Making money is easy. The world is large, many people, many problems, many possible solutions. What’s difficult is making money in a way you think is acceptable, involving skill and level of effort you’re happy to give, with all other strange biases and the way you are wired for. We overcomplicate things. Jobs are just…
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being queer has been natural and effortless for me as my sex, gender identity, and gender expression are conveniently aligned. this also means it’s easy for me to not “do” much queer. I’ve gotten away with doing the bare minimum. sometimes bare minimum is good enough but I know I can afford to make more…
Hey my friend! As you know, I am currently sharing my thoughts, observations, and experience as a woman who chose to have career in the Tech industry. Here’s part four, the last part! I have a dream The most common question you get asked being a woman in tech is “what’s your vision for this…
Hey my friend! As you know, I am currently sharing my thoughts, observations, and experience as a woman who chose to have career in the Tech industry. Here’s part three. So what do I need to do? One career tips I’m learning to get better at as a woman (applicable not only in Tech): learn…
Hey my friend! As you know, I am currently sharing my thoughts, observations, and experience as a woman who chose to have career in the Tech industry. Here’s part two. Mindset My favorite thing to say whenever I am asked about how to encourage more women to go into Tech is “Don’t be a woman…
Being in Tech, and being a woman, I’ve been asked a lot to share about my experience… as woman in Tech. I have to admit it is a slight nuisance because I consider my gender to be the least interesting aspect of my career. It’s not even that much interesting when paired with being in…
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Yesterday things got heated on one Jira ticket between an Account Manager (AM) and a Presales Engineer (PE). First a bit of a context. I lead and manage the Solutions Architecture team for a data acquisition and data engineering services firm. On a day to day basis, people…