May 19: Women in Tech Weekly Issue 59
Happy Tuesday, wonderful people, I hope you’re staying healthy and safe! Here’s another issue of Women in Tech Weekly with lots of things to celebrate and resources to consume 🥰
Don’t forget to share your story for the next one. Make sure to check out the submission form at the bottom of the post 🙂
Featured Woman 👩💻
Stephanie and Chingonas in Tech
I’m so in love with this girl and her energy! Every time I talk to Stephanie I get a boost of confidence because she is such a badass that it’s contagious. This girl means business: from her career in cybersecurity to empowering minorities in tech to be unapologetically themselves!
Celebrations 🥂🎉
Nikki started a coding account on Instagram!
In her own words:
“Started an Instagram account for coding to share my knowledge in tech and inspire other women who want to get their hands dirty in tech. Been a programmer since I was 16!”
A post shared by 𝙽𝚒𝚔𝚔𝚒 👩🏽💻 𝚂𝚃𝙴𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝 (@codewithnikki) on Apr 25, 2020 at 7:43pm PDT
Sundas was invited to give a talk at UCLA!
In her own words:
“I was invited to give a talk at the University of California, Los Angeles on embracing failure. It was a big achievement for me to be invited to such a prestigious university. Luckily the talk was recorded.”
A post shared by Sundas | Breaking Stereotypes (@sundaskhalidd) on May 13, 2020 at 8:11am PDT
Neha launched the Women Decode STEM podcast!
In her own words:
“Women Decode STEM is a weekly podcast where women from different fields share mentoring and career advice and how to close the gender gap. You can subscribe to it on all podcasting platforms now!”
A post shared by Neha | STEMinist (@womendecode) on May 4, 2020 at 7:56am PDT
Natasha started a cooking blog!
In her own words:
“During the quarantine, I’ve been cooking a lot, of course. I’ve been documenting some of my cooking moments and recipes on my new blog :)”
https://www.instagram.com/p/CANbYrYJgs-/
Savanah moved from a program management position into engineering 11 months ago!
In her own words:
“This has been such an incredible process. Breaking into engineering without a full engineering degree is a long road but ultimately it has been the most rewarding thing I’ve done. I have found support from mentors both men and women who trust me and push me to make technical contributions and problem-solve daily.”
A post shared by Info security + data privacy (@savsfrisk) on May 12, 2020 at 12:09pm PDT
Alison graduated from her Masters in Cybersecurity!
Congratulations Alison!! I know this has been a windy and challenging road, but you’re finally on the other side of it! Very proud of you and very excited to see what you do with this degree ❤️
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOfRROgb9S/
Tierra had a virtual commencement ceremony!
Congratulations, Tierra! It sounds like this ceremony wasn’t ideal but on a bright side, you get to celebrate your degree a lot! And in the meantime, you can get out there and have a real impact in this world because you’re an absolute badass! 🥰
A post shared by Tierra 👩🏾💻 Design && Code (@tierrabyte) on May 15, 2020 at 8:01am PDT
Resources 👩💻
Sundas says:
“The road to success is rarely smooth. To be successful, we need to be able to deal with and embrace failure. Learn how to become risk-averse and hear some tips on how to embrace failure.”
Web Security Academy by PortSwigger – shared by Savanah
Savanah says:
“This is a free, lab-based site that takes you through core web application security concepts. It has been one of the main ways I brush up on topics and practice things I’m unfamiliar with!”
Changing Careers and Getting into Tech – Experience of 3 Self-Taught Programmers – created and shared by me 🙂
Are you thinking about making the transition into the tech industry? If you are, I’m sure you have a ton of questions about the process: about what you should learn and about where do you even start? So I’ve interviewed three brilliant self-taught programmers on the topic!
10 Self Love Habits that Changed My Life – created and shared by me 🙂
Self-love is about knowing and accepting yourself as you are – and striving for things that will uplift you and benefit you long-term. It’s not about right now, it’s about the bigger picture. It’s about building a loving and trusting relationship with yourself.
Over the last few years, I’ve built some life-changing self-love habits and I want to share them with you so that you can also do the same!
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Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below and if you’d like to share something for next week’s issue, here’s the submission form!! Bookmark that and add anything you’d like to share in there 🙂
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