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…
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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…
This HBR article is full of practical gems on what to do to survive being put on the spot in a meeting. One I’d like to highlight today is this part about practicing set responses. It’s helpful to have certain types of responses prepared. The following phrases and questions can help you when you’re put…
What comes into your mind by the time someone says “I’d like share some feedback with you”? Feedback gets so much negative connotation but we often forget that it can really mean both positive (appreciation) and negative (identification of issues). Phrases Hi Folks. X smashed a call with [client] outta the park today. Massive High…
People are hardwired to want to do things on their own and be independent-minded, Asking for help often makes people feel uneasy because it requires surrendering control to someone else. We don’t want to be ashamed of our situation, or come across as incompetent, so we work really hard to make sure people don’t see…
What does “managing up” mean? It means managing your manager. It means developing a healthy and productive relationship with your boss. When we talk about management, we usually refer to managing down. In reality, not everyone manages a team but everyone reports to someone. Even the CEO reports to customers and shareholders. This means managing…
You don’t need to learn any other thing about productivity. I promise. Identify your Most Important Task(s) for that day. Have maximum of 2, that require at most 6 hours of deep work. Do those first. Two reasons: 1) Everything else will seem so easy after that and 2) Even if you failed to do…
Google Mail – When you need to search something but don’t want to get distracted by your inbox: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/{keyword to search for} Google forms – /viewform to fill in – /viewanalytics to see responses – /edit Google sheet – /copy – /export?format=[one_of_the_option_below] possible formats: xlsx|csv|tsv|pdf|zip|ods Google docs – Go to https://docs.new to create a new…