Career Crashers

Lauren Hasson is the founder of DevelopHer a platform that teaches women to build value and earn more money in tech. She also works remotely for a Silicon Valley payments company.  Lauren had a degree in computer science, but had bad experiences early in her career and decide she didn’t want to work in tech, years latter with little technical skills she decided she wanted to make a change and find a way to work in tech once again.  From that point, with little in the way of skill or connections, Lauren was able to build a network, find opportunity, and find success within two years.  Learn more about Lauren and find great resources for starting and growing a career in tech at developher.com In this episode:  * How Lauren went from being out of tech to finding success in the industry within two years * How consistently volunteering at hackathons when she was an intern led Lauren to placing 2nd at a high profile hackathon * Why having a bias toward action matters in building and growing