The Women Who Code Podcast: Recent Episodes
Women Who Code
Women Who Code’s mission is to inspire diverse women to excel in technology careers. In this podcast, we talk with technology leaders from around the world about their journies in the industry, their love of technology, trending innovations, the future of work, and ways that we can improve diversity, equality, and inclusion.
Archana Vaidheeswaran, Data Product Manager at Women Who Code, interviews Bhavya Batra, Chief of Strategy at The Phoenix Guild and 2022 Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code. They discuss driving pieces of Bhavya’s tech journey from the fascination of corporate culture to the lack of resources for certain areas of tech. Bhavya also shares her experiences as a leadership fellow.
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-48-exploring-emerging-technologies-and-building-them-with-limited-resources Video: https://youtu.be/TMOM10FAYvs
Guest: Bhavya Batra, Chief of Strategy at The Phoenix Guild and 2022 Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavyabatra-/?originalSubdomain=in Host: Archana Vaidheeswaran, Data Product Manager at Women Who Code https://www.linkedin.com/in/archana-iyer/
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer at WWCode https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-lewitin/
Episode: www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-62-gaming-ai-and-excelling-as-a-black-woman-leader-in-a-male-dominated-industry Video: https://youtu.be/D2u7p6oY1bU
Guest: Anika Howard, President and CEO at Wondr Nation https://www.wondrnation.com/about/anika-howard https://www.linkedin.com/in/anikahoward
Host: Natalia Daies, Senior Director of Communications and Marketing at Women Who Code https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalia-daies-8b2260165/
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, WWCode https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-lewitin/
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-87-web-accessibility/ Video: https://youtu.be/n7OGiL8OEto Guest: Eeva-Jonna Panula, Senior Android Developer and Accessibility Specialist at Oura
Guest: Carolina Pinto, UX Experience Designer at Candy Crystal
Producer: Kimberly Jacobs, Senior Communications Manager, WWCode
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuDUE_-iDnw
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-48-journey-into-fullstack-apps-with-graphql-react/
Guest: Nancy Crandall, Digital Dev Engineer III at CVS Health
Neha Singh, Customer Success Manager at Palo Alto Networks
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_K-cq94jHY
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-60-empowering-women-in-cybersecurity-journey-of-customer-success-managers/
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-86-christine-blythe-head-business-advisory-technology-block/
Video: https://youtu.be/cZR_5PQu8UE
Guest: Christine Blyth, Head of Business Advisory and Technology for Block
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-blyth-5052899/
Host: Anna Astori, Software Engineer, WWCode Boston Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-astori/
Guest: Kinjal Shah, General Partner at Blockchain Capital
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-59-how-to-craft-your-pitch-and-get-funded-for-your-next-big-idea/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7QnHhppag4
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-58-how-to-start-a-technology-business-from-inception-to-fundraising/
Video: https://youtu.be/bDTImDWdStE
Guest: Danica Marsden, Principal Quantum Computing Scientist, Bank of Canada
Host: Eliza Sarobhasa, CTO at Women Who Drone and Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code Python
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, WWCode
Naomi Freeman, Women Who Code, Advisory Board Member | Chair - Strategy & Technology Committee, sits down with Shadiah Sigala, CEO at Kinside, and Claire Schmidt, Founder and CEO at AllVoices. They discuss, “How to Start a Technology Business from Inception to Fundraising.” They share their journeys as moms and how Covid impacted their businesses.
Host: Stacy Devino, Evangelist at Women Who Code and Senior Staff Engineer at Fanatics Inc.
Guest: Esther Bobbin, Founder & Executive Director at United by Chocolate and Director of Operations at Rho Impact
Guest: Haley Demos, Full Stack Developer
Guest: Megan Groves, CEO at Population
Guest: Rose Johnson, Cofounder and CTO at Exposure
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-85-monthly-mentor-panel-starting-your-startup/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wum0YWT4_k8
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-57-think-like-a-founder-creating-inclusion-within-company-dna/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbpPQfs8dAA&t=66s
Guest: Marie Roker-Jones, Chief Curiosity and Innovation Officer, Curious Culture LLC
Host: Cait Sarazin, Trauma Informed Somatic Coach
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW9WEy6CTQ8
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-46-decoding-appsec-chronicles-of-a-security-seeker/
Host: Ashwini Siddhi, Threat Modeling Service Owner for Dell Technologies
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-56-hack-your-mobile-job-search/
Video: Hack Your Mobile Job Search
Guest: Jennifer Bailey, Professor / Tech Writer @ Aims Community College / Kodeco.comGuest: Tim Condon, Vapor Core Team, Founder @ Broken Hands
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-45-demystifying-web-accessibility/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7P0b4ZTuk
Speaker: Josefine Schaefer, Developer Relations Engineer at Storyblok
Video: https://youtu.be/Q888cdcSn6M
Guest: AmyJune Hineline, Drupal Core Mentor, Drupal Project
https://www.linkedin.com/in/volkswagenchick/
https://twitter.com/volkswagenchick https://www.instagram.com/volkswagenchick/https://drupal.community/@volkswagenchick
Host: Vanessa Vun, Front-End Engineer at SciShield
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessavun/
https://www.instagram.com/nessa.byte/ https://twitter.com/nessar00
Producer: JL Lewitin, WWCode Senior Producer, Press, Digital Content
Guest: Huiming Qu, Vice President, Data Science, E-Commerce and Marketing at The Home Depot
Host: Madeleine Shang, Co-Founder at Backflip Inc. and Data Science and ML Leadership Fellow with Women Who Code
Video: Reimagining Leadership in Machine Learning
Sarah Ing, previous Engineering Manager at Splice, Coach for Women in Tech, co-founder
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahing/
https://www.instagram.com/sarahingcoaching/
instagram.com/sarahikedas
www.sarahingcoaching.com
Preeti Thukaram,Associate Director at Invenics Services Limited
https://autogeeni.co.uk/about-us
https://www.invenics.com/consulting/automation-and-ai
www.invenics.com
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Fh2z1Jdcxvc
Producer: JL Lewitin
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-53-my-tech-story-from-philippines-to-becoming-a-developer-in-sweden
Video: https://youtu.be/S-zHLDnlwOg
Guest: Jonah Andersson, Senior IT Consultant • Developer • Cloud & DevOps Engineer @ Forefront ConsultingTwitter: @cjkodareLinkedIn: https://LinkedIn.com/in/jonahanderssonInstagram: jonahcanderssonLinktree: https://linktr.ee/jonahandersson
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, WWCode
Divya Mohan, Senior Technical Evangelist at SUSE
Bhavya Batra, Product Manager and a Web3 Evangelist at Xponents Ventures Private Limited, and Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code Blockchain Track
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-43-being-a-technical-evangelist-in-the-open-source-ecosystem
Video: https://youtu.be/OtOYtHlHjvU
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-52-thriving-in-your-tech-career-overcoming-imposter-syndrome
Guest: Khaulat Abdulhakeem, Founder & CEO, DiverseK
https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaulat/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/diversekhaulat
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/diversekhaulat/
https://www.diversek.com
Host: Kimberly Jacobs, Senior Communications Manager, WWCode
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, WWCode
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/women-who-code-celebrates-pride-month
Video: https://youtu.be/jj9cc9x2o7o
Shauna Gregory, Chief Program Officer at Women Who Code
Liz Harney, Email Automation Specialist at Women Who Code
Samantha Healy, Digital Designer at Women Who Code Producer: Kimberly Jacobs, Senior Communications Manager at Women Who Code
Guest: Jordon Miller, C-SCRM at Boeing
Host: Michelle Aupont, Director of Partnerships at Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-51-veterans-in-technology-and-making-the-career-pivot-into-tech
Video: https://youtu.be/mUnHFob4p8E
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-42-principles-of-good-data-visualization Video: https://youtu.be/MCFuVf7JZD4 Guest: Jenn Schilling, Founder, Schilling Data StudioFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/datavizjenn
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schillingdata
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennschilling/
https://www.schillingdatastudio.com/blog?tag=data+viz+design+process
Schilling Data Studio Resources: https://www.schillingdatastudio.com/resources Data Viz Design Essentials Course: https://www.schillingdatastudio.com/sales-page Color Accessibility Resources:https://color.adobe.com/create/color-contrast-analyzer
https://projects.susielu.com/viz-palette
Producer: JL Lewitin
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-50-moving-into-management-or-staying-an-individual-contributor
Video: https://youtu.be/KwzmILb7iKw
Ei-Nyung Choi, Technical Advisor & Engineering Leader
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/einyungchoi
Tara Hernandez, Vice President Developer Productivity @ MongoDB
Kelly Anlas, Engineering Manager @ Paxos
Rafna Bash, CEO/Mentor @ Aktibeto
Anne Kilzner, Software Architect
Bisi Josh-Falade, AI Solutions Consultant
Anna Shur-Wilson, Program Manager at Women Who Code for Career Navigation
Samantha Farley, Technology Associate at Liberty Mutual
Lauren Sylvain, Software Engineer at Liberty Mutual
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-49-excel-on-your-tech-journey-a-conversation-with-liberty-mutual
Speaker: Kirthikka Devi Venkataram, Scientist and Storyteller, Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxEX10qoLog&t=2s Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-41-build-a-data-science-project-from-scratch
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-48-handling-a-string-of-layoffs
Guest: Emily Egan, Lead UX Designer at LCvista and Director for Women Who Code Cincinnati
Host: Liz Harney, Email Automation Specialist at Women Who Code
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, Women Who Code
Video: https://youtu.be/M45EdTnNJvA
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-81-fereshteh-morgan-executive-director-boeing-global-services
Guest: Fereshteh Morgan, Executive Director for Software Engineering, Boeing Global Services
Host: Luz De Leon, WWCode Leadership Fellow, Front End, Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-47-unconventional-ways-of-starting-your-tech-journey
Guest: Laisha Wadhwa, Senior Software Engineer, Goldman Sachs
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laisha-wadhwa/?originalSubdomain=in Twitter: https://twitter.com/laishawadhwa
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laishawadhwa/ Podcast (The Learning Curve): https://open.spotify.com/show/16B4iPZYAOmHYNTzg2XYxT
Host: Natalia Daies, Senior Director of Communications & Marketing, Women Who Code
Gabby Hall, Social Media Manager at Women Who Code, interviews Katherine Manuel, Chief Operating Officer and a Board Director of House of Blueberry. They discuss the importance of networking for beginning, changing, or expanding your career path. Katherine shares how the pandemic influenced her drive to enter the gaming industry, leading to Blueberry Entertainment.
Guest: Pamela Martinez, co-founder and CTO at Snowball Wealth
Host: Shanna Gregory, Chief Program Officer at Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-46-going-from-engineering-management-to-founder-cto
Video: https://youtu.be/n7YlAO-1eb8
Guest: Mansi Shah, Senior Staff Engineer at VMware and Women Who Code Advisory Board Member
Host: Rashmi Muralidharan, Technical Staff Member at VMware and Leadership Fellow at the Women Who Code Cloud Track
Blog:https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/wwcode-conversations-mansi-shah-senior-staff-engineer-at-vmware
Video: https://youtu.be/MoBpzXV0EYo
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/wwcode-conversations-mansi-shah-senior-staff-engineer-at-vmware
Guest: Bhawana Haritwal, Senior Software Engineer (Quant Platform) @ T. Rowe Price and Lead at Women Who Code London
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-45-mock-behavioral-interview-program
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWHQ0g8sorI
Raka Khushu, Vice President of Analytics at EXL
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakakhushu/
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-44-3-mindsets-that-hold-you-back-from-being-a-competent-speaker
Guest: Sammie Walker Herrera, Founder, Public Speaking & Confidence Coach | Speaker, Speak Y'all
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammiemlwalker/
@speakyall and @sammiemlwalker on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-79-working-moms-in-tech
Host: Natalia Daies, Senior Director of Communications and Marketing at Women Who Code
Guest: Odette Nemes, Head of Growth at Onramp
Guest: Madona Wambua, Author, Keynote Speaker, Senior Android Engineer, and Google Developer Expert for Android
Guest: Valarie Regas, DevOps fanatic, accomplished speaker
Guest: Melissa Hong, CEO and Owner of OMG Code
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, Women Who Code
Guest: Katherine Cuellar, JavaScript Implementation Manager at AudioEye
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinecuellar/
Host: Sarah Healy, Digital Design Manager at Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/7-things-to-remove-from-your-job-postings-to-be-more-inclusive
Video: https://youtu.be/_YhOU8TLP-k
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-38-scaling-federated-tech-stack-managing-overly-diverse-technology
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyNqDZcjofo
Guest: Lulu Cheng, Software Engineer, Fintech, Data/AI/ML @ Block
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-42-encouraging-people-from-underrepresented-groups-to-speak-up
Video: https://youtu.be/doi7mjSSsmI
Guest: Emy Jamalian (Elmira Jamaljamaliannezhad), Software QA Engineer, Staffbase
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emyjamalian/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoudQA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loudQA
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/loudQA
Host: Sarah Healy, Digital Design Manager at Women Who Code
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-78-supporting-social-impact-sustainability-as-a-female-leader
Video: https://youtu.be/CAbCttFTsNE Speaker: Angela Baker, VP, Corporate Responsibility and Chief Sustainability Officer, Qualcomm
Twitter: @bakerac1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-baker-ba7b772/
Host: Joey Rosenberg, President, Product and Communications, Women Who Code
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeyrosenberg/
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, Women Who Code
Guest: Sarah Masud, Doctoral Student, Laboratory for Computational Social Systems, IIIT-Delhi
LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/sarahmasud
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_themessier
Survey Paper: Handling Bias in Toxic Speech Detection: A Survey
https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.00126
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-41-biases-that-exist-in-toxicity-detection-systems-for-the-web
Video: https://youtu.be/Szwn4zUqJDs
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, WWCode
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-lewitin/
Guest: Shailvu Wakhlu, Head of Data | Angel InvestorLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shailviw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShailviW
Website: http://www.shailvi.com/
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-37-building-an-effective-data-strategy
Video: https://youtu.be/OJQNFB1eRpg
Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-mary-labao-barrameda/ Twitter: @datam0m
Host: Faith Pueneh, Front-end Engineer at CAD Consulting Limited: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faith-pueneh-6a17a6120/?originalSubdomain=ng
Blog: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/wwcode-conversations-nandini-srinivasan-vice-president-of-quality-assurance-at
Video: https://youtu.be/fOsZ6mUmBVQ
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-77-nandini-srinivasan-vice-president-of-quality-assurance-at-mo
Guest: Nandini Srinivasan, Vice President of Quality Assurance at Motive
Producer: Kimberly Jacobs, Senior Communications Manager
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-39-nurture-your-personal-brand-by-building-influential-technical-co Video: Nurture Your Personal Brand by Building Influential Technical ContentGuest: Priyanka Vergadia, Staff Developer Advocate @ Google
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-36-build-resilient-environment-through-cloud-disaster-recovery Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvyAlLg00ro
Ramya Victor, Staff Engineer, VMWareShwetha Lakshman Rao, R&D Manager at VMwareRanjani Swaminathan, Manager R&D, VMWare Software India Private Limited
Episode: Tech Education for Software Engineers and Data Scientists
Video: https://youtu.be/V7C3_UT7xPY
Guest: Florien Pickering, Partnerships Manager at Academy
Host: Anna Shur-Wilson, Program Manager for Career Navigation at Women Who Code
Producer: JL Lewitin, Senior Producer, Press and Digital Media
Guest: Calli Rogers, Director at CapTech
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-76-calli-rogers-director-data-engineering-captech-ventures
Video:
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-37-looking-for-a-path-between-computer-science-and-urban-planning
Speaker: Valeria Belén Cerpa Salas, LEED for Communities Intern, U.S. Green Building Council
Twitter: @val_cerpasalas
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vcerpasalas/
Instagram: val.cerpasalas
Host: Cat Liao, Social Media & Content Coordinator, Women Who Code
Video: https://youtu.be/aToXF0beQjM
Guest: Nirvi Badyal, Research Engineer, Scantist
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-35-measuring-and-remediating-open-source-software-risks
Video: Measuring and Remediating Open Source Software Risks
Guest: Irina Marcopol, Brand and Community Lead at Proton
Guest: Patricia Egger, Security Co-lead at Proton and Co-founder and Vice President of the Women in Cyber Association in Switzerland
Host: Molly Devine, Individual Giving Manager at Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-36-the-importance-of-philanthropy-in-technology-with-proton
Video: https://youtu.be/uqAq0dfxVoU
Guest: Sijing Zhu, Senior Data Science Manager at The Home Depot
Host: Akshita Korwar, Software Developer at Hulu and Network Director of Women Who Code Seattle
Video: https://youtu.be/zlopk56hf8Q
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-75-sijing-zhu-senior-manager-data-science-at-the-home-depot
Priyal Jain, Development Engineer at Calsoft and Women Techmakers Ambassador
https://priyaljain919.hashnode.dev/ Video: https://youtu.be/RnyYQSpxBOw Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-35-how-to-balance-between-professional-and-personal-groups
Guest: Manorama Jha, Software Development Engineer, AI, and Computer Vision, 3DAI at GridRaster Inc.
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-34-ai-in-mixed-reality-series-introduction-to-extended-reality
YouTube: AI in Mixed Reality Series - Introduction to Extended Reality
Episode Page: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-34-the-power-of-communities-for-self-taught-developers
Video: https://youtu.be/xoEiMWxidPE
Speaker: Ayu Adiati, Software Engineer, Tech Blogger
Website: https://adiati.com
Twitter: @adiatiayu
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adiatiayu/
Host: Noelle Notermann, Senior Engineer, TargetLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/noellenotermann/
Guest: Natalia Daies, Director of Communications at Women Who Code
Guest: Samaria Rooks, Chief People and Inclusion Officer at Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-74-wwcode-leaders-black-women-in-tech-corporate-america
Video:
https://youtu.be/mZA6M9lmIPU
Video: https://youtu.be/9YUfHHVXqY8
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-33-navigating-a-heavily-white-dominated-field-as-a-latina-in-stem
Guest: Monica Puerto, Analytics Associate Manager, Accenture Federal Services
m_puerto@icloud.com
Website: www.monicapuerto.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicapuerto/
Host: Faith Pueneh, Frontend Engineer/Technical Writer at CAD Consulting Limited
puenehfaith@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/puenehfaith
https://www.linkedin.com/in/faith-pueneh-6a17a6120/
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-33-tech-blockchain-regulations-and-security
Speaker: Neha Jain, Founder & CEO - IntelliBlock Technologies| PhD
Host: Bhavya Batra, Product Manager at XponentsVentures and Blockchain Fellow at Women Who Code
Video: Tech: Blockchain Regulations and Security
Sheree Atcheson, Group Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion at Valtech, Women Who Code Advisory Board Member, and author of "Demanding More: Why Diversity and Inclusion Don't Happen and What You Can Do About It
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRLWJveemY8
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-32-leading-from-every-level-demanding-more-now-not-later
Guest: Martina Mickos, Technical Architect at Workday
Host: Eliza Sarobhasa, Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code Python
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-73-martina-mickos-senior-principal-software-engineer-workday
Podcast: https://www.womenwhocode.com/podcast
Video: https://youtu.be/SDMFms83a1Q
Speaker: Madona Wambua, Senior Android Engineer at Western Governors University
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-31-what-is-the-future-of-the-community-in-an-always-evolving-world
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f27RtzqBJfA
Speaker: Anastasiya Meishutovich
Video: https://youtu.be/rZtDpbnIhH8
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-32-leading-technical-transformations-at-projects
Podcast: https://www.womenwhocode.com/podcast
Speaker: Christine Liu, Senior Product Experience Manager at Optum Speaker Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OdBNEQ5ldk9ioBWFCkzbM2PKL-aaLNT9S2FsHYq1JwA/edit#slide=id.p
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-30-how-to-know-if-a-job-is-right-for-you
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF9hUIUiQ9g&t=1s
Guest: Maura Hart, VP of Technology - Merchandising, The Home Depot
Host: Jessica Koubi, Senior Software Engineer at Pipeline and Women Who Code Python Evangelist
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/career-nav-28-tech-career-progression-from-start-to-transition-and-beyond
Video: https://youtu.be/hAYcZ7mpI6o
SpeakersTammy Miller, Software Quality Assurance Tester / Business Analyst, Eagle Technologies, Inc. ·
Twitter: @dctechsista
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/developbitquality/
Deepali Chouhan, Product Owner at Ping IdentityTwitter - @DeepaliiChouhan
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepalichouhan/
Instagram - whats_in_a_gender
Speaker: AmyJune Hineline, CPACC, Senior Community manager at Opensource.com
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbd1VnpvoE
Episode Page: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/talks-tech-31-accessibility-is-never-done
Episode Page: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/wwcode-career-nav-28-one-should-always-be-unfinished
Video: https://youtu.be/4dDz3STtBrg
Shrishti Vaish - Data Analyst at Numerator and Women Who Code Python Track Lead
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrishti-vaish
Twitter: @ShrishtiVaish
Speaker: Donna Hart, Chief Information Security Officer at Ally
Host: Deepali Chouhan, Product Owner at Ping and Women Who Code Vancouver Director
Video: https://youtu.be/kNc2iBtfKSo
Speaker: Dr. Houda CHIHI, Senior Researcher at Innov'COM Laboratory of Sup'COM, Tunisia
Desy Kristianti (she/her), Senior Frontend Engineer at Prolific, presents her talk entitled “Fun with (Feature) Flags.” She discusses what they are, why would we use them, and how we can implement them successfully within a company.
Speaker: Pragati Ogal Rai, Head of Developer Relations, APJ Twilio and CEO of ISSA India Chapter
Kelly Anlas, Engineering Manager at Twitter and a Woman Who Code NYC Director, shares, “Energize Your Virtual Meetings.” She discusses how bringing energy to meetings is strategic, proactive, and generous. She gives tips on engaging others and talks about the importance of contributing and receiving value in meetings.
In this special edition of the Women Who Code Podcast, we have collected the most inspiring, insightful and important things that our guests have said over the past year. Women Who Code has accomplished so much as a community over the past twelve months. We’ve hosted more than 1,900 events, uploaded over 700 educational videos, and we’ve grown to a community of 320,00 members in 147 countries. The Women Who Code Podcast has also grown, posting 125 episodes in 2022, and expanding to have three shows Women Who Code Conversations, Women Who Code Talks Tech, and Women Who Code Career Nav covering distinct and important topics.. For now we’d like to celebrate by remembering some of the best and most inspirational moments from the podcast over the past year. Thank you so much for being a listener, and for being a part of the Women Who Code community.
Speaker: Spreeha Dutta, Software Engineer, Shell
Video: The ABCs of Automating Tests for Software Applications
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/conversations-70-be-your-inspiration
Speaker: Anita Vijaykrishnan
Video: Be Your Inspiration
A career panel where you can learn about the various jobs that are available in the tech industry other than being a developer/engineer. Featuring our panelists: Phoebe Kim, Senior Manager for the Multi-Cloud Solutions Architecture (MCA) team at VMwareBohyun Kim, Product Line Manager at VMwareMarjorie Abdelkrime, Senior Leader Migration Success at AWS
Elizabeth Addo, Lead at Women Who Code
Episode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/wwcode-talks-tech-26-an-overview-of-artificial-intelligence
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1-5OHhT-DI
Karina Pangaro, Senior Engineering Manager with Eventbrite, joins Women Who Code in an interview, “Emerging Careers: Data Platform Engineering.” She discusses Eventbrite, a data platform, how this platform handles data, and how they analyze user interactions and make decisions based on that.
Kaslin Fields, Developer Advocate at Google and CNCF Ambassador, shares her talk, “Intro to Kubernetes & GKE.” She explains containers, Kubernetes, GKE, and how they work on the Google Cloud Platform. She also discusses the difference between GKE Standard and Autopilot.
Carol Rossborough, Co-founder and CEO of ESTHER, shares her talk, “How to Tackle Global Poverty with a Scalable Tech Movement.” She takes us on the journey of ESTHER from an idea to a global organization. She shares how they help people, especially women at a local level, and provide the tools to connect people with resources.
Kelly Braud, Partnerships Development Manager, Jodi Loar, Senior User Happiness Manager and Job Board Product Owner, and Molly Divine, Individual Giving Manager, all at Women Who Code, sit down to discuss the relationships between partners, job board supporters, donors, and members. They discuss how everyone can keep contributing to moving the Women Who Code mission forward.
Farzaneh Orak, Senior Software Engineer at CoStar Group presents an Intro to GraphQL. She talks about its uses, its advantages over many other systems, and some of the applications that it can be applied to.
Kathy Zhou, Chief Technology Officer, and Co-Founder at Queenly, shares her talk, “Technical Growth as a Startup CTO: From 0 to 100k+ Users.” She talks about the benefits of using out-of-the-box tools, applying for startup credits for cloud space, and taking accountability for tech debt.
Tara Hernandez, Vice President of Developer Productivity Engineering at MongoDB and Board Member for Women Who Code, interviews Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist and board member and advisor for dozens of organizations. They discuss Craigslist's beginning and continued simplicity from a technical perspective and Craig’s shift from manager to customer service and then into philanthropy.
Yasha Sterling, Business Coach, Founder & CEO Yasha Sterling Management Agency shares, “WordPress, The Future of Business Management.” She helps business owners create profitable done-for-you technology solutions. Yasha is a coach, consultant, and speaker. She is the two time bestselling author of the Complete Web Business Blueprint and the Complete Web Business Blueprint Workshop. She is also the proud owner of four businesses.
Maggie (Meichi) Yun, Product Manager, discusses her Women Who Code Hackathon for Good 2022 experience. She talks about her team and building their project, “Recycled Ninja.” She shares her inspiration for the project, a breakdown of the roles and responsibilities of her team, and her most memorable moments.
Marilyn Tyfting. Chief Corporate Officer at TELUS International discusses her role as a non-technologist working in a highly technical field, the importance of building workplaces of choice, and her methods for ensuring that teams are driven, on task, and effective.
Anjali Bajaj shares “Best Practices When Learning a New Coding Language.” She discusses some steps to follow in learning a new language, how to pick the appropriate online courses and ideas for practicing and improving.
Jaclyn Brothers, Software Engineer at 100Devs, shares her experience with Women Who Code’s Hackathon for Good 2022. She shares her background and inspiration for her project, “Prep and Step.” She discusses the steps involved in building her demo and some challenges she faced along the way.
Jesse Barnes, Software Engineer at InMoment and Women Who Code NYC Lead, and Stevie Palmateer, Sr. Director of Engineering at LeafLink, sit down for a fireside chat. They discuss engineering at LeafLink and current projects that Stevie’s team is responsible for. Stevie also shares their commitment to DEI being a priority in any company they work for.
I am Shrishti Singh, the Co-Founder and Web3 Lead at UnicusOne. I'm going to share some insights into decentralized storage. The world around us is progressing rapidly, and so is technology. The best part is that we are becoming conscious of our actions and virtual privacy.
Stephanie Rideout, Leadership Fellow for the Python Track at Women Who Code, talks about the Women Who Code Hackathon for Social Good 2022. She explains how the idea came to life and highlights some of her favorite things about the event.
Madona Wambua, Senior Android Engineer at Western Governors University and Lead at Women Who Code, sits down for a Fireside chat with Moyinoluwa Adeyemi, Moyin for short, Senior Software Engineer at Twitter focused on Android development, and Google Developer Expert for Android. They discuss aspects of working at a startup versus a big tech company, the value of community, and the importance of a brag document.
Aida Issayeva, Software Engineer and Google Developer Expert for Android, shares her talk, “Animating Your Way Into Jetpack Compose.” She explains how animation improves the user experience and breaks down the different components of animation for Android.
Stacy Devino, Senior Principal Engineer at Stitch Fix, shares, "You Don't Have to Be a Manager." She discusses career growth opportunities in tech that expand beyond “people management.” She also outlines the responsibilities of staff, principal, and distinguished engineers in key areas like coding, leadership, and technical skills.
Women Who Code Taipei Director Olivia Lin interviews Lucy Kerner, the Director of Security Global Strategy and Evangelism at Red Hat. They discuss Lucy’s first professional exposure to engineering, how her tech journey led her to security, and how having a dog helps her help others.
Anjali Menon, Solutions Consultant at AsiaPac and Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code , Runjhun Ratawal, Senior Lead at Women Who Code, and Sneha Saxena, Data Scientist at Grubhub and Data Science Lead at Women Who Code, share,”Statistics For Machine Learning.” They discuss descriptive and inferential statistics, when to use mean, median, or mode when analyzing data, and explain how to get the best results when sampling a population.
Aishwarya Nair, Data Scientist at Trivago, shares her talk, “Social Media Feeds and Bias.” She shares her ideas as to what constitutes social media and discusses some differences in the motivations behind online ads. She also explains how following the crowd can change the type of ads you will see.
Charlotte Jackson, Product Analytics at Meta, Director at Women Who Code DC, and Traffic Safety Advocate at Data Driven Streets, Shanna Gregory, Chief Program Officer at Women Who Code, Stephanie Nguyen, Python Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code, Nadya Primak Front End Developer at Pluribus Digital, Stephanie Sydorko, Senior Data Engineer at Color, Lisa Smith, Engineering Manager at Netflix, Founding Director at Women Who Code Raleigh-Durham, and Advisor at Strategio, and Amanda Brown, Senior Software Engineer at Test Double have a conversation about How to Transition Into a Tech Career. They share their backgrounds and how they ended up on the tech journey, the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated industry, and their thoughts on bootcamps.
Anam Ansari hosts a session for beginners looking to start their journey in Blockchain and Web3. This is designed to help you understand the basic concepts and provide you with resources to start your journey in learning.
Ellen Shapiro, iOS Engineer at Gusto, shares her thoughts about the importance of stepping back from work from time to time. She discusses her experiences with burnout and depression and talks about signs to look for that might indicate it’s time for you to take a break.
Bhavya Batra, Blockchain Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code and Product Manager for Google Startups, and Archana Vaidheeswaran, Data Product Manager at Women Who Code, chat about education and women in tech. They discuss bridging the gap between business and tech, how communities can support career growth, and the importance of trying an array of things to know where your interests and talents meet.
In this web security walkthrough, Angela Saccone, Community Manager at MetaCTF, discusses cross-site scripting (XSS) and web security methods, such as HMTL entity encoding, using JavaScript to protect websites from cyber-attacks.
Noelle Notermann, Senior Engineer at Target, discusses the benefits of conflict if managed properly. She shares examples of conflict strategies and outlines the different methods that can be used to mindfully interrupt it.
In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the relaunch of the Women Who Code Podcast, those most involved in its creation, vision, and production sit down to discuss their inspiration for the work and the progress of the show over time.
In this episode, Women Who Code Boston Director Anna Astori explains options to speed up your python data processing operations. Valuable for those who are just starting in data science and Python development and an excellent refresher for those who are already experienced with that.
Noelle Notermann, Senior Engineer at Target, shares her knowledge of what is known as Imposter Syndrome. She discusses the origins of imposter “phenomenon,” what it means to women working today, and how redefining the perceptions of what tech looks like could allow women to feel more authentic working in the industry.
Anna Shur-Wilson, Program Manager for the Career Navigation Track at Women Who Code, and Grecia Castaldi, Program Manager, Digital Community at Women Who Code, discuss CONNECT LATAM. They share their previous experiences, why language accessibility is important, and tips on managing networking information.
Five years ago, Carolina got rejected from Shopify after graduating from university in Colombia. She never thought she would end up working in that company as a Senior Developer pursuing one of her passions with Blockchain. In this talk, Carolina will share her journey from the past years, hoping that her failures and learnings will help someone else's journey.
Teaching yourself to code can be extremely lonely and inefficient! Shifting into tech and staying up-to-date in tech requires you to constantly learn new things, no matter how far along you are in your coding journey. A coding buddy can help! In this episode, Isabella Hoesch, the Founder of Codum.cc, shows you how to effectively work together with your coding buddy to reach your learning goals.
Luz de Leon, Leadership Fellow for the Front End track at Women Who Code, interviews Shermila Lemos-Martina, IT Director of Engagement at Kforce. They discuss women in leadership, management approaches, ways to grow in your career, and the technical aspects of Shermila's work.
Join Women Who Code Program Manager, Digital Community, Grecia Castaldi as she discusses how to broaden your perspective, and start empathizing with every kind of user in order to create inclusive technology that can enrich the lives of everyone, not just the norm.
Anju Mercian, Data Engineering Consultant @ Meta teaches the technical skills and actions needed to complete a portfolio with a tour of their own portfolio project to gain ideas on how to get started with your project.
A distinguished panel of technologists come together to discuss the importance of community and networking in their careers. They touch on topics of support, inspiration, and mentorship, and how having a tech community outside of your daily job can broaden your perspective.
Viviana Siless, CTO & co-founder, Quipu Market explores the history of alternative currencies and ways to increase liquidity. She also analyzes challenges and factors to keep in mind for designing digital alternative currencies.
Anu Mittal, Senior Software Engineer at Circles.Life, talks about the process of self-upscaling. How can one be an advocate for oneself, how can one stand-out in any role, and what all the self-upscaling process will take.
Deepali Chouhan, Network Director for Women Who Code, Vancouver Canada, interviews Pooneh Mokariasl, Site Reliability Engineer at Criteo in Paris, France. They discuss the differences and similarities of Pooneh’s engineering roles. They also discuss Criteo’s Voyageurs program and the unique opportunity to explore working with other teams within the company.
Navati Jain (she/her), iOS Developer @ Loblaw Digital, in Toronto and Evangelist at Women Who Code Mobile Track, shares “Let’s Get Fired Up: Getting started with Firebase Firestore.” She discusses some ways to use Firebase, compares relational and SQL databases, and gives examples of building these databases.
A talk on pitching and fundraising by Kinjal Shah, Partner at Blockchain Capital that covers the elements of a VC pitch and the types of questions you'll get, nailing your technical pitch, developing a pitch deck, and tips on the fundraising process itself.
Women Who Code volunteer leaders gather to discuss how their contributions to the community have helped their careers, elevated their professional profiles, and helped the tech industry and their fellow engineers.
In this session, Rachel Church, Senior Software Engineer at Airtable, looks at the research behind code smells, how they affect large development teams, and strategies to address the most critical issues from an objective perspective.
Ever wondered what it’s like working at a startup? Or maybe you work in a startup now and are curious about how other startups operate? Hallie Million talks about what it’s like to be one of the first employees, the differences from working in larger organizations, and the various phases of an early-stage startup!
Alaina Percival, CEO and Co-founder of Women Who Code, sits down with Candice Morgan, board member with Women Who Code and Lead Equity Diversity and Inclusion at Google Ventures. They discuss options around starting capital, the differences between networks and community, and the importance of them both.
Zarreen Reza AI Research Scientist at Volta Charging and Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code shares Mistakes to Avoid as an AI Practitioner in the Industry. She discusses the importance of knowing when AI is actually the appropriate solution, the value of domain expertise on a project, and other key factors in successful AI applications.
Activator SheEo Naomi Freeman sits down as moderator with Claire Schmidt, Founder, and CEO of AllVoices, and Shadiah Sigala, Co-founder & CEO, Kinside to discuss -How to come up with an idea for your startup, how you crystallize that into a product/company, the realities of fundraising, and the challenges of running a company.
Rachel Mondugno, Director of Technology at The Home Depot, joins Stephanie Rideout, Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code for a Fireside Chat about Technology Returnship Programs with The Home Depot. They discuss Rachel’s path from GED to Director of Technology. They also discuss the importance of having programs to get people back on their career path after resume gaps, especially after covid.
In this talk, you’ll learn more about how design and development partner together to build great mobile and front-end solutions -- living prototypes that are continuously monitored and improved. Through an iterative process, all functions come together to understand the what and how before jumping into release.
Learn from Lyn Muldrow, Maintainer Advocate, Tidelift, about how to solve the world's problems through developer education, how organizations like WWCode impacted her career, and her experience being a single mom in tech.
Briana Augenreich, Women Who Code Leadership Fellow, interviews Velia Carboni, Chief Digital and Technology Officer at VF Corp. They discuss Velia finding her passion in tech after two decades in finance, the benefits of empowering your people, and the corporate culture at VFC.
Sanaya Mirpuri, Software Engineer at Warby Parker, gives a talk entitled The Web3 World: An Equitable Internet for All. She talks about the beginning and the evolution of the world wide web, how ledger technology actually works, the opportunity to build a true peer-to-peer internet, and how Web3 is closer to the original vision from Tim Berners-Lee.
In this talk, Natalya Shelburne (she/her), Staff Manager of Design Infrastructure @ GitHub, shares what happens when the often invisible work that engineers do to build teams and facilitate contributions, is not only made visible, but is encouraged, rewarded, and celebrated.
Faith Pueneh, Women Who Code Frontend Track Lead and Frontend Developer at CAD Consulting Limited, Nigeria, and Silvia Recinos, Women Who Code Guatemala Evangelist and UI Designer at PayPal, sit down to discuss the importance of community and their individual involvement at Women Who Code, as well as the role of technology in connecting people.
Join Divya Kaggere Siddalingaiah, Lead Architect, US Payments, @HSBC, for an exciting conversation about software, engineering, and tech careers in the banking sector. Recommended for attendees interested in exploring new fields, making connections in banking, and learning about new roles in the industry.
In her talk Take the Stress Out Of Negotiation, Kelly May (she/her), Director of Product @ Help Scout, covers the core mistakes people make, knowing your value, how to ask for what you deserve, and the long-term effects of powerful, healthy negotiation.
Women Leadership in AI is a discussion on the state of the industry for women, ways it can be improved, and the role of artificial intelligence in our daily lives. Featuring Cristina Conati, Professor of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia, Holly Peck, Vice President of Special Projects at Soul Machines, and Founding Director of WWCode Vancouver, Bethany Edmunds, PHD, Director of Computer Science and Teaching Professor at Northeastern University, and Margery Moore, Chief Executive Officer, ehsAI.
Alex Gamez, Jr Software Engineer, mPulse Mobile at gives a talk entitled “Emoji Predictor with Machine Learning” in which she discusses using data science and data mining to build a program that can predict which emojis will be used in context.
Teresa Morcho, CEO/Marketing Director at MOPAO and Founder of Stud Model Project talks about her transition from taking contract tech jobs to seeing opportunities to serve the unique needs of small businesses, how to approach growing a business like nurturing a child, and her tips to keep building and growing her business when things get difficult.
Camille Clayton, Women Who Code DC Director, interviews Sara Jacks, Software Engineering Manager at Capital One. They discuss Sara’s tech journey, her role at Capital One, the challenges she’s overcome, and the role that mentorship plays in her leadership.
In Creative Coding to Inspire, Ann Kilzer, Senior Software Engineer @ Mercari, describes an approach to programming that celebrates innovation, experimentation, humor, and learning from failure.
Margaret Bridge and Guiomar Jiménez Vista discuss their unique experiences of changing careers into tech from their different backgrounds in opera singing and psychology respectively, as well as the challenges they faced, and the advantages of training in something different first.
Stephanie Rideout, Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code for the Python Track, interviews Priyanka Vergadia, Staff Developer Advocate at Google. They discuss the power of being a generalist when working in technology, the benefits of Cloud for machine learning, and Priyanka’s passion for color and visual storytelling.
Nivedita Aggarwal, Senior Engineering Manager at Google, gives a talk entitled “The Must-Haves for an Accessible Application.” She discusses the different needs for modified accessibility, the proper way to measure this as a metric, and steps for implementing greater accessibility.
Neha Misra, Co-Founder & CEO of The Fin Lit Project discusses the importance of financial literacy, especially for women, and ways to better understand and manage your finances.
UInclude Co-Founders Toshe Ayo-Ariyo, Danielle Ho, and Sonal Patel discuss using research and data-driven solutions to increase workplace diversity. Moderated by Dianne Jardinez, US West Regional Implementation Analyst at Marken and Lead at WWCode Silicon Valley
This week we’re celebrating some of the amazing and powerful things that our guests have shared over the past year, with clips highlighting their thoughts on leadership, career growth, meaning, and more.
Clean Code is defined as code that is easy to understand, easy to change, and follows good standards. But what exactly are “good standards”? What does this look like in practice? How do we achieve this as a developer community? Kristi will answer these questions and more by discussing what makes for clean code, starting with establishing team coding standards and setting up a development environment, cultivating thorough and living documentation, and ending with best practices and approaches in peer code reviews.
Women Who Cooe Conversations: Shanna Gregory, Chief Program Officer at Women Who Code, sits down with Claire Wasserman, Author and Founder of Ladies Get Paid. They discuss the prep work that is needed for negotiating a new position's salary or a raise, how people can better show up for themselves, and how you can get involved in the community at Ladies Get Paid.
Women Who Code Talks Tech is where we deep dive into highly technical subjects with talks by leaders in the industry. This week we have ‘Getting Into Quantum Computing Today’, with Keico University Quantum Computing Ph.D. Candidate, Sara A. Metwalli.
Women Who Code Conversations: Michi DeWitt Woman Who Code San Diego Director, interviews Christy Caragol, SVP of Talent Management and Diversity and Inclusion at Arch Capital Group. They discuss how Christy’s background in social work contributes to her work today. They also talk about the importance of inclusion and diversity in the workplace, and ways the companies can turn good intentions into real impact.
Women Who Code Career Nav: This week we’re celebrating World Environment Day, which was Sunday, June 5th, by highlighting a talk about different ways that technologists can make a difference in wildlife conservation. Given by Public Speaker & Science Communicator, Gracie Ermi
Talks Tech: Leilani Ledingham, Product Marketing Manager - API at Covalent, gave a talk entitled Accessing Multi-Chain Data with One Unified API. Enjoy!
Career Nav: This week we have a talk entitled What My Coding Bootcamp Didn’t Teach Me with Jennifer Diaz, Junior Software Engineer at The Wanderlust Group.
Conversations: Valerie Aguilar, Senior Software Engineer at Motive talks about her move to Silicon Valley, the career challenges that came with that move, her advice for finding the courage to speak, and her ongoing commitment to mental health.
Career Nav: The role of public speaking in career growth is discussed by a panel of Women Who Code Leadership Fellows including Sierra OBryan, Senior Software Engineer at Twitter, Zarreen Reza, AI Research Scientist at Volta Charging, Jiaqi Liu, Senior Engineering Manager at GitHub, and Anjali Menon, Solutions Consultant at AsiaPac.
Talks Tech: Object Oriented Programming: An Introduction. OOP concepts allow breaking the program into bite-sized problems that are easy to solve. The approach promises greater programmer productivity! You can achieve a better quality of software and lesser maintenance cost! Systems designed by these concepts are straightforward to upgrade from small to large scale. Given by Jamica Ortiz, Engineering Manager at Thought Machine.
Conversations: Grecia Castaldi, Program Manager, Digital Community at Women Who Code interviews Kathryn Ross, Partner, Managing Director, and Black Founders Development Program Lead at Accenture. They discuss the company culture at Accenture, what drives Kathryn’s passions, and the positive impact that her work with the Black Founders Development Program has had on the community it serves.
Conversations: Damilola Olukoju, Software Engineer at Inlaks Nigeria and Director at Women Who Code Lagos interviews Garima Saxena, Assistant Vice President at EXL. They discuss Garima’s 13 years of experience in furnishing data insights, analytics, and visualization, to drive business and boost revenue in a number of health-related fields, as well as her role at EXl, the challenges she’s faced, and the importance of diversity in tech.
Career Nav: A talk entitled Bystander to Upstander, and LGBTQIA Inclusion, with Casey Watts, Founder of Happy and Effective.
Talks Tech: In Women Who Code Talks Tech, we have Hina Sakazaki, Software Engineer, Dialogflow NLU at Google, talking about Adapting ML Research to Make Training AI For Games Fun.
Women Who Code Talks Tech: May 10th was Mental Health Day, and we want to encourage everyone to prioritize looking after their mental health. In this edition of Women Who Code Talks Tech we have Courtney Shelby, Owner of the Thrive Wellness Group, talking about different techniques that engineers can use to restore their mental health and create a resilient mindset.
Women Who Code Conversations: For this weeks Women Who Code Conversations we’re celebrating Mother’s Day, with a conversation between two amazing Mothers who are leaders in the technology industry; Joey Rosenberg, President of Product and Communications at Women Who Code, and Ivonne Aldana, Director of Engineering at Toptal.They discuss how motherhood has affected their careers and how they’ve managed to find a healthy work-life balance while pursuing their dreams. Enjoy!
Women Who Code Career Nav: For Women Who Code Career Nav this week we’re highlighting a discussion entitled Mothers in Tech: Balancing Kids and Code, with Eileen Cerny, retired Master Software Engineer at Capital One, Alison Meehan, Security Operations Center Analyst at Binary Defense, and Hayley Ortega, Head of Product at Ippon Technologies.
Women Who Code Talks Tech: In honor of World Password Day on May 5th, Ashwini Vasanth, Builder at DevRev, talks about why security architecture is important and how to implement it.
Women Who Code Career Nav: Prachi Shah, Senior Software Engineer at Metromile, and Elaine Laguerta, Security Engineer at New Relic, talk about how to prepare for a system design interview.
Women Who Code Conversations: Sabrina Vega, Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft talks about her career experiences at Microsoft, how her passion for DEI led to co-founding SOMOS, and her advice for achieving a healthy work-life balance.
In this week’s podcast, we wrap up our celebration of National Volunteer Month by highlighting some of the amazing people who dedicate their time and talents to making Women Who Code the amazing global community it is.
Women Who Code Conversations: Sierra OBryan, Senior Software Engineer at Twitter and WWCode Mobile Leadership Fellow, and Vui Nguyen, Senior iOS Consultant at Atomic Robot, and WWCode Mobile Track Lead, discuss their experiences volunteering for Women Who Code, and how it has enriched their lives and careers. https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/wwcode-podcast-40-the-importance-and-benefits-of-volunteering-wwcode-leaders
Women Who Code Talks Tech: How to Translate Big Data and DevOps Into Clinical Genetics Applications In celebration of DNA Day on April 25th, we have a discussion on How to Translate Big Data and DevOps Into Clinical Genetics Applications, given by Angelina Uno-Antonison, Software Architect, Genomics, at the UAB School of Medicine. This talk was featured at CONNECT Digital 2020, and remember, the next Women Who Code CONNECT conference is right around the corner and is taking place on May 26th, 2022. https://www.womenwhocode.com/blog/how-to-translate-big-data-and-devops-into-clinical-genetics-applications
Women Who Code Career Nav: A panel featuring Women Who Code Leaders talking about how YOU can become a Women Who Code volunteer. Learn how to come up with a topic, submit a talk, and elevate your professional profile while sharing your expertise with our global community. Featuring WWCode Mobile Fellow Sierra OBryan, WWCode Data Science Fellow Zareen Naowal, and WWCode Python Fellow Anjali Menon, and moderated by WWCode Community Manager Sapphire Duffy.
WWCode Conversations: Nia Cortes, Network Director at Women Who Code Monterrey interviews Crystal Goade, Creative Director, User Experience at Shutterstock. They discuss Crystal’s management experience, improving hiring, promotion, and retention of women in tech, and the role of designers as technology evolves.
WWCode Career Nav: April is National Volunteer Month in the US so in this week’s Women Who Code Career Nav segment we’re highlighting some of the volunteers that are at the heart of our community, with a Women Who Code Asia Director Panel featuring WWCode Taipei Director Jane Shih, WWCode Tokyo Legacy Director Kate Gamo, WWCode Beijing Director YiQun Yun, WWCode Bangalore Director Shwetha Lakshman Rao, and WWCode Seoul Director Yujin Chung. Moderated by WWCode Chief Program Officer Shanna Gregory.
WWCode Talks Tech: Friday is Earth Day! So let’s get our green on in this week’s Women Who Code Talks Tech segment about using code to reduce greenhouse gasses, with Rose Fenwick, a Data Scientist at OMD EMEA.
Women Who Code Conversations: Pamela Rodas, Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition at TELUS International is interviewed by Navati Jain, an iOS Developer at Loblaw Digital and a WWCode Mobile Evangelist. They discuss transitioning into technology, resume gaps, the importance of anti-bias training, and pro tips for standing out as a job candidate.
Women Who Code Talks Tech: In Women Who Code Talks Tech we’re highlighting a talk given by Jo Stansfield, the Founder and Director of Inclusioneering, entitled Investigating the Agile Inclusion Paradox, Lessons for Diversity in Tech.
WWCode Career Nav: In celebration of Geologists Day on April 3, we’re featuring Natasha Hendrick, Development Geoscience Manager and Principal Geophysicist at Santos Ltd. She’ll be discussing her career journey and the path she took to geophysics, as well as details about her work and profession. WWCode Career Nav: In celebration of Geologists Day on April 3, we’re featuring Natasha Hendrick, Development Geoscience Manager and Principal Geophysicist at Santos Ltd. She’ll be discussing her career journey and the path she took to geophysics, as well as details about her work and profession.
WWCode Conversations: Sneha Saxena, Data Scientist at Grubhub and Data Science Lead at Women Who Code, interviews Tish Looper, VP of Customer Success at TigerGraph. They discuss ways to ensure diversity in hiring, her work with customers and the importance of relationship building, her thoughts on mentorship, and how she found success in leadership. Episode Page Here.
WWCode Career Nav: In celebration of Geologists Day on April 3, we’re featuring Natasha Hendrick, Development Geoscience Manager and Principal Geophysicist at Santos Ltd. She’ll be discussing her career journey and the path she took to geophysics, as well as details about her work and profession. Episode Page Here.
WWCode Talks Tech: We’re highlighting our Cloud Technical Track with a talk by Dana Black, Senior Product Design and Strategy Consultant at Greyshore, who will be discussing ways to build design systems while keeping accessibility in mind.
Women Who Code Conversations: Mackenzie Bryant, Senior Program Project Manager at Women Who Code sits down with Sapphire Duffy, Community Manager at Women Who Code to celebrate Women's History Month and Women Who Code's 10 year anniversary.
Women Who Code Career Nav: Marie Roker-Jones, the Co-CEO of Esteem, discusses how to think like a founder, and create inclusion within a company's DNA.
Women Who Code Talks Tech: Sabrina Macpherson, Senior Product Manager at Morningstar, tells us how leaders can learn from psychology and neuroscience in order to build successful teams.
WWCode Conversations: Sonakshi Pandey, Data Analytics at Google and Cloud Track Lead at Women Who Code interviews Tieisha Smith, Chief Administration Officer for Infrastructure Technology at Marsh & McLennan. Tieisha talks about her non-linear path to leadership, how her time at Marsh & McLennan has helped her achieve her goals and her advice for future leaders.
WWCode Career Nav: Winna Bridgewater, Senior Software Engineering Manager at Cazoo talks about career goals and simple approaches you can use to think about them.
WWCode Talks Tech: Machine Learning for Gesture Recognition in a talk given by Ying LIU, a Research Associate of Machine Learning at the University of Leicester and TG0, who is also a Machine Learning Lead for Women Who Code London.
On Women Who Code Conversations we have an interview with Jessica Joly, Senior Software Developer at Shopify. She discusses her passion for product development, the use of collaborative problem solving, her work at Shopify, and the story of how she first moved into project management.
For Women Who Code Career Nav we have Lily Change, VP of Finance, Strategic Ecosystems & Industry at VMware, sharing her thoughts about building a culture for employee happiness and retention.
On Women Who Code Talks Tech we have Pratima Rao Gluckman, Engineering Lead for VMware, with an introduction to Enterprise Blockchain.
In WWCode Conversations, Princiya Sequeira, leadership fellow for Women Who Code Front End Track, interviews Elisabeth Kurek, VP of Cloud Marketing at IONOS. They discuss Elisabeth’s journey to VP in a technical role, the importance of inclusion and diversity, and her approach to leadership.
For the Women Who Code Career Nav segment of the show we feature Viviana Siless, CTO & co-founder, Quipu Market who speaks about alternative blockchain currencies that can be used for informal economies in Latin America.
On Women Who Code Talks Tech we have Grecia Castaldi, the Digital Community Program Manager for Women Who Code who is giving a talk entitled How to Build Inclusive Technology.
In honor of International Women's Day, we’re putting out a special, bonus edition of the show that will feature inspirational quotes from women in tech, taken from a variety of International Women’s Day events that we have held over the years. You can check the show notes to find the names of all of these speakers. We hope you enjoy it, and if you do please rate, like, and review!
Stephanie Rideout, Python Leadership Fellow at Women Who Code, interviews Jinzhou Huang, Director of Data Science at The Home Depot. They discuss work and diversity at The Home Depot, the social responsibilities of a data scientist, and Jinzhou gives advice on advancing and maintaining a successful career.
In the Women Who Code Talks Tech segment, we’ll hear from Jen Schreiber, a Senior Software Engineer at Workday in Boulder Colorado. She’ll be talking about encryption for Javascript Developers in a talk entitled The Art of Writing Secrets.
In this week’s Women Who Code Career Nav segment we’ll be listening to a talk entitled Storytelling to get “Yes” or: How to Engage Your Stakeholders, given by Aastha Thakkar, Senior Analyst for JustAnswer, Navneet Gill, CEO of Naavics, and Silvija Skemaite, Product Manager at ADP.
Kim Bennett, Chief Legal Officer and brand strategist at Women Who Code, and Temitope Adediran, software engineer at Women Who Code, are celebrating Women Who Code turning 10 and Black History Month. They discuss their individual, unique paths into tech and how virtual working is changing the industry.
Part One: Samaria Rooks, WWCode’s Chief People and Inclusion Officer, and Lise Robinson WWCode’s Chief Financial Officer discuss Black History Month and WWCode Turns 10.
Part Two: Database Administrator & Tech Event Organizer Lauren Murphy talks about the power of representation and hearing diverse tech career stories.
Part Three: Kesha Williams, AWS Training Architect at A Cloud Guru discusses methods to use machine learning to battle COVID and promote public health.
Part One: Gail Evans, Chief Digital Officer at Mercer talks about her career journey, leadership at Mercer, and the future of women in tech.
Part Two: Camille Eddy, Senior Product Engineer at Sector Software discusses how to create systems to empower black women in tech.
Part Three: Briana Augenreich, Senior Software Engineer at Capital One explains the use of Packer, Ansible, and Terraform for provisioning an Application Environment.
Sneha Saxena, Data Scientist at Grubhub and Evangelist at Women Who Code, interviews Jazmine Livingston, Head of Technical Program Management at Cash App. They discuss Jazmine’s career journey, the wisdom she has learned along the way, how she overcame imposter syndrome, and methods she’s developed for handling conflict resolution.
In this episode two Women Who Code Leaders discuss the organization's ten-year anniversary, their history within it over the years, what the community means to them, and what they see coming for the future. Featuring WWCode WWCode Chief Program Officer Shanna Gregory and WWCode Digital Community Product Manager Grevia Castaldi.
Sandy Ritter, Staff Software Engineer in Mobile Development at P&G and co-director of the Cincinnati Chapter of Women Who Code, interviews Hannah Mace, Software Engineer at Bugcrowd. They discuss Hannah’s path to tech, her boot camp experiences, the importance of mentorship, and ways to maintain the right professional mindset.
Grecia Castaldi, Program Manager of the Digital Communities at Women Who Code, interviews Tami Tillman, Director of Product for Supply Chain at Macy's Technology. They discuss Tami’s career journey, her views on management and leadership, the company culture at Macy's, and what she believes every woman can do to become invaluable to companies, co-workers, and clients.
Paula Paul, Distinguished Engineer with Greyshore Associates and volunteer and former Track Lead at Women Who Code, interviews Maria Arkelatyan, Senior Developer and Developer Manager with PokerStars. They discuss Maria’s work at PokerStars, her move from mathematics into computer science, and then into a tech management role, and what she sees for the future.
In the second episode of this special recap edition of the Women Who Code podcast, we continue to revisit some of the most powerful and inspirational moments that arose this year from the conversations between tech leaders on the show.
In this special edition of the Women Who Code podcast, we look back at some past episodes and revisit the incredible advice, stories, and inspirations that have played on the show over the past few months since our re-launch. New episodes return the first week of January!
In part two of this interview, Tara Hernandez talks about the future of tech, what companies can do to be better, and her personal views on leadership.
In part one of this interview, Tara Hernandez discusses her dreams of becoming a history major, the reality of her technology career, her views on the importance of diversity in companies, and what her professional life is like working at Google.
In the second part of this special Women Who Code 10th Anniversary episode, WWCode CEO Alaina Percival and WWCode CPO Joey Rosenberg discuss how the organization handled its expansion to the global community it is today, as well as some of the more memorable moments they experienced along the way.
In the first part of this special, Women Who Code 10th Anniversary episode, WWCode CEO Alaina Percival and WWCode CPO Joey Rosenberg discuss the start of WWCode, its mission, its early days, and how the company started to grow.
In this Teal Carpet interview, Manik talks about her journey to leadership, the importance of certifications, her methods for keeping up with tech, as well as some exciting projects she's working on at Accenture.
Warby Parker software engineer Alex Fox discusses the path to professional happiness, the importance of challenges to growth in tech, and ways to continue developing in your career over time.
Learn about how Erica Lockheimer, Vice President of Engineering at LinkedIn Learning handles work-life balance, career progress, and her views on the importance of interviewing.
Vaidheeswaran Archana, Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Continental and WWCode Senior Leadership Fellow interviews Honey Williams, Senior Director of Technology at Liberty Mutual, about code, career, and the path to leadership.
In this episode of the Women Who Code Podcast, WWCode Chief Product Officer Joey Rosenberg Interviews Anusha Rutnam, Technical Support Engineer at Adyen. Learn about Anusha's journey in tech, her transition from web dev to technical support, her approach to documentation, and how she learned never to settle in her career.
In this edition of the Women Who Code Podcast Alaina Percival, CEO of WWCode, interviews Monica Blaylock, Engineering Manager at DoorDash. They discuss her professional journey, her experiences in the industry, and what it takes to be a good leader.
Interview with Lisa Smith, Women Who Code Network Director for Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
A flyby of the Lesbians Who Tech SF vendor expo to meet the companies who are committed to diversity and inclusion, and more encouragement to get out there and get networking...
Precocious youth as teen entrepeneurs: an interview with Emma Yang, a 13 year old who's started a tech company based around development of a mobile app designed to help Alzheimer's patients.
https://emmayang.com/
https://www.ca.com/us/company/csr/stem10/emma-yang.html
http://timeless.care/
A discussion on engineering leadership and corporate culture with two Directors of Engineering at Microsoft: Sarah Kaplan and Karen Leonard
Discussions with WWC network directors and corporate sponsors, and all the cool things we do to build a network of support for women in high tech industry!
Topic: Interviews with a wide assortment of women attendees at AWS Re:invent
Show notes:
Employees from the following companies were included in spot interviews (their participation is hugely appreciated):
https://looker.com/ https://www.salesforce.com/ https://www.atlassian.com/ http://www.level3.com/en/ https://www.civisanalytics.com/ https://github.com/ https://us.coca-cola.com/home/ https://www.redhat.com/en/global/united-states https://www.twitch.tv/ https://www.netflix.com/ http://www.averesystems.com/ http://www.worldbank.org/ http://www.livenation.com/ https://newrelic.com/ https://platform9.com/ https://www.rackspace.com/
A dedicated technologist with decades of experience talks about her take on high tech industry and women's participation within it
A discussion with Susan Salituro and Amanda Peterson on transitioning into a software engineering career/management roles