2026-11-06 –, Community Led Stage
Breaking into tech is harder than ever, especially for junior talent. This session will cover what companies actually look for, how to build relevant experience without a traditional job, and how to use projects, hackathons, open source and community to stand out and land your first opportunity.
- What companies are actually looking for in junior talent
- Which skills can help you stand out
- Building in public
- How to get experience when every job asks for experience
- How to leverage hackathons, open source & community
- From student → contributor → first job
- Building a portfolio that gets attention
- How to approach recruiters and companies
- Common mistakes junior candidates make
I'm the founder of Dev3pack, community builder, developer advocate and talent scout, working across education, hackathons and developer programs to help the next generation of builders enter the tech ecosystem.
India Chapter Lead at Dev3Pack | A full-stack AI engineer based in Mumbai | Building at the intersection of AI and web3.
Lena Hierzi is DevRel Lead at Celo Core Co, based in Lisbon. She leads a global developer relations team that accelerates cross-border payments, and she works on product management for agent infrastructure in the Celo ecosystem, including x402 payments with local stablecoins and ERC-8004 agent identity and reputation. A former hackathon builder with more than 20 wins, she has helped many developers get their first role in Web3.
Irene is the Technical Writer and Content Strategist at Consensys Diligence. She writes about smart contract security and zero knowledge fuzzing.