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Kathy Hannun Highlight
Maybe you’ll feel like you have no idea how to do that or what to do, but that’s kind of normal. If you can just hold your breath and take the leap, you’ll figure it out.
About Kathy
- When I was in college, I knew that I ultimately wanted to work in either energy or water.
- I earned my bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in computer science, but I wasn’t really sure how to translate those interests into a clear career path.
- I ended up joining Google in a customer support role—Google seemed like a good company to gain work experience and learn from smart people.
- I spent seven years working at Google and was able to work my way up to a product manager position, through which I finally got to work on energy.
- After gaining experience, I decided that I wanted to start my own company—I conceptualized Dandelion while working at Google.
- The northeast of the country stood out as the place where we could have the most impact, so we moved to New York and started Dandelion Geothermal.
