Texas native Lindsey O’Niell made a job switch early on that helped her understand the trajectory of her career for the next few years.

In 2011, the recent computer science grad had taken a job in software consulting at a company that was soon acquired by IBM, and the smaller company feel was soon gone. Per a friend’s suggestion, she started looking at local accelerators for companies that might be looking to add technologist to their growing venture.

She got in even earlier: After meeting QuotaPath’s AJ Bruno in Austin, O’Neill became the then-first time founder’s first hire for TrendKite, a PR analytics software company.

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