Nicholas Laing, a Conversation Designer at JPMorgan Chase, is a great example of someone who didn't wait for an invitation to join the field. He built his own path by launching a smart-home consulting business and realizing that the key to success lay in virtual assistants. People come from diverse backgrounds, including chemistry, art direction, and content writing, and often round out their skills by learning to build or write. To be successful, one needs to be unusually curious and follow that curiosity, with a love for problems, puzzles, and challenges. Building a portfolio is essential, whether starting at a small startup or large enterprise, as it showcases one's work and helps network in the space. The field of conversation design has a wonderful community that wants to see newcomers find their way, offering resources such as courses, job descriptions, and templates, and encourages people to ask for help and just "do it."