I write for overachieving women in tech.
In 2022 I left my partner-track consulting career for one that allowed me time to rest and be myself. I didn’t realize how burned out I was until I had to time to recover, and now I write about burnout, mental health and feminism in tech.
Networking & Mentorship Meetups
These virtual drop-in meetups are intended to support women, femmes and non-binary people in male-dominated careers like tech, construction and leadership. We meet on the second Friday of every month.
The next meetup is February 10 at 12pm ET
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Latest Posts
Burnout Is Not Your Fault, But You Probably Think It Is
A few weeks before quitting my job, I went to my boss and said “I’m burnt out, I need help.” Unfortunately there was no help. Everyone else was just as busy as I was, and as consultants we had no control over the deadlines assigned to our projects. At the time we were in the…
13 Powerful Quotes from Women in Tech
These women in tech quotes celebrate everything that women are: inspiring, powerful and smart. Women in tech bring strong communication skills, empathetic leadership and a different perspective on the world, and make the tech world a better place.
The Bravest Thing I Ever Did
Content warning: this post discusses depression, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and suicidal ideation. ‘What is the bravest thing you’ve ever said?’ asked the boy.’Help,’ said the horse.’Asking for help isn’t giving up,’ said the horse. ‘It’s refusing to give up.’ Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse In July 2022, after traumatically leaving…
In Tech We Trust: Chat GPT, Generative AI and the Future of Work
On July 12, 2022, Midjourney AI image generator entered open beta. Only four months later, on November 30, Chat GPT launched. Artists were already upset about Midjourney using their images without permission (or royalties), but all of a sudden entire knowledge professions which had previously seemed pretty safe from automation appeared to be on the…
Generative AI and the Future of Work: Chat GPT’s Perspective
The following post was generated by Chat GPT based on a text prompt asking it to write on the same topic I did: In Tech We Trust: Chat GPT, Generative AI and the Future of Work. This was its response. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that has the ability to create new…
Keeping in touch with your network is hard. Here’s how I do it.
When I was just starting my career, my manager told me I should start building my network. As a result, I was given the goal of reaching out to someone in my network once a month – and while I always agreed that this was valuable, I struggled with how to actually do this without…
Six Reasons My Kids Will Wonder How My Generation Survived
Remember talking to your parents and discovering that they did stuff as kids that we would never be allowed to do today? Like riding in the car without a seatbelt, or breaking thermometers so they could play with liquid mercury? I have no doubt that my kids will someday look back on my life and…
#TechTuesday: Two Technologies I am Really Excited for in 2023!
Welcome to #TechTuesday! On a Wednesday this week…because SOMEONE (okay, me. It was me.) forgot it was not Tuesday today. It will be on Tuesday next week. I’ve got two really exciting technologies to talk about today: virtual reality and natural language processing! If you want to read more about some of the things I…
My Theme for 2023 is FLOW
January is a wonderful time to set intentions for the year to come. I am just coming off a year of being BRAVE, and it’s feeling like I need to take a break and rest. So this year’s theme is FLOW. Here’s what that means to me – let’s use a running metaphor. When running…
Kim Osborne Rodriguez 