The listing for assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of Muscle & Fitness and Muscle & Fitness Hers had been up for a while. When Devin called to ask about it, she was told point-blank: they’d received so many applications, they’d already stopped accepting them.
Her response: “So you haven’t hired yet?”
They hadn’t. That same day, she put together a creative resume, added a small gift that tied back to her culinary background, and drove it to the office in person — with one deliberately clever opening line.
She hadn’t made it back to her car before they called her in for an interview. She got the job over more than 500 other applicants.
That role changed everything. It’s where she learned how the media world actually worked, started writing for magazines, and built the foundation of the career that came after. The lesson she’s carried ever since: a closed door isn’t always closed. Sometimes it’s just waiting for someone to knock in person.