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January 27: Women in Tech Weekly Issue 43

We’re back with our new edition of Women in Tech Weekly, ready to inspire you once again! Super excited to share stories of these amazing women that are owning 2020 already!

Do you have some interesting stories to share as well? Then, make sure to check out the submission form below! ?

Featured Woman ?‍?

Victoria and Vicky’s Daily Stand-up

Vicky is an awesome human being and such an inspiration! She was drawn to technology for its almost magical powers and is almost entirely self-taught. She also creates incredibly valuable content and breaks down complex concepts into digestible and easy to understand videos. To sum up: you absolutely have to follow her!

Celebrations ??

Bianca is celebrating her promotion to IT project manager!

In her own words:

“Besides my role as a full-stack developer, I got promoted to IT project manager which brings not only a significant change in career but also in salary.”




A post shared by Bianca | Front-end Developer (@biadev) on Jan 3, 2020 at 5:47am PST

Tierra got a CS Master’s degree @ UPenn!

In her own words:

“I studied journalism and media communication in undergrad and worked at a TV station for two years. I wanted a change, so I took a leap of faith and went all in as a graduate student!”!




A post shared by Tierra 👩🏾‍💻 Design && Code (@tierrabyte) on Jan 14, 2020 at 10:28am PST

Hiba is celebrating an experience to remember!

In her own words:

“⁣⁣⁣⁣On Wednesday my team, @NorcoNasaSuits got the chance to have a virtual session with Astronaut Tyler N. Hauge! We’re nearly 3 months away from our project deadline. We’re creating an augmented reality HUD for astronauts that might be used for NASA’s Artemis Mission. ??‍??⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣”

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7tFFp1g1vR/

Project Page:




A post shared by Norco NASA S.U.I.T.S. (@norconasasuits) on Jan 24, 2020 at 3:52am PST

Astronaut’s Page:




A post shared by NASA Astronaut Nick Hague (@astrohague) on Jan 23, 2020 at 9:44am PST

Holly got the TechWomen100 award!

This is awesome, Holly! Congratulations, girl, this is super well-deserved 🙂 And what a wonderful company you’re in there – that list of 100 badass women makes my heart smile ?




FAQ Q.11 // What do you do at Microsoft? 👩‍💻 . As you probably know, I am a software engineer at Microsoft on the Cortana for Windows team! I have collectively worked for the company for over 2.5 years. During that time I have worked on #Paint3D 🎨 (1 year internship), #Xbox 🎮 (3 month internship), and #Cortana on #Windows 💻 (1.5 years FTE). . My team and I are responsible for core client-side features and the main look and feel of Cortana on Windows. ✨ Because of this, I collaborate closely with designers to create experiences that users love, look and feel beautiful, and will make users more productive. . I'm very thankful to be able to also work on #Women#InTech initiatives like organizing the #DigiGirlz tech fair, building the women in tech community at @microsoftuk in my role on the Technical Women @ Microsoft Board, and connecting & support other female microsofties who reach out to me. 👯‍♀️ . My days are busy, but I have a blast every day. I am challenged, I learn constantly, I grow, and have fun doing it with amazing people. . . . #herhelloworld #womenintech #girlswhocode #girlpower #womeninstem #girlboss #builtbygirls #dev_girls #engineergirls #womenempowerment #ilooklikeanengineer #stemsquad #microsoft #stemforfem #femalehustlers #womenwhoengineer #stemher #earlyincareer #microsoftlife

A post shared by STEM•Career•Advocacy (@herhelloworld) on Jan 20, 2020 at 11:36am PST

Marie is doing research at Johns Hopkins University!

Marie, this is incredible! We’re all so proud of you and are very excited to follow your journey into machine learning and also as a masters student at such an awesome place. Congratulations and super well done for going for your dreams!




🇺🇸I am living in the USA until May, doing research at @johnshopkinsu ! 🤩⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ It's a dream come true for me to do a semester abroad. I always wanted to live that experience but didn't do it during my undergrad. I'm so happy I get this opportunity in Baltimore, Maryland! 🤗⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I'll be doing research on voice activity detection in the Speech lab at JHU! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I've been in the city for a couple of days now, and I've been sharing my daily life in my stories. So if you're curious to know what life in the US is for a foreigner, go watch my stories daily! 😊⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ▶️ JHU offers a free shuttle bus that acts like an Uber from 5:30 pm to 4 am. So it picks you up at your current location and drops you at the exact place you want to go to. I think this service is also offered in other colleges, am I right? 😊⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Have a great week! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #GoHop #johnshopkins #johnshopkinsuniversity #baltimoreravens #baltimorephotographer #baltimorecity #baltimorephotography #baltimoremd #baltimoreblogger #baltimoremaryland #college_diaries #colleges #collegestudent #collegeblogger #womenintech #techie #womeninstem #womenintechnology #girlwhocode #techielife #womeninscience #womeninbiz #womensupportingwomen #codingisfun #softwaredeveloper

A post shared by Marie – Girl Knows Tech (@girlknowstech) on Jan 20, 2020 at 9:10am PST

Resources ?‍?

Feminine Computer Science Poster – created and shared by JoCee

I have a difficult time finding feminine technology accessories. There will be 20,000 black, green, and blue laptop covers and only 5 pink or purple ones. I think the key to more women entering CS-related fields is to provide resources that they are drawn to, and marketed (even for free) towards them. So I created a digital decoration that is clearly feminine, and also clearly computer science-related (:

The video is an intro to computer specs for helping those in the market of a new laptop. It has metrics and more relatable explanations of computer specs.


The Future of Online Shopping– created and shared by me 🙂

What’s the future of online shopping technology? Let me show you how one Swedish fintech startup is reinventing that user experience!


Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below and if you’d like to share something for next week’s issue, here’s the submission form!! Bookmark that and add anything you’d like to share in there ?

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