How to Build and Grow Your Career in Engineering
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Engineering is the most male-dominated field in STEM. With women making up only 14% of the engineering workforce, the challenges that they face are unique and can make navigating professional...
Engineering is the most male-dominated field in STEM. With women making up only 14% of the engineering workforce, the challenges that they face are unique and can make navigating professional growth difficult.
With all of the difficulties that they face, how can you build and grow your career as a woman in engineering?
Join us as Shaila Vasudev, Director of Quality Engineering at Netskope, shares approaches you can take to move forward in your engineering career. She’ll also reveal her key to being successful in an engineering role.
In this chat, you’ll learn:
- The pivotal role of mentorship in career development
- The importance of giving and receiving feedback
- What soft skills are useful to be successful as an engineer
- Role of continuous learning to stay ahead of the technical curve
Meet The Speaker
Shaila Vasudev has held many technical and people leadership roles in engineering. She currently serves as the Director in Quality Engineering and also as the Technical Architect for special projects at Netskope. She is passionate about building and bringing excellent products to the marketplace and about women in engineering.
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By: TaoPosted on 2021-08-18 -
How can I make career transition efficiently from finance to tech
By: Serap, Financial analystPosted on 2021-08-17 -
Good Afternoon , As a mother of 2 wonderful daughters, I'm working in medical field then i stop ped working 6months do to Covid issues then i realize i need a change of career then i start...
By: BeverleyPosted on 2021-08-17 -
Please share a specific example of a difficulty you faced, strategies you employed, and how you evaluated the outcomes
By: Emily, Big Data Data ScientistPosted on 2021-08-17 -
Keeping up with new technologies has been a challenge, as a women who is starting a family. How are you all able to get on top of new technologies?
By: Girisha, QA EngineerPosted on 2021-08-16 -
I'm an SDET right now, while I love what I do I want to move away from programming to more organizing (like project manager) and management (like QA manager) position. How can I smoothly make that...
By: Pahuni, SDETPosted on 2021-08-16 -
When do we know we stayed too long in a position?
By: Adriana, Machine Learnin EngineerPosted on 2021-08-16 -
How do I find a good mentor?
By: Emily, Software EngineerPosted on 2021-08-16 -
Some of the work I have done has been called "software engineering." My sister the mechanical engineer says that if physical materials aren't involved, it isn't real engineering. Do you include...
By: Patricia, Automation EngineerPosted on 2021-08-16 -
My main piece of feedback on my soft skills year after year is that I “lack confidence”. How do I address it once and for all?
By: Angela, Fullstack DeveloperPosted on 2021-08-16 -
This is a wonderful opportunity
By: Shubham, ASSISTANTPosted on 2021-08-16 -
How to break into tech after a bootcamp ?
By: Divya, Full stack developerPosted on 2021-08-16 -
This is a great topic. I can't wait to participate. Thank you.
By: Frederick, Event Management ConsultantPosted on 2021-08-16 -
I see some of my friends moving from a senior Engineer to a QA automation engineer role and becoming an Engineer Manager. For a women, is that an alternate path to enter into a management role?
By: Hema, Fullstack DeveloperPosted on 2021-08-12 -
What is the definition of career growth? And how to achieve it per this definition?
By: Riham, Configuration managerPosted on 2021-08-12 -
How does one figure out what they enjoy or should pursue within engineering while working full time? There seems to be so much and tech is ever changing how do I know where best to invest my...
By: Erica, Associate ServiceNow DeveloperPosted on 2021-08-12 -
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By: Amruta, Fullstack DeveloperPosted on 2021-08-12 -
What was your motivation in pursuing this type of line of work?
By: Reina, Fundraising and CommunicationsPosted on 2021-08-12 -
How to find a mentor or mentors who can help in career growth. Any reference of people you know I can reach out to?
By: Sharmistha, Software Engineering ManagerPosted on 2021-08-12 -
I'm hoping there'll be time at the end to take what is taught about women breaking the glass ceiling and applying it to those of us who are 50+ who are (so far unsuccessfully) trying to break into...
By: Steven, Software developerPosted on 2021-08-12 -
How has the journey been so far as a female in tech?
By: Omotolani, Full Stack EngineerPosted on 2021-08-12 -
How to deliberately seek mentors and sponsors who would advocate for me in my absence?
By: Pooja, Documentation EngeneerPosted on 2021-08-09 -
learning options is a big one but it all sounds good
By: BradPosted on 2021-07-09
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