Being the “only” in the room can be distressing. Whether you’re the only woman, the only non-binary person, the only native Spanish speaker, the only Black person, the only man, or the only one over 40, being the only can create feelings of isolation and exhaustion — eventually taking a steep psychological toll.
But we’ve got promising news. One doesn’t have to be the loneliest number.
Susanne Kaufmann, Director of Software Engineering, and Joanna Vargas, Design Program Manager at Dropbox, will join us for a live Q&A to share their experiences navigating the tech industry as onlies. They’ll get real about how they piloted tough times and remained motivated by creating space for themselves and the next ones in line.
We’ll discuss:
Director of Engineering, Dropbox
Susanne has led teams that shaped the developer experience, managed a year-long data center move with zero disruptions, created experiences for their largest Enterprise customers, and bootstrapped the creation of their 0 -1 products — over four years as a senior leader at Dropbox.
In her current role as Director of Engineering, she is responsible for delivering the next great version of their Desktop product used by the vast majority of their customers daily to get their most important work done.
Community Design Program Manager, Dropbox
As the Community Design Program Manager at Dropbox, Joanna owns strategic community programs supporting design as a craft and operations as a discipline.
She’s at her best when solving creative problems and cracking jokes. Her role is dedicated to building joy, connection, and belonging for the wider team of 200+ researchers, product, brand, and content designers.
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