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no more excuses
5. February 2012 by justdanika.
My mom, in her mid-30s, left her associate CPA job to, with a partner, to start her own public accounting firm.
“You know Danika, because I was good, I wasn’t discriminated against.”
Reading a recent NY times article, it refers to Sheryl Sandberg talking about women in tech:
“Specifically, how women, in her view, must take responsibility for their careers and not blame men for holding them back.”
If you are good, and you truly believe that, then you are the only one who can create the career you want. It isn’t going to just happen to you.
Women succeed in unique ways because of some
Natural Characteristics:
- We can appear/be more approachable
- We create stronger, more personal networks
- We bring unique experiences to a conversation
- When we do well, we are more memorable because we are women
Based on the powerful women I have interacted with, these are the other
Characteristics to Master:
- Be Confident
- Speak-up without Fear or Reason
- Share Relevant, Concise Stories
- Be Action-Oriented
- Be Willing to Bring-it in an Intense Conversation
Combining our natural characteristics with the strong skill sets needed to get ahead, there are no more excuses.
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thank god for geeks…
22. July 2011 by justdanika.
When you live, work and connect with the geeks of silicon valley you have to get excited that they actually think that talking about the finer points of open source cloud computing is great lunch conversation. I engage in the discussion about which key value storage is appropriate for rich health data and though it might be nice to know about if they have kids or what their life is like, I am thankful that these geeks are having this conversation.
Note that these aren’t boring discussions about bits and bytes; they are conversations about the future of technology and how it is going to shape society. The choices these geeks make are going to shape connected home, mobile health care and the ability of new technologies to reach your hands. They are the ones making the decisions that can enable your experiences.
As consumers, we only really notice the end experience we get on our phones or computers. We don’t think about the fine design decisions going into what software is running on their cloud, choices they made on storage and what standards they used to reduced latency (lag) in your experience.
I’m proud to be here, as an engineer, as a designer, as a geek who is working with people who love technology so much that they will really dive into the little differences in cloud technologies over their lunch-time break to ensure that they are well informed to make the decision to give you the best experience technology can offer.
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