After her parents divorced, Li Ouyang took it upon herself to make money for her mom and younger brother. She hustled her way into finance and soon became rising star as a VP at JP Morgan Chase. After realizing that the finance industry was shrinking, she started her career over in tech.

Today, Li is a software engineer at Coinbase, which recently IPO'd. In this episode we ask Li about:

• Growing up Chinese in rural New Hampshire
• How she hustled her way into finance from a non-Ivy League university
• How she became a VP at JP Morgan Chase
• Why she left finance and how she became a software engineer
• Her experience in startups in Silicon Valley
• Why she she works at Coinbase
• Being a mother during COVID
• Her passion for salsa dancing

Find Li online :

• Twitter - @styliii

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