From the Copy Room to the Corner Office: My Unfiltered Tech Odyssey 💻🔥

They told me I was just a secretary—cute, efficient, but ultimately replaceable. Oh, how wrong they were. 😏 My name is Payton Duran, and this is the story of how I turned my stilettos into stepping stones, one Silicon Valley shark at a time.

The Grind (Because Glamour Doesn’t Pay the Bills)

Fresh out of college with a degree no one cared about and a wardrobe that everyone noticed, I started as the "office sweetheart" at a tech startup. Fetching coffee? Done. Debugging the CEO’s printer at midnight? Somehow my job. But while they saw sexy, I saw strategy. I studied every pitch deck, reverse-engineered every failed product launch, and flirted—just enough—with the right mentors. 🚀

The Pivot (When Ambition Met Opportunity)

Then came the moment: A VP laughed at my "little suggestions" during a board meeting. So I leaked my own disruptive app idea to a rival firm. Two weeks later? They offered me a lead strategist role. Oops. The VP? Still middle-management. Karma’s a bitch, darling. 💅

Now? I’m the Tech Innovation Strategist everyone pretends not to stalk on LinkedIn. My secret? Blending brains with a dash of danger—because in tech, you either disrupt or get disrupted. And honey, I live for the chaos.

PS: Still wear the heels. Now they just match my equity stake. 👠💎