Thought Archives

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THE CAREER WOMAN

321 - WOMEN & TECH

• Code Like a Girl - Medium clustering of articles!

• Companies Drain Women’s Ambition after 2 Years [HBR]

• Why is Silicon Valley so Awful to Women? [The Atlantic]

• Countries with higher gender equality, less women in STEM - World Economic Forum article

• The Men Who Mentor Women [HBR]

• Project Include – organization women in STEM

• Career Contessa - great resource for Women in Tech

• Why do women bully each other at work? - The Atlantic

322 - BOOKS

• Lean In [Sheryl Sandberg]

• Presence [Amy Cuddy]

• Grit [Angela Duckworth]

• Playing Big [Tara Mohr]

323 - 50 Female CEOs and Founders you should know!

The tech industry is a sector dominated by men. You’ve probably heard about well-known tech giants like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg, but you might not know about the equally impressive female tech gurus. Research shows that almost 80% of students cannot name a single famous woman working in tech. To solve this problem, here’s a list! [Source]

1. Christine Spiten — Engineer and Co-Founder of Blueye Robotics

2. Melanie Perkins — CEO and Co-Founder of Canva

3. Marissa Mayer — IT Executive and Co-Founder of Lumi Labs

4. Charity Wanjiku — Co-Founder of Strauss Energy Ltd

5. Pauline van Dongen — Tech Fashion Designer at Pauline van Dongen Studio

6. Anita Schøll Brede — CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.AI

7. Patricia Scanlon — CEO and Co-Founder of SoapBox Labs

8. Helena Samsioe — CEO and Founder of GLOBHE Drones

9. Tammarrian Rogers — Director of Engineering at Snap Inc.

10. Tal Rabin — Head of Cryptography Research Group at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center

11. Maru Nihoniho — Founder and Managing Director of Metia Interactive

12. Funke Opeke — CEO and Founder of MainOne Cable Company

13. Neha Narkhede — Co-Founder of Confluent

14. Katie Moussouris — CEO and Founder of Luta Security

15. Komal Mangtani — Senior Director and Head of Engineering and Business Intelligence at Uber

16. Jean Liu — President of Didi Chuxing

17. Carol Shaw — First Female Game Designer and Programmer

18. Megan Smith — CEO of shift7, Creator of TechHire

19. Leanne Kemp — Founder and CEO of Everledger

20. Christy Wyatt — CEO of Absolute

21. Marita Cheng — CEO and Founder of Aubot

22. Susan Wojcicki — CEO of YouTube

23. Jules Coleman — Co-Founder and Owner of Resi

24. Jade le Maitre — Technical Director and Co-Founder of Hease Robotics

25. Karen Dolva — CEO and Co-Founder of No Isolation

26. Eileen Burbidge — Co-Founder of Passion Capital

27. Elina Berglund — CEO and Co-Founder of Natural Cycles

28. Ginni Rometty — Chairman, President and CEO at IBM

29. Ursula Burns — CEO at VEON, Senior Advisor at Teneo and Non-Executive Director of Diageo

30. Angela Ahrendts — Senior Vice President at Apple

31. Meg Whitman — CEO of Quibi, Board Member at Dropbox

32. Safra Catz — CEO of Oracle Corporation

33. Anne Wojcicki — CEO and Co-Founder of 23andme

34. Whitney Wolfe Herd — Founder and CEO of Bumble

35. Julia Hartz — CEO of Eventbrite

36. Stacy Brown-Philpot — CEO of TaskRabbit, Board Member at HP Inc. and Nordstrom

37. Kathryn Parsons — Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Decoded

38. Sheryl Sandberg — COO of Facebook

39. Jackie Hunter — CEO of BenevolentBio

40. Amy Hood — CFO of Microsoft

41. Hooi Ling Tan — Co-Founder and COO of Grab

42. Lucy Peng — Co-Founder of Alibaba

43. Lexi Reese — COO of Gusto

44. Sara Klemens — COO at Twitch

45. Francoise Brougher — COO at Pinterest

46. Lisa Su — CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

47. Brie Code — CEO and Creative Director at TRU LUV

48. Stephanie Harvey — Ubisoft Game Developer

49. Belinda Johnson — Former COO at Airbnb

50. Ruth Porat – CFO and SVP of Alphabet

330
NETWORKING & “LOOKING”

331 - MENTORSHIP / NETWORKING

I like to think of “mentors” just as “professional friends.” They are people you trust, people you can share good/tough times with. You don’t need to have an agenda or to “get anything out of them” – it’s just another 2-way relationship where you help each other out. As a practice, you should maintain them like friends. Meeting up regularly, checking in on them, and catching up – not just reaching out in the eleventh hour when you need a favor. That’s my philosophy at least.

• You Had Me at Hello World  [Dona Sarkar]
  Mentoring Sessions with Industry Leaders at Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Zynga and more!

• 10 Tips for Coffee Meetings [Behance]
  Be clear on goals, show up on time, follow up, offer value in return

• “You’re probably doing email intros wrong” [Quartz]
  Do the double-opt in intro!

332 - INTERVIEWING

• 50 Most Common Interview Questions [Forbes]