Good morning on this fresh Monday.

In New York City, we like to think of ourselves as the center of the world — in business, fashion, the arts, entertainment and health, to name a few areas. But with that comes an extreme competition to be the best in each field.

If you can make it here … well, you know the rest.

As part of an occasional series on jobs in the city, we are reaching out to influential and successful New Yorkers who excel in their chosen fields, to learn how they got there.

To kick off the series, we met up with Javier Muñoz, who plays Alexander Hamilton in the musical “Hamilton,” on a recent morning at his apartment in Astoria, Queens. As he prepared for his day, we asked him about his job on Broadway. (His responses have been edited down.)

How does someone get started in your field?

There’s no typical route. But there are training programs, and you can go to a conservatory, if you’re fortunate enough to afford that. Then you have a degree. Since you don’t have experience or credits, a degree is your business card and that’s how you get into the room. But then you have to show up and not suck (laughs).