At the end of each day we like to ask a reflective question to the participants. Here’s the what they had to say on Day 1 of She’s Geeky Seattle 2014.
As a result of today…
- I appreciate the vast variety of personalities who make up the female “geek” spectrum
- I have two contacts for a new job
- I will ask more people for feedback on what I create, and celebrate my success with them!
- I am taking the GRE for grad school!
- I look forward to having more unique conversations with more unique people.
- I am more informed and enlightened.
- I feel empowered to put myself in new uncomfortable situations and be vulnerable to failure
- I am ready to re-evaluate my work/life balance
- I have discovered more “on-ramps” from the non-tech to tech world
- I feel a much greater sense of support
- I’m going to share my feelings with the people I trust so it won’t affect my work
- I am finishing a girl’s friendly coding business and finishing my women in CS book
- I made new connections across…companies, technologies, ideologies
- I remember how valuable it is to take a day for me and connect with new people
- I will motivate myself to kickstart my side project
- I know that there are better jobs and companies out there that I should be working for
- I’m more inspired to advocate for young girls to look at computer science, DigiGirlz, TEALS, etc.
- I met a lot of amazing women who I have more in common with than I would’ve thought
- I am inspired to step out of my comfort zone and lean in to different areas I am passionate about but may not be “good” at yet
- Gonna devote more time to my startup and promote/celebrate little victories
- I will relax more…insist less, control less
- I want to learn Esparanto and hire women in tech
- I’m going to read “Why Women Mean Business”
- I feel more comfortable with some ideas in my mind that I’ve never expressed before.
- I learned what esperanto is
- I feel encouraged to have conversations on salary negotiation if not satisfied
- I don’t feel so alone in my working world.
- I know others are navigating similar issues to me.
- I feel like I belong
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