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Attention Women: The Wage Gap Will Cost You A Whopping $430,000 Over Your Career
Attention Women: The Wage Gap Will Cost You A Whopping $430,000 Over Your Career
What would you do if you had an extra $10,762 this year? Would you finally pay off your student loans? Get a more reliable car? Put your…
Megan Kelley
2 days ago
CEO Dishes On The Pregnancy (And Work) Advice No One Tells You
CEO Dishes On The Pregnancy (And Work) Advice No One Tells You
Allyson Downey dreamed up the idea for her fast-growing startup weeSpring — a social shopping website that gives honest advice on baby…
Marie E. Oliver
2 days ago
A Tech VP Reveals What Women Should Know About Public Speaking
A Tech VP Reveals What Women Should Know About Public Speaking
Megan Berry isn’t your typical executive who sits behind a desk all day. As the VP of Product for RebelMouse, her passion for tech and…
Chie Davis
Apr 5
Virtual reality could be a solution to sexism in tech
Virtual reality could be a solution to sexism in tech
(I originally published this piece on Quartz.com in February — FYI.)
Katharine Zaleski
Mar 31
Data-driven Desks? Distribute! Hackathon Judges Envision The Future Of Work
Data-driven Desks? Distribute! Hackathon Judges Envision The Future Of Work
Thinking about registering for Distribute! Hackathon, but still have questions? We’ve got you covered.
Courtney Mayberry
Mar 31
#PTFJobChat Highlights With Our Google Analytics Guru
#PTFJobChat Highlights With Our Google Analytics Guru
This week’s Twitter Q&A (#PTFJobChat) featured PowerToFly’s senior web and data analyst, Vanina. Her topic? Google Analytics. One of her…
Courtney Mayberry
Mar 24
Knowing How To Analyze Data Can Open Doors For Job Seekers
Knowing How To Analyze Data Can Open Doors For Job Seekers
Vanina, PowerToFly’s senior data and web analyst, likes to get her hands dirty — with data. She’s passionate about Google Analytics and the…
Courtney Mayberry
Mar 24
A Day In The Life Of A Remote “Scrum Master” And Mom Of 3
A Day In The Life Of A Remote “Scrum Master” And Mom Of 3
Nada Mihovilovic works for PowerToFly from her home in Belgrade, the largest city in Serbia. She joined the team last summer as a business…
Chie Davis
Mar 23
Fusion’s CTO On Running A Remote Team And The Future of Journalism
Fusion’s CTO On Running A Remote Team And The Future of Journalism
Hong Qu is the CTO for Fusion. As a member of the startup team at YouTube he designed, coded and launched key features such as channels…
Cathy Sharick
Mar 17
Virtual Watercooler? Global Invitation To Hack Offices For Remote Teams of Future
Virtual Watercooler? Global Invitation To Hack Offices For Remote Teams of Future
Calling all visionaries! Have you been architecting code in your head to make a new piece of software to help remote teams? Or maybe you’ve…
been designing a tech-savvy, wifi-enabled office chair that connects to video chat? Ever thought about how offices will look, feel and function in the future? Or how a team of remote co-workers will virtually drink the company’s cultural Kool-Aid? (Virtual office party, anyone?)
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PowerToFly is calling critical thinkers and engineers of all types to join us for Distribute!, an innovative, three-day global hackathon that challenges teams to reinvent the workplace of the future.
Courtney Mayberry
Mar 16
2 Women Create A Judgment Free Digital Space For Modern Moms, Encouraging Them To “Do You”
2 Women Create A Judgment Free Digital Space For Modern Moms, Encouraging Them To “Do You”
By: Chie Davis
PowerToFly
Mar 9
5 Reasons You Don’t Need To Know ‘What You Want To Be When You Grow Up’
5 Reasons You Don’t Need To Know ‘What You Want To Be When You Grow Up’
Katy Kasmai is the Founder of Team Exponent and a senior level engineering program manager at Google. She is passionate about moonshots…
Cathy Sharick
Mar 9
How Leading Executives Manage Distributed Tech Teams
How Leading Executives Manage Distributed Tech Teams
We know that it’s hard to build diverse top caliber tech teams — especially when you are trying to source your candidates from one location…
PowerToFly
Mar 2
People Wanted To Know Where They Found Their Kids’ Clothes, So They Opened An Online Store
People Wanted To Know Where They Found Their Kids’ Clothes, So They Opened An Online Store
Ever wanted to start a company with your best friend? These two women did just that. As the CEO and founder of Girls on Greenwich, Julie…
PowerToFly
Feb 26
Women and Hollywood Channel Adele Because #OscarsSoWhite And #OscarsSoMale
Women and Hollywood Channel Adele Because #OscarsSoWhite And #OscarsSoMale
We’re big fans of superstar Adele’s hit single “Hello.” If you’ve been out of the pop culture loop, as Bustle details, the dramatic hip…
PowerToFly
Feb 26
She May Be A Busy Social Editor But She Still Makes Time For Dance Breaks
She May Be A Busy Social Editor But She Still Makes Time For Dance Breaks
Los Angeles-based Lexi Kent-Monning can rock a 6 a.m. global conference call like nobody’s business. Just give her a cozy blanket, a hot…
PowerToFly
Feb 24
Mark Luckie On Why It’s OK To Say ‘We Have A Black People Meet-Up Group’
Mark Luckie On Why It’s OK To Say ‘We Have A Black People Meet-Up Group’
Reddit’s new Head of Journalism and Media shares with PowerToFly his tips for building and retaining a diverse team.
Marie E. Oliver
Feb 23
‘The Episodic Career’: Advice From An Award-Winning Journalist On How To Navigate Today’s Ever…
‘The Episodic Career’: Advice From An Award-Winning Journalist On How To Navigate Today’s Ever…
Farai Chideya has led a successful 20-year career as an award-winning author, journalist, professor, and lecturer. She is currently a…
Cathy Sharick
Feb 23
She Let Go Of Perfectionism And Now Aces Remote Work And Motherhood
She Let Go Of Perfectionism And Now Aces Remote Work And Motherhood
Diala Alkhawaldeh worked from her home in Amman, Jordan before joining PowerToFly’s remote team as the Global Talent Manager. She’s now a…
PowerToFly
Feb 23
Generations Of Women Are Divided Over Hillary Clinton. Here’s Why.
Generations Of Women Are Divided Over Hillary Clinton. Here’s Why.
After Hillary Clinton lost to Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primaries, it’s clear that the debate surrounding women and their support…
PowerToFly
Feb 23
How HackerRank Is Helping Companies Boost Diversity Through Code Challenges
How HackerRank Is Helping Companies Boost Diversity Through Code Challenges
Founded in 2012, HackerRank is transforming the way companies recruit programmers by holding various code challenges. PowerToFly connected…
Jason Chen
Feb 11
How Presidential Candidates Think Women Should Be Treated At Work
How Presidential Candidates Think Women Should Be Treated At Work
Ladies… and gentlemen who have significant others collecting paychecks… we ranked the candidates on the issues that affect women at work…
Katharine Zaleski
Feb 3
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