I didn’t let my peers who were smarter, more experienced, and didn’t have to worry about money bother me. I just put my blinders on and plugged away. By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder, Femgineer) I am really bad at quitting. Failing miserably isn’t enough to get me to quit either. For example, when I was a [...]
Posts Tagged "Femgineer"
Because Knowing How to Code Isn’t Always Enough
March 20, 2013 – 10:00 am
Women engineers entering the field now are definitely in a better support system. By Sujata Menon (Java Developer, Marqeta) For a woman in tech today, there are quite a few resources out there to help one advance technically and professionally. This was not the case even 5 years ago. Being the lone woman engineer in [...]
Do The Hardest Thing
November 29, 2012 – 10:00 am
I’ve programmed myself to do the hardest things in life, but they’ve also brought me the greatest joy! By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder & CEO, BizeeBee) Instead of doing what’s easiest, I always chose to pursue the hard path. Even after dropping out of my first computer science class, I forced myself to take summer school, [...]
How To Become A Femgineer (Infographic: MOOC)
November 10, 2012 – 7:00 am
’bout time a girl founded the next Facebook/Google/Apple. By Frances Advincula (Software Engineer, Accenture) What I love most about being an engineer is at the end of the day, I am helping build a product, something tangible and measurable. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that right now, everyone wants to learn how to program, since [...]
Where To Find Femgineers (Recruiting/Hiring Women Engineers)
November 1, 2012 – 9:00 am
Sponsor an event for women in tech like Founder Friday or Girl Geek Dinners. Femgineers eat too! By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder & CEO, BizeeBee) My boyfriend, who’s an engineer, and his CEO are part of a prominent Silicon Valley startup that are currently as they say “killing it!” They’ve managed to become pretty successful in [...]
Where UX Meets Code: Get Started On Web & Mobile Development
October 26, 2012 – 2:48 pm
The front-end web and mobile development is where UX meets code. By Frances Advincula (Software Engineer, Accenture) When I was young, I wanted to be a fashion designer. But then I grew up and realized I actually have to be able to eat food and pay rent, so I became a software engineer instead. Fast [...]
To Really See Your Startup Vision, Leave The Building.
June 9, 2012 – 11:00 am
“I told her who I was and she announced to the group, ‘This is the woman who came up with BizeeBee, it runs my business!” By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder & CEO, BizeeBee) One day ago I was supposed to get on a plane to Paris for a 3 week vacation in the South of France, [...]
Silicon Valley Needs Femgineers (she++)
April 13, 2012 – 10:00 am
The co-chairs of she++ speak up about the first women in tech conference at Stanford. By Ayna Agarwal & Ellora Israni (Co-Chairs, she++ Conference at Stanford University) This Monday, the world’s largest social media giant made its most expensive acquisition in history when it purchased a 13-person startup – a startup that makes exactly $0 [...]
Femgineer Celebrates 5 Years Of Blogging Changes, Starting Up
March 18, 2012 – 6:00 am
A femgineer discusses the Silicon Valley and women in engineering. By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder & CEO, BizeeBee) It’s been five years since I started blogging at Femgineer. I can vividly remember the process I went through when I was deciding on a name for the blog, I wanted something that would capture being feminine and [...]
On A Culture Of Constraints In Product Development
December 5, 2011 – 5:15 am
By Poornima Vijayashanker (Founder & CEO, BizeeBee) In 4 days, it will be the 1 year anniversary of launching BizeeBee my second startup. When I started BizeeBee, I was determined to put in place engineering principles that I hadn’t been able to at previous companies. I also wanted to avoid a lot of bad practices [...]
