Amy Hull

I attribute my success to several key factors that work together. First and foremost, mentorship and coaching have been extremely important throughout my journey. I've been under good leadership, and I've also hired coaches on my own when I needed additional support for growth. Beyond that, the life I lead outside of work has so much to do with how I show up armed with a strong mindset. Faith is a huge part of our life, and my husband and I are servant leaders at our church, leading groups there. Having a focus on not just work, but a well-rounded approach allows me to go into work with the right mindset, a growth mindset, reaching for more and seeing where I can persevere by staying in my lane and doing what I've been given with the best of my ability. I stick to a routine that recharges my batteries. I have a quiet time every single morning, first thing, and that's non-negotiable. It could look like reading, doing a devotional, or lately it's been journaling and getting things out of my mindset that are outside of my control so I can move forward and offload some stress. I also prioritize fitness, training at a gym that does High Rocks competitions, and I look at that as playtime. I pour my heart into my home through decorating and cooking, finding creative outlets that make things outside of work more playful. Keeping work as part of my life, not the entire part of my life, and having the right people around me has been super fruitful. Being poured into is just as important as pouring out.

The best career advice I ever received was absolute gold and changed my entire mindset. Being in a sales role, it's easy for sellers to get into the mindset of just making a commission. But one nugget of advice I received was to focus less on commission and more on helping people solve an issue. When you lead with that servant mindset, you open up a world of relationships with customers that will make them come back because you've got their back. I've become a trusted advisor to anybody that I get to interact with on a day-to-day basis just by knowing my product, knowing what questions to ask, and leading with my heart forward, which is a bit more vulnerable and a little bit tricky. But I've found so much success in going into it with the mindset of serving people rather than just looking out for myself and my own commission check.

If I'm talking back to my younger self going in, completely blind to what this was going to be as a career move for me, I would have sought out women in the industry much sooner. If the company I was working for didn't have somebody with the same mindset as me, I would reach out on LinkedIn and try to find somebody who would set time aside for me to be able to ask questions or just be somebody that I'm connected to. That was something I started to do maybe two or three years ago, and it was huge, it was massive. Being able to have somebody that was further along in their career who has been through acquisitions or just the day-to-day things that happen inside of a business, and to see someone who has that viewpoint be able to give guidance, it'll alleviate a lot of stress and pressure. It gives you a different scope of what's going on, where you can fit in, and where you can be of value. I would seek women out in the tech industry in general and create relationships, because your next job could be with a person that you reached out to on LinkedIn and made a relationship with. It's very, very connected in that way in the tech sphere. Don't be intimidated by male-dominated environments. Women are so smart, they're unstoppable, we do so many things, we wear so many different hats. Try to tell a woman no and she'll figure out another way to get it done. It's as simple as dedicating a little bit of time towards learning a skill. You don't have to go in perfect, but if you can dedicate time to learn a skill, there's huge opportunity there.

Tech is not going anywhere. It's definitely in an evolution phase with AI and how that's going to work. One thing I see that is massive, I'm talking huge, is that companies want to use AI but don't really have anybody who knows how to program AI to be able to do the roles, like doing the back-end work. If somebody could go in and learn that skill on how to create an instance in Cloud, for example Google Gemini or whatever they're using, a lot of tech companies are using Claude itself, but being able to set up back-end systems and then present that to a tech company and become a consultant, there's huge opportunity there. There's so much opportunity for women, especially leveraging the new technologies that are coming up. Learning a new skill set means there's an opportunity to be a forerunner, like a true trailblazer in the upcoming AI boom. Women can absolutely have a piece of that pie. I think women are so smart, they're unstoppable, we do so many things, we wear so many different hats. It's as simple as dedicating a little bit of time towards something. You don't have to go in perfect, but if you can dedicate time to learn a skill, it's easy. Tech is only growing and evolving, and women can absolutely have a piece of that pie.

Faith is a huge part of our life and sits at the core of everything I do. My husband and I are servant leaders at our church, leading groups there, and that servant mindset carries into my work as well. I believe in leading with care towards people, being a servant, and asking the right questions to understand how I can help them. I value having a well-rounded approach where work is a part of my life, not the entire part of my life. The people I have around me and what we're involved in outside of work has been super fruitful for us. Being poured into is just as important as pouring out. I stick to routines that give me life and help me feel like I'm walking on the right path. I have a quiet time every single morning, first thing, and that's non-negotiable. It could look like reading, doing a devotional, or journaling to get things out of my mindset that are outside of my control so I can move forward and offload stress. I also value fitness and train at a gym that does High Rocks competitions, and I look at that as playtime. I pour my heart into my home through decorating and cooking, finding creative outlets that make things outside of work more playful. I try to make things outside of work more playful so I can recharge and show up with the right mindset and a growth mindset.