Trascendiendo Obstáculos: La Historia Inspiradora de una Tecnóloga
Que una mujer estudie una carrera STEM en un municipio y que sea de origen indígena es una locura. Son varios los retos que sobrepasé, desde ser una de las pocas mujeres en la carrera, hasta escuchar comentarios como: “¿Saben cuánto tiempo va aguantar?”, “Esta carrera no es para mujeres”, “Las mujeres no saben programar”, entre otros. Sin embargo, siempre recordaba que yo nací para triunfar, omitía esos comentarios y cada día me esforzaba más a tal punto de que me mantenía en el promedio de los mejores estudiantes.
Getting Real About DEI in Tech: Why We Need Women Who Code More Now than Ever
The report reveals a staggering 18% decrease in leaders’ endorsement of their company’s DEI efforts over the past two years. Moreover, the number of companies lacking DEI programs has risen from 15% in 2020 to 20%. This decline not only erodes trust in corporate inclusion efforts but also exacerbates disparities, particularly among senior leaders, where women and minority ethnic and racial backgrounds are significantly more likely to contemplate switching companies to advance their careers. Or they may leave the tech industry altogether.
Navigating Intersectionality in the Workplace as a Neurodivergent Black Woman and Parent
Uncovering my neurodivergence and navigating a world, especially workplaces not designed to accommodate people with disabilities, has made for a highly complex life experience. Now, taking into account that I am also a Black, queer woman often makes my everyday life feel like a maze of obstacles. The daily reality for those of us living at the intersection of marginalized identities, for me, Black, queer, autistic, and diagnosed with generalized and social anxiety, results in having to navigate persistent racism, ableism, and sexism, an experience that is often overlooked by those who do not share these identities.
Talks Tech #62: From Medical Laboratory to Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Executive
And so I implore you to seek out resources even if you think you will need more time to make a career change. Maybe it’s this program I mentioned at Fred Hutch that’s a fit for you. There are also online courses through Johns Hopkins University through Coursera that you could take. And, of course, you can always reach out to someone who is in this field and ask them questions about what it means to perform their job and what skills or programming or even just books you should be reading about this field and this topic, if it’s something that you want to get involved in. So with that, we’ve gone over several aspects in terms of the future and the past of this field and how anyone who has these skills or is seeking out these skills can make an impact.
Innovation and Impact: U.S. Digital Service through the Lens of Women Technologists | Jennifer Kramer, Digital Services Expert
Find mentors, and put in the time to be a good mentee. Their job isn’t to tell you what you need to know, your job is to figure out the right question they can answer or the right favor they can give. Treat them more like a doctor than a coach. Figure out what you have a passion for, or if you don’t have a passion for any of it and just want a good career. Tech is huge, you don’t have to chase the thing that everyone else is running after (*cough* AI *cough*). If you love organizing things and creating perfect little boxes for them, maybe you should look at infrastructure or compliance. If you want to build web applications, learn about the thing under what you already understand, like how HTTP works, how networking functions, or how multicast works. Forcing yourself to study what you think you should can be an exercise in frustration, but following your curiosity into a place you didn’t know existed can be a delight. Be pragmatic but avoid cynicism, especially if you find it growing in yourself. Life is too short to sit around doing work you hate.
Innovation and Impact: U.S. Digital Service through the Lens of Women Technologists | Kate Green, Software Engineer Leader
As for my budding civic technologists, the first thing to remember about anything you’re passionate about is that you care a lot. And that’s good, but you must also remember to take care of yourself. Set your boundaries, and if you feel yourself hustling to prove yourself to people, examine the situation and see if it’s healthy. Anytime you combine a precise art like writing code with caring deeply about the work, you will get close to burnout at some point. Understand what helps you to avoid burnout. We need you here, but we also need you to be healthy and capable.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders Women Equal Pay Day 2024
Despite this fact, data from the 2022 Census shares that AANHPI women working full time are making 94 cents for evey one dollar paid to their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts. The disparity grows further to 80 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic males when you account for part-time, part-year, contracted, or freelance workers. A statistical truth that shouldn’t be.
Career Nav: Networking Toolkit
No matter where you are in your career, there is someone who can benefit from your advice and experience. During one of my previous job searches, I felt burnt out from networking until one of my connections asked me if I’d be willing to speak about my experiences to her 18-year-old cousin. Giving back this way was an affirming experience, nurtured my professional connection, and reframed my experience as a strength.
Conversations #102: Jackie Brosamer, Head of Data and Machine Learning Platform Engineering at Block
When I think about culture, first is people and building up teams through hiring and organization so that everyone is in a place where they contribute the most they can to the group. A big piece of that is diversity. Diversity has a lot more dimensions than we often talk about. There are all the protected classes that we always put a lot of focus on when we’re reporting on diversity. When I’m hiring, I think more holistically than that and think about not just someone’s demographics but what is their background. Also, make sure that we have a balance of expertise. All of these things are really important balances. I also spend a lot of time coaching. Especially now that we’ve moved into a remote environment, making sure that everyone’s aligned on the big-picture vision and the architecture is very important. It’s really important for everyone to understand where we’re going.
Celebrating Women’s History Month: 5 Minutes with a Tech Exec | Jenny Lam, Senior Vice President
Authenticity remains a cornerstone challenge on Jenny’s journey to executive leadership. She acknowledges the pressure to assimilate and blend in, especially when one stands out in their field. “It’s easy to wanna fit in and blend in, but I think the power of being your authentic self provides that diversity and a unique point of view that technology really needs,” she said.