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Sponsors, Mentors and Allies
→: Sponsors, Mentors and AlliesI don’t think we talk enough about sponsors in general, whereas at every woman in tech event, oh, another mentoring opportunity. I’m all set for mentors, and have enough women who I offer support too that I can’t actively look for more. They are super helpful, but as I observed to the fabulous Jo Miller recently,…
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The Bubble in The Swamp
→: The Bubble in The SwampI watched the GitHub fallout the other week, and was particularly stuck by this tweet, apologising for defending the culture to feminists. Don’t we all do that? Say that where we are is fine, but there are these general problems. I think there are two main reasons for that. 1) It’s politically infeasible not to,…
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Why Are We Still Geeks – Panel at GHC
→: Why Are We Still Geeks – Panel at GHCMarie Klawe Been worried about image in the media for 20 years. Been working on it, but no progress. But “if you don’t even try, you definitely won’t succeed”. Had many failures, but getting closer to success. There used to be very few female lawyers and doctors, now it’s 50%. Still not reaching power –…
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Advancing Your Career With Leadership Presence, GHC 2013
→: Advancing Your Career With Leadership Presence, GHC 2013Workshop by Pat Kirkland. Panel of CEOs, woman waited 17 minutes for the first laugh. She has to work hard to show she can do the job, men know they have arrived. Presence is the social power granted to you by virtue of how you show up. Leaders are always looking for leaders. Confident. Capable.…
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Crisis of Conscience
→: Crisis of ConscienceAt some point, my doubts about whether it was the Right thing to do, to encourage high school girls to go into Computer Science crystallised, and I accepted – I just cannot do it anymore. I cannot tell them that it is a good idea, that they will be treated well, that there are plentiful…
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Valerie Taylor – Keynote at GHC 2013
→: Valerie Taylor – Keynote at GHC 2013Starts with comment that the 1994 GHC had 600 attendees, it’s wonderful to see it at 4800. Visited Anita Borg because of research, talked about GHC. Talked about under-represented groups. First Systers of colour. 10-15 women talking about Systers of colour. First GHC was the first conference that was technical, but at the end of…
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Megan Smith on Moonshoots at GHC 2013
→: Megan Smith on Moonshoots at GHC 2013Note: I had a hard time taking notes on this talk because Megan speaks really fast, and jumps around a lot. Her joy and excitement for technology was so apparent – there is no way I can capture that. You can watch the video here. Megan starts with a video – we are a species…
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Brenda Chapman at GHC 2013
→: Brenda Chapman at GHC 2013This talk – by the woman behind Brave (Amazon) was absolutely on of my favourite ever GHC talks. Warm, and funny, and inspiring. Talked about some difficult things, but overall positive. Scared to come to GHC, because she’s a technological dinosaur. Pixar was full of smart people, but kids. She was in the kids group.…
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So, You Finally Have a Woman on Your Team?
→: So, You Finally Have a Woman on Your Team?Some unsolicited thoughts (OK, advice) for managers who finally have a woman reporting to them. 1. Meaningful Projects None of us got into the tech industry for the casual misogyny and the rampant sexual harassment, and we don’t go into work excited for the possibility of someone mistaking us for the help. Same as the…