

My career path into the tech world is non-traditional and that's helped teach me different...
My career path into the tech world is non-traditional and that's helped teach me different skills along the way. In different opportunities throughout my career, I have felt that being a young woman in the tech space left me at a disadvantage. In other opportunities I had seen the discrimination that women face in this industry. Through those previous experiences, I have been able to understand what is important to me in leading others and working with senior leaders, particularly men.
In this chat, I want you to walk away with:
Ways to communicate with male senior leaders who I don't agree with their ideas and work ethics.
What are some ways that we can offer colleagues constructive feedback without sounding negative or judgemental?
Would like to get some tips of gaining respect from the senior peers in the project.
How do you begin a healthy feedback culture within yourself?
I am a transplant from another country in Southern USA. Socially or as co-workers women I've observed often pick up the habit of smiling and laughing a lot during conversations. I picked up this...
Just looking for tips on handling older male colleagues in leadership positions that seem to think they’re my dad! ;)
I work at a small company and when I do have issues there is no one I can speak with it’s frustrating? This tends to build up as does the stress.
How can i control my anger at job?And i know my manager lying infornt of me so how can i control anger.. how can i ignore their fake statements??
How do you deal with an upset/hurt coworker or manager after you politely rejected their advances to date or flirtatious actions? Especially with dealing with them avoiding you or snide remarks or...
How can you come across as assertive without sounding aggressive?
Have you had any mentors that have supported you in your career as a woman in tech? What is your advice for seeking out mentors?
Is having a family/kids still Taboo for women to mention during job interviews?
How do you balance preparation and improvisation in meetings with senior leaders?
What type of background and experience is DigitalOcean looking for?
How do you manage different personality types ---in men?
I've had a situation where a senior male colleague asked me a question and I gave him a clear answer, then he turned to a guy in the same position as me and asked the same question, he returned...
As an introvert, I try to be more outspoken, but it usually doesn't feel natural. What are some good metrics to keep track of, so that my perception is based on both logic and emotions?
What is like working with a group talented senior engineers or experts?
What's the most unfair answer you've received from a senior leader? How do you overcome that situation?
What is the best way to set work-life boundaries with male colleagues regardless of if you have children or not?
How do I deal with older male colleagues who insist that there are "real coders" (ones who went to college for it, use Linux, have been hacking since childhood, is some kind of open source hax0r,...
How do you deal with mansplaining?
How much of how you are perceived by Sr. leaders is actually in your control? What can you do to have more influence?
what is motivation for long career?
How to gain more technical insights
Would you recommend working with voice or acting coaches? I’m wondering who I can work with for real-time coaching on the way I present myself.
How do we also curb female colleagues from falling into peer pressure of male colleagues' biases or inappropriate behaviours and instead work to have each others' back and uplift one another in...
How to we get more males to uncover their bias or their feelings?
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