Lithuanian marketing professional Lukas Yla arrived in San Francisco this summer with a sweet plan to make a name for himself in what may well be the world's most oversaturated job market.
Yla was able to get his literal foot in the door at 10 of the Bay Area's top ad agencies and 30 tech companies without hyping a new app or a viral campaign or even a portfolio. He did it with one not-so-weird trick—free donuts.
In a move that could be called brilliant or desperate, Yla dressed as a courier for delivery company Postmates and showed up at the offices of companies on his target list—armed with a box of pastries from downtown favorite Mr.
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