Reading Time: 3 minutes “If you are coming from a non-tech background, remember that you bring unique strengths and diversity to a tech job, and that those experiences make you even more valuable.” How do you stay passionate in your career? I love solving problems and finding … Continue reading91. Lindsay Silver- Girl Develop It PGH Organizer & Web Developer
Reading Time: 3 minutes “If I ever need to google ‘how to stay passionate in your career,’ it’s time to stop whatever I’m doing.” Tell us a little bit about what a typical day looks like for you. I have 2 young boys that wake up around … Continue reading92. Erica Peterson- Founder & CEO of Moms Can: CODE & Science Tots
Reading Time: 7 minutes “I believe in both women and men empowering women, and I look to mentor younger women when I can. I enjoy walking alongside my mentees in their journeys, passing along some of the wisdom and knowledge I’ve gleaned from my mentors, as well as sharing … Continue reading93. Christine Law- Lead User Experience Analyst
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Through my research and performance of live coding I hope to initiate conversation about developer transparency. Its important to advocate for developer transparency because right now technologists make decisions about our lives completely unnoticed, and if its only cis hetero white men making these decisions … Continue reading94. Char Stiles- Digital Artist/Activist and VJ
Reading Time: 3 minutes “When I find out that I’m not getting paid as much as men doing the same work I do, I leave – I know my value. When I see opportunities to pull women up behind me – I do.” Tell us a little bit about … Continue reading95. Courtney Ehrlichman- RoadBotics Co-Founder, Principal
Reading Time: 3 minutes “In May I had the amazing opportunity to get on stage in front of 2,000 of my company’s leaders in Orlando and share with them my story and experiences with joining TEKsystems. I was extremely grateful for the opportunity to attend our national meeting since … Continue reading96. Neena Zona – Digital and Creative Recruiter
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Be bold, know what you want to do and tell everyone” Tell us a little bit about what a typical day looks like for you. My days are a combination of strategy meetings and operational meetings. I am very hands on with all departments. … Continue reading97. Deidre Diamond- CyberSN & brainbabe Founder and CEO
Reading Time: 3 minutes “The past year has been so good to me! Being featured in content by Vice UK, Forbes Capital One, The New Yorker, BBC and making the cover of Pittsburgh City Paper plus accepting a Senior job position at my current company has been so … Continue reading98. Lilliana Dee – Sr Security Awareness Marketing Specialist & YouTube Creator
Reading Time: 6 minutes “I just do good work, vocalize my opinions often and loudly, stay kind to my coworkers and hope that my presence in the tech industry is a positive one that will encourage the assimilation of more minorities!” Tell us a little bit about what … Continue reading99. Alicia Iott – Game Developer