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17 Situations You’re Going to Have to Deal With If You Run a Women in Tech Meetup & How to Prepare

Warning: This post is a downer (AKA depressing). Intended Audience: Organizers of women in tech related Meetups. Also applicable to meetups or events of other under-represented groups. 17 Situations You’re Going To Face As a Women in Tech Meetup Organizer Situation #1: Man

Alison July 24, 2016 Alison Reflects Read more

Working to Build an Inclusive Tech Community with Ally Skills Workshop

This post was originally published here on the Enova blog. As a programmer and a woman in tech, I am aware of a great need for allies and more managers to be leaders. The past few years I’ve learned how

Alison June 4, 2016 Uncategorized Read more

Reflection on Women Techmakers 2016 Chicago event

Held at the Google Chicago office, the Women Techmakers 2016 event in Chicago on April 9, 2016 was incredible. Time: 10am-5:30pm Event hashtag: #WTM16 The awesome: Seeing old friends. Meeting new people. The speaker lineup. Not only were the people

Alison April 9, 2016 Alison Reflects, Events Read more

The Access Issue Hindering Women Coders I Have Yet To Hear Mentioned In Public

This post was originally published on LinkedIn. Comments and likes should be made there – on the original post. Access. It’s a word representing a fundamental component of making things possible. If a farmer doesn’t have access to water, how

Alison February 22, 2016February 27, 2016 Uncategorized Read more

My New Perspective on the Skills I Bring to the Table

This post was originally published on LinkedIn. Comments and likes should be made there – on the original post.   For awhile now I’ve been aware that female programmers tend to focus on proper nouns in their LinkedIn skill list.

Alison February 4, 2016 Uncategorized Read more

An Open Letter to Female Programmers

This post was originally published on Braintree Payments’ blog, Strongly Typed here. To every woman who codes, I’ve been writing code myself for 17 years. As a female programmer (among other things), I’ve met a range of men who work

Alison July 8, 2015March 30, 2016 Uncategorized Read more

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