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2.0 is the category creator of Career Insights + Resiliency (C&IR) focusing on equitable opportunity. We are building evolutionary career solutions focused on anticipating the changing needs of professionals through deriving career insights + driving resiliency.

2.0 is the category creator of Career Insights + Resiliency (C&IR) focusing on equitable opportunity. We are building evolutionary career solutions focused on anticipating the changing needs of professionals through deriving career insights + driving resiliency.

01 – today

01 – today

We're building evolutionary solutions – aka tools that keep up with the changing workforce. We are doing the necessary work to catch up on deliberate ambition that is lost within today’s career landscape from LinkedIn to Workday.


Today, we're empowering ambitious high-performers to close the gap between where you are today and where you want to go through open source career tools. Through a combination of digital + in-person (URL + IRL), professionals are given the tools to turn reactive experiences into proactive strategy.


Through ongoing trusted relationships with you outside of your company, we help you find decision-making insights that you can leverage to navigate your day-to- day career moves intentionally. It’s time to force a paradigm shift for our career experience – shifting from reactive to proactive. Instead of adapting to change, we drive it.


React. Clarify. Leverage. Perpetual proactivity.

We're building evolutionary solutions – aka tools that keep up with the changing workforce. We are doing the necessary work to catch up on deliberate ambition that is lost within today’s career landscape from LinkedIn to Workday.


Today, we're empowering ambitious high-performers to close the gap between where you are today and where you want to go through open source career tools. Through a combination of digital + in-person (URL + IRL), professionals are given the tools to turn reactive experiences into proactive strategy.


Through ongoing trusted relationships with you outside of your company, we help you find decision-making insights that you can leverage to navigate your day-to- day career moves intentionally. It’s time to force a paradigm shift for our career experience – shifting from reactive to proactive. Instead of adapting to change, we drive it.


React. Clarify. Leverage. Perpetual proactivity.

01 – today

We're building evolutionary solutions – aka tools that keep up with the changing workforce. We are doing the necessary work to catch up on deliberate ambition that is lost within today’s career landscape from LinkedIn to Workday.


Today, we're empowering ambitious high-performers to close the gap between where you are today and where you want to go through open source career tools. Through a combination of digital + in-person (URL + IRL), professionals are given the tools to turn reactive experiences into proactive strategy.


Through ongoing trusted relationships with you outside of your company, we help you find decision-making insights that you can leverage to navigate your day-to- day career moves intentionally. It’s time to force a paradigm shift for our career experience – shifting from reactive to proactive. Instead of adapting to change, we drive it.


React. Clarify. Leverage. Perpetual proactivity.

02 – next

02 – next

02 – next

If you're interested in accelerating our work or working with us to build the future of work, reach out – hey@the20.co

If you're interested in accelerating our work or working with us to build the future of work, reach out – hey@the20.co

If you're interested in accelerating our work or working with us to build the future of work, reach out – hey@the20.co

We never sell data. Ever. It's for professionals, by professionals. Anonymized and aggregated data are used for trend analysis and employer solutions – it can never be traced back to an individual.

We never sell data. Ever. It's for professionals, by professionals. Anonymized and aggregated data are used for trend analysis and employer solutions – it can never be traced back to an individual.

01.01 – the category

01.01 – the category

01.01 – the category

This new category, Career Insights + Resiliency (CIR), signals that thriving in today's work environment requires more than a polished resume—it demands a profound understanding of one's strengths, values, and aspirations, coupled with the ability to navigate these challenges with resilience and determination.


We are missing out on the massive data infrastructure that can unlock better workplaces, better workforces, equity in opportunity.

This new category, Career Insights + Resiliency (CIR), signals that thriving in today's work environment requires more than a polished resume—it demands a profound understanding of one's strengths, values, and aspirations, coupled with the ability to navigate these challenges with resilience and determination.


We are missing out on the massive data infrastructure that can unlock better workplaces, better workforces, equity in opportunity.

This new category, Career Insights + Resiliency (CIR), signals that thriving in today's work environment requires more than a polished resume—it demands a profound understanding of one's strengths, values, and aspirations, coupled with the ability to navigate these challenges with resilience and determination.


We are missing out on the massive data infrastructure that can unlock better workplaces, better workforces, equity in opportunity.

01.02 – emerging tech hubs

Emerging tech hubs are rapidly growing (100s moving into these cities per day) yet the only thing catching up in the ecosystem are rentable apartments. There are major gaps that 2020 made evident: the highly ambitious are going to move to the city that supports their well-rounded lifestyles.


To close the first major gap, we're creating 2.0 hubs/collectives to support these professionals.


Austin is 2.0's newest collective - Austin 2.0 is the third space for the highly ambitious to close the gap between where they are today and where they want to go. 


Charlotte 2.0 is the original collective. We operate digitally primarily (URL), with in-person (IRL) community.

01.02 – emerging tech hubs

Emerging tech hubs are rapidly growing (100s moving into these cities per day) yet the only thing catching up in the ecosystem are rentable apartments. There are major gaps that 2020 made evident: the highly ambitious are going to move to the city that supports their well-rounded lifestyles.


To close the first major gap, we're creating 2.0 hubs/collectives to support these professionals.


Austin is 2.0's newest collective - Austin 2.0 is the third space for the highly ambitious to close the gap between where they are today and where they want to go. 


Charlotte 2.0 is the original collective. We operate digitally primarily (URL), with in-person (IRL) community.

01.02 – emerging tech hubs

Emerging tech hubs are rapidly growing (100s moving into these cities per day) yet the only thing catching up in the ecosystem are rentable apartments. There are major gaps that 2020 made evident: the highly ambitious are going to move to the city that supports their well-rounded lifestyles.


To close the first major gap, we're creating 2.0 hubs/collectives to support these professionals.


Austin is 2.0's newest collective - Austin 2.0 is the third space for the highly ambitious to close the gap between where they are today and where they want to go. 


Charlotte 2.0 is the original collective. We operate digitally primarily (URL), with in-person (IRL) community.

00 – behind 2.0

Our team strives to have diversity in every form of the word – in experiences, backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, etc. This is crucial for us to stay at the core of our solutions. We specifically look for outliers in every facet, especially people leaders who have engineered creative solutions for their former teams despite resource restrictions. We hold data integrity and privacy to the highest standards, and we will always place deliberate ambition at the center of everything we build.


Our team operates non-traditionally where we encourage everyone to diversify their careers and continue the pursuit of a well-rounded career, whatever that may be.

00 – behind 2.0

Our team strives to have diversity in every form of the word – in experiences, backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, etc. This is crucial for us to stay at the core of our solutions. We specifically look for outliers in every facet, especially people leaders who have engineered creative solutions for their former teams despite resource restrictions. We hold data integrity and privacy to the highest standards, and we will always place deliberate ambition at the center of everything we build.


Our team operates non-traditionally where we encourage everyone to diversify their careers and continue the pursuit of a well-rounded career, whatever that may be.

00 – behind 2.0

Our team strives to have diversity in every form of the word – in experiences, backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, etc. This is crucial for us to stay at the core of our solutions. We specifically look for outliers in every facet, especially people leaders who have engineered creative solutions for their former teams despite resource restrictions. We hold data integrity and privacy to the highest standards, and we will always place deliberate ambition at the center of everything we build.


Our team operates non-traditionally where we encourage everyone to diversify their careers and continue the pursuit of a well-rounded career, whatever that may be.

00.01 – the origin

2.0 was founded by Lynn Luong, ecosystem builder in emerging tech hubs (née software engineer). Her work spans leading city-wide events/conferences, leading corporate innovation as one of the youngest execs, and building task force teams for startups. This type of work drew all types of ambitious professionals and led her to the work she's doing today in building practical, non-siloed ecosystems for ambitious humans to thrive – not just survive – all career long. She has a vested interest in increasing accessibility for underrepresented professionals within their career paths. She was awarded Top 10 Women in Business 2023 in Austin, Charlotte 30 under 30 in 2021, and Charlotte's Top Innovators of 2020.

00.01 – the origin

2.0 was founded by Lynn Luong, ecosystem builder in emerging tech hubs (née software engineer). Her work spans leading city-wide events/conferences, leading corporate innovation as one of the youngest execs, and building task force teams for startups. This type of work drew all types of ambitious professionals and led her to the work she's doing today in building practical, non-siloed ecosystems for ambitious humans to thrive – not just survive – all career long. She has a vested interest in increasing accessibility for underrepresented professionals within their career paths. She was awarded Top 10 Women in Business 2023 in Austin, Charlotte 30 under 30 in 2021, and Charlotte's Top Innovators of 2020.

00.01 – the origin

2.0 was founded by Lynn Luong, ecosystem builder in emerging tech hubs (née software engineer). Her work spans leading city-wide events/conferences, leading corporate innovation as one of the youngest execs, and building task force teams for startups. This type of work drew all types of ambitious professionals and led her to the work she's doing today in building practical, non-siloed ecosystems for ambitious humans to thrive – not just survive – all career long. She has a vested interest in increasing accessibility for underrepresented professionals within their career paths. She was awarded Top 10 Women in Business 2023 in Austin, Charlotte 30 under 30 in 2021, and Charlotte's Top Innovators of 2020.