Career
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Walking The Line
→: Walking The LineI’ve been thinking, and worrying, and talking with other women about the how hard it can be to walk the line between being a bitch, and being a pushover, for a long time. It took me a long time to realise, that this line isn’t just a line we walk because it is there, isn’t…
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Book: The Male Factor
→: Book: The Male FactorThis book – The Male Factor: The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions, and Secret Beliefs of Men in the Workplace (Amazon) has to be one of the most depressing books I have ever read. Sometimes, surrounded by men, I think that I don’t understand the rules of the game that is on. Having read this book, and had…
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5 Tips When Applying to Opportunities For Women in STEM
→: 5 Tips When Applying to Opportunities For Women in STEMI’ve now reviewed a bunch of applications, for a number of different events. I’ve run the sessions that come afterwards deciding on who gets what, and as a result there are some mistakes that I’ve seen over and over again. I’m sure some women get rejected when they have a lot to offer, and part…
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The Pipeline is a Bullshit Argument, and Other Rants
→: The Pipeline is a Bullshit Argument, and Other RantsThe latest comments are from a guy who runs a startup incubator, but next week it will be someone else. Men, so many men, would like to explain why there are no women in the tech industry, and how it is not, actually, their fault, and there is nothing they can do, so can we…
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Emotional Women Have Context
→: Emotional Women Have ContextDo you remember the thing at Pycon, earlier this year? I’m not going to write specifically what, because I don’t want to linkbait. But if you are on Twitter and follow any technical women… I’m sure you saw it. It seemed like in the end, the consensus on the Internet (which I do not agree…
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3 Things I Learned on my Burnout Break
→: 3 Things I Learned on my Burnout BreakI can live with less internet. Note – this is no no internet (although I survived my 6 days in NK), but less. Most of the time when traveling I’ve had some connection, but there has usually been a limit. Maybe it’s not on my primary (favorite) phone, or it’s really slow/intermittent (Bali! Portugal), or…
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The Disillusionment of the Early Career Engineer
→: The Disillusionment of the Early Career EngineerYou’re brilliant! You have so many options! You graduate, start work… and now you’re at the bottom of the food chain. There’s a game on, and from what you understand of it, you’re not sure you want to play. Sometimes people ask me for advice. I have no idea why; I’m not sure what I’m…
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GHC: Leadership Workshop with Patty Azzarello
→: GHC: Leadership Workshop with Patty AzzarelloI was interested in this workshop, because I had read Azzarello’s book, Rise: How to Be Really Successful and Like Your Life. “Your job description is not a life sentence.” “You have more control than you think.” These quotes set the stage for a really helpful presentation about how we see our jobs, and how…
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Success Metrics for Being Lost
→: Success Metrics for Being LostFor the last week I’ve been thinking that I should post some kind of “this is how my break is going!” update. OK, more than the last week, I had some thought of doing one every week but the poor internet in Bali was a handy excuse to scratch that. But I’ve struggled to have…