Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories
English
By (author): Tarah Wheeler
Jam packed with insights from women in the field, this is an invaluable career guide for the aspiring or experienced female tech professional (Forbes).
As the CEO of a startup, Tarah Wheeler is all too familiar with the challenges female tech professionals face on a daily basis. Thats why shes teamed up with other high-achieving women within the fieldfrom entrepreneurs and analysts to elite hackers and gamersto provide a roadmap for women looking to jump-start, or further develop, their tech career.
In an effort to dismantle the unconscious social bias against women in the industry, Wheeler interviews professionals like Brianna Wu (founder, Giant Spacekat), Angie Chang (founder, Women 2.0), Keren Elazari (TED speaker and cybersecurity expert), Katie Cunningham (Python educator and developer), and Miah Johnson (senior systems administrator) about the obstacles they have overcome to do what they love. Their inspiring personal stories are interspersed with tech-focused career advice. Readers will learn:
the secrets of salary negotiation
the best format for tech resumes
how to ace a tech interview
the perks of both contracting (W-9) and salaried full-time work
the secrets of mentorship
how to start your own company
and much more!
BONUS CONTENT: Perfect for its audience of hackers and coders, Women in Tech also contains puzzles and codes throughoutcreated by Mike Selinker (Lone Shark Games), Gabby Weidling (Lone Shark Games), and cryptographer Ryan LostboY Clarkethat are love letters to women in the industry. A distinguished anonymous contributor created the Python code for the cover of the book, which references the mother of computer science, Ada Lovelace. Run the code to see what it does! See more
As the CEO of a startup, Tarah Wheeler is all too familiar with the challenges female tech professionals face on a daily basis. Thats why shes teamed up with other high-achieving women within the fieldfrom entrepreneurs and analysts to elite hackers and gamersto provide a roadmap for women looking to jump-start, or further develop, their tech career.
In an effort to dismantle the unconscious social bias against women in the industry, Wheeler interviews professionals like Brianna Wu (founder, Giant Spacekat), Angie Chang (founder, Women 2.0), Keren Elazari (TED speaker and cybersecurity expert), Katie Cunningham (Python educator and developer), and Miah Johnson (senior systems administrator) about the obstacles they have overcome to do what they love. Their inspiring personal stories are interspersed with tech-focused career advice. Readers will learn:
the secrets of salary negotiation
the best format for tech resumes
how to ace a tech interview
the perks of both contracting (W-9) and salaried full-time work
the secrets of mentorship
how to start your own company
and much more!
BONUS CONTENT: Perfect for its audience of hackers and coders, Women in Tech also contains puzzles and codes throughoutcreated by Mike Selinker (Lone Shark Games), Gabby Weidling (Lone Shark Games), and cryptographer Ryan LostboY Clarkethat are love letters to women in the industry. A distinguished anonymous contributor created the Python code for the cover of the book, which references the mother of computer science, Ada Lovelace. Run the code to see what it does! See more
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