Interview

October 14, 2026

How I became a community manager at Lovable

Sending a CV and cover letter isn’t enough. You also need to do ‘unhinged shit’ to stand out, says Sophie Rogers

Éanna Kelly

3 min read

Last summer, in a bid to escape a career in recruitment, Sophie Rogers spent an hour waiting outside hotshot AI company Lovable’s office in Stockholm with a box of cakes hoping to persuade the company to give her a job.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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