[4] In 2011, after a close friend committed suicide, Tutt became a travelling alpaca shearer throughout Australia and New Zealand, before eventually rediscovering his love for science.

[5] Tutt began his career as a zookeeper on the NSW South Coast,[6] then spent time as an alpaca shearer travelling throughout Australia and New Zealand.

[8][9] In 2022, Tutt authored the award-winning best seller, The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples,[10][11] illustrated by Archibald Prize-winning artist Blak Douglas.

Originally working two jobs to fund DeadlyScience, he set up a gofundme page that attracted over A$240,000 in donations,[14] after realising that there was a school in remote Australia who had only fifteen books in their library.

[16] He particularly wants to ensure that every remote Australian school has resources that tell the true history of Australia's first scientists, such as Bruce Pascoe's book, Dark Emu.

[17] From 2019, Tutt founded a series of Deadly Junior Scientist Awards, aimed at inspiring Indigenous students to engage with STEM and to examine local wildlife and land in a scientific way.

[citation needed] Tutt appeared on Wil Anderson's podcast Wilosphy, in which he spoke about overcoming trauma as a child to create DeadlyScience.