Category: women in tech
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Tech jobs: Get your ass in the door
Getting a job in tech when you aren’t a developer or computer science graduate takes the strongest parts of yourself. If you have passion, curiosity and determination, you can get a job in tech. Be willing to admit when you don’t know something. You may not have the technical skills today, but you’ve got something […]
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What we talk about when we talk about tech jobs.
I stopped reading main stream news articles about the lack of women in technology. I care deeply about the gender gap in tech, but I don’t need to read the article to know what they’ll report. Lots of women go to college, not enough get computer science degrees, even fewer get jobs and stick with […]
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I am a Diversity Candidate
I am a Hispanic woman without a college education. I lived in poverty, as defined by the US Census Bureau, until I was 19 years old. Regardless of where I’m at today, my income or the opportunities I’m now awarded, I will always be a Diversity Candidate. I will spare you (today!) the stories about […]