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Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine co-developer Sarah Gilbert is honored with a Barbie doll. Gilbert's Barbie shares the scientist's long auburn hair, oversized black glasses and wears a navy blue pantsuit and white blouse reut.rs/3A8S8BF
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Thinking about how Zoom put my best friend through an 8 round interview process just to tell her she didn't get the job. No company should ever do that.
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On #InternationalWomensDay, I celebrate women who broke glass-ceilings, whose shoulders we stand on, who inspire confidence in little girls that the sky’s the limit.
Here’s two of those trailblazers: #SoniaSotomayor swearing-in @VP.💜
(Sorry I cropped you out, @SecondGentleman).
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What a thought-provoking Day 2! We hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as we have here at #BlackTechFest 🙌🏾
Stay tuned for our final day of #BTF20 kicking off tomorrow!
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We're excited to launch #BlackTechFest in October 2020
Stay tuned with updates 👉🏿 blacktechfest.com
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REMINDER: Today is the last day to register to vote in:
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To: All companies
Working from home is rough, but make no mistakes:
Employees won't ever be 100% office-based anymore 🤷
#remotework #WorkFromHome
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A funny thing about quarantining is hearing your partner in full work mode for the first time. Like, I’m married to a “let’s circle back” guy — who knew?
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Meet one of the world's most senior app developers! You don't have to be young to start a career in tech! (CNN) #WomenInTech
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👩🏾💻Grace Hopper was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer and invented the first compiler for a computer programming language!
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInTech
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Even though I am currently studying the lack of #WomenInTech, the reality of it catches me off guard
I met a women in a technical role for a coffee and asked, expecting her to reassure me, what it was like being a woman in her big company?
Her response, she’s the only woman...
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- Can we work remotely?
- No.
- but we'll hire faster...
- No!
- ... have more quiet time!
- Nope.
- ...enjoy better focus.
- 🙅
- 🤔... survive a pandemic?
- Ok then.
- 😓🤷
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happy #WomenScienceDay y'all! tell me about your proudest achievement in your field.
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Tech firms led by women achieve 35% higher ROI
Yet..
For every £1of #VC money
all-female founder teams get < 1p,
all-male founder teams get 89p,
mixed-gender teams 10p
89% of investors are leaving money on the table!
@GreenShoresCap
#womenintech #Diversity #VC #SDGs
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The gender balance in science and tech is notoriously uneven, but that hasn't stopped women from slaying giants in their fields. Take Donna Strickland, who recently became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics in 55 years. 1/ #WomenInScience wired.trib.al/5BlFnXX
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Only 3% of girls consider a career in tech?! We need a #techrevolution. #womenintech #womeninSTEM @womenintech @GirlsWhoCode
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Who are your favorite women in tech? @ them below, please!
No code or code 🤗
#womenintech