Girls - find yourselves a role model
Everyone is talking about the need for more women in STEM — engineers, founders, top executives…
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The best coding interview I ever took
The best coding interview I ever took
Up your coding-interviewer game with these tipsCoding interviews are secretly dreaded by almost every software engineer, and a cottage industry of books and websites seems to exist just to ameliorate that dread. But the truth is that the INTERVIEWER is often not very good at the process and not getting specific enough feedback about his or her not-goodness. ¶ In the interest of helping both sides constructively, I wanted to point out some features of the very best coding interview I’ve ever taken as the interviewee.Joyce ParkApr 4
I Have a Question…
I Have a Question…
But I’m too scared to ask… ¶ But I’m too scared to ask ¶ Sounds familiar? Yep, same. ¶ I became interested in Computer Science the summer before my freshman year in college. I was interested in the tech industry, but I was also very scared. Everyone seemed to have been coding since they were fetuses, and everyone seemed to know everything. How could I possibly keep up?? I was just starting out! ¶ Like any rational human being, I pretended to understand what other engineers and Computer Science majors were talking…Dana LeeMar 14
What Happened When I Talked Openly About Sexism in Tech
What Happened When I Talked Openly About Sexism in Tech
Ok. So a couple weeks ago I did something. I talked openly about MY experience with sexism in tech through my blog post “A Woman in Tech’s…Open Letter to My ‘Sexist’ Colleagues”. I did it in the most compassionate and conscious way I could through sharing my personal forgiveness exercise for those who I felt had belittled me based on my gender. This experience was true for me. I didn’t share the transcripts of any exact experiences or quantify my experience in any way except for its toll on my own emotions. ¶ Why did I do it? First, I wanted to share my experience to let women who were experiencing difficulties know that they…Gretchen HellmanMar 13
An Open Letter to the First Years
An Open Letter to the First Years
Today, an upper year told me that he overheard something that members of your class were discussing in the big lab. He said that you’d been…discussing JobMine, and who had gotten which interviews. And when someone mentioned that one of your female classmates had gotten a particular interview, one of you said, “Well, she got it because she’s a girl.” ¶ To the people who have said this — and trust me, I know quite well that there were more than a few of you — you know who you are. To the people who have thought it but not said it out loud: this post is for you too.Clarisse SchneiderMar 8
I’m one of the guys.
I’m one of the guys.
I don’t think there’s anyone who would disagree with that statement. I’m an female engineering student with a tomboyish attitude, a…penchant for dirty humour, a taste for craft beer, and a love of leather jackets. ¶ Everyone always asks me what it’s like to be a female engineering student in a class and industry full of men. Of course, I share a couple stories detailing accusations that I only got an interview/job because of my gender, my disappointment at never having the opportunity to work with or for a female engineer, and other equally thrilling tales.Clarisse SchneiderNov 20, 2015
