KEY TAKEAWAYS from 5 Ways to Support Women in Your Tech Company If you want to support women in your tech company, create learning opportunities, hire women in leadership roles, offer flexible schedules, be conscious of the language you use and use women in technical positions. You’re probably well aware that women remain underrepresented in… READ MORE
We sure have come a long way with technology and now I’m going to show my age. Throughout my life my family and I have moved cross-country multiple times. Before social media the only thing I could do was call friends (with our brick phones) and write pen-pal letters that we’d ask our parents to snail… READ MORE
I have always defined myself heavily through my career. Through contributing to an organisation, a team and producing work I feel such a sense of accomplishment. There have been times I have doubted myself and my skills. And at some stages it has been more difficult to push forward believing in myself and leading the way… READ MORE
I’ve been asked how it is to be a woman in IT. From my point of view, many valuable posts about the women in tech already appeared in different channels from newspapers to interviews, blog posts and podcasts on the Internet. Frankly speaking, it took me a while to perceive what I can add to… READ MORE
This is just a story, about a girl, in Tech, but with a twist. And there’s wine, because no good story starts with a green salad. Born in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa in 1975, I spent most of my life trying my best not to stand out. I just wanted to be & feel… READ MORE
I started my career as a school drop out at the age of 18 as a result of personal circumstances. Because I had no diploma whatsoever my options for a job were limited to low paying menial jobs. So I started out as sunglasses polisher at a company that stocked the sunglasses displays at drugstores… READ MORE
Just 17% of employees in the UK Tech sector are women and I am one of them. Your first question is likely to be what does it feel like to work in such a male dominated sector? My honest answer is I don’t always notice I am a woman. I tend to think it’s just… READ MORE
I have a confession to make: I’m one of the fortunate ones. Not one time have I felt that my gender has been an issue at school or at work. I am a blonde young woman working in technology and IT. Yet have I never faced discrimination. Neither have I been left out, been laughed… READ MORE
