English Major to Expedia, Amazon Senior Manager and Co-Founding Storytellers AI, with Kirsten Lum Exponential Growth - How to Break Into Tech

A 9 year analytics veteran of Amazon and Expedia, Kirsten Lum led dozens of leaders across core applied science, economics, as well as experience instrumentation and data architecture at global scale.

Today, Kirsten oversees all aspects of data science, product, and engineering at Storytellers AI, a company she cofounded.

In this conversation, Kirsten shares her personal journey into tech, as well as many nuggets of wisdom she's collected over the past decade.

Fun fact: Kirsten was was selected for Amazon's top tier leadership program (500 out of ~1,500,000 employees worldwide selected each year).

Chapters:

(00:36) Intro

(02:32) Kirsten's Early Story

(08:30) Getting Out of the Freezer

(11:42) Shots on Goal: Landing a Role at a Startup

(17:03) Being Humble and Teachable

(27:09) The Resume: 2-Part Framework

(34:41) Expedia to Amazon (2nd Crisis)

(42:48) "Licorice Jelly Beans"

(46:02) Amazon to Storytellers (3rd Crisis)

(58:10) Hiring - What She Looks For

(01:02:44) Hot Seat Questions



Kirsten's Links:


https://www.storytellers.ai/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/machsci