The Radical Topic of Women In Tech

1. WHERE MY
LADIES AT?THE RADICAL TOPIC OF WOMEN IN TECH
#WhereMyLadiesAt

2. LUCKY
#WhereMyLadiesAt

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4. ACTUALLY.
WELL,
#WhereMyLadiesAt

5. #WhereMyLadiesAt

6. #WhereMyLadiesAt

7. HOW DID I
GET HERE?
#WhereMyLadiesAt

8. WHY IS THIS
DIFFERENT?
#WhereMyLadiesAt

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10. At successful companies, the median share of female executives was 7.1
percent, compared with 3.1 percent at unsuccessful firms.
-Bloomberg News
Fortune 500 companies with at least three female directors have seen their
return on invested capital increase by at least 66%, return on sales increase by
42%, and return on equity increase by at least 53%.
-fastcoexist.com
In 2012, a NCWIT analysis of women’s participation in IT patents found that
U.S. patents produced by mixed-gender teams were cited 30% to 40% more
than other similar patents.
-fastcoexist.com

11. WHY HIRE
WOMEN?
#WhereMyLadiesAt

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13. SOME
UNSOLICITED
ADVICE
#WhereMyLadiesAt

14. OKAY.
TO.
F*CK.
UP.
IT’S.

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18. “New Media” Intern
Elektra Records
Gorilla Marketing Manager
drillTeam
Graphic Designer
MTV
E-Commerce Manager
MTV
Product Development Manager
MTV
Sr. Developer
The Chopping Block
Sr. Developer
BBDO
Creative Technologist
BBDO
Sr. Developer
The Freelancers Union
(for all of 1 month)
Vice President of Technology
COMPOSE[D]
Chief Technology Officer
COMPOSE[D]

19. WORK/LIFE
BALANCE
IS BULLSHIT
#WhereMyLadiesAt

20. #WhereMyLadiesAt

21. ““I suppose I could have stayed home
and baked cookies and had teas, but
what I decided to do was to fulfill my
profession which I entered before my
husband was in public life.”
–HilLAry Clinton
#WhereMyLadiesAt

22. DON’T
APOLOGIZE
FOR YOUR CHOICES
#WhereMyLadiesAt

23. ASK
*FOR *
HELP
#WhereMyLadiesAt

24. ASK
*FOR *
MORE
#WhereMyLadiesAt

25. FIND AND KEEP
YOUR PEOPLE
#WhereMyLadiesAt

26. Get off your ass
& Network

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28. CELEBRATE YOURSELF
#WhereMyLadiesAt

29. “Don't waste your energy trying to
change opinions ... Do your thing, and
don't care if they like it.
-Tina Fey, Bossypants

30. STOP
COMPARING
YOURSELF
TO OTHERS
#WhereMyLadiesAt

31. BE.
CODING.
ALWAYS.
#WhereMyLadiesAt

32. Some TAKEAWAYS
#WhereMyLadiesAt

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34. “In the future, there will be no female
leaders. There will just be leaders.
–Sheryl Sandberg

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