me within seven days and I'll refund it. Package work is refundable pro rata for anything not yet delivered.

Next step

Tell me where you're stuck.

Send me your background and the kind of role you're aiming at. I'll reply within a day with what I think the real obstacle is — and whether a session is worth your money or not.

hello@throughlinecareers.com