Sample size matters. By Tess Rinearson (Sophomore, Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science) “This Marine Infantry Course Proved Too Much For Its First Two Women Applicants.” “Female Lieutenants Flunk Marine Corps’ Fierce Infantry Training.” “Second Female Marine Fails Grueling Infantry Officer Course.”
Posts Tagged "Imposter Syndrome"
How Marines Are Like Computer Scientists: The Problem With Underrepresentation
January 2, 2013 – 2:00 pm
A Letter For New Engineers: You Will Be Different And That’s OK
September 11, 2012 – 1:28 pm
If you are a young girl in tech, realize that you will be different, accept that, but don’t expect others to change for you. By Frances Advincula (Software Engineer, Accenture) I was at a party my Filipino family friends threw for my twenty-first birthday last weekend when one of the younger kids asked me how [...]
The Imposter Syndrome And Knowing What You Don’t Know
July 4, 2012 – 7:00 am
An accurate understanding of your own knowledge is what helps you grow and learn. By Anna Billstrom (iOS & Facebook App Developer, Self) I really have never thought I had Imposter Syndrome. I’m not a shrinking voilet, tend to talk pretty authoritatively, am confident, like to speak in public, etc. Yet, I joined a mailing [...]
Watch The Women Techmakers Panel At Google I/O 2012 (Video)
July 3, 2012 – 8:00 am
“Get out of the mode of what you do day-to-day and what is important today, and get a new perspective.” By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) In the days leading up to the Google developer confeerence – Google I/O 2012 – a Women Techmakers event at Google’s San Francisco office was the hottest [...]
Imposter Syndrome And How To Beat It: Cisco Co-Founder Sandy Lerner And Barbara Tuchman
April 13, 2012 – 6:00 am
Learn from Cisco co-founder Sandy Lerner and author Barbara Tuchman. By Larry Chiang (CEO, Duck9 & Stanford University EIR) Mis-representation is something that many truly academically qualified people fear. I found out that that this is called the Imposter Syndrome pattern. When we as incredibly talented, academically book-smart women enter entrepreneurship, imposter syndrome pitfalls are [...]
Patterns Of Parties, And The SMS Messages That Preceed Them
December 8, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Larry Chiang (CEO, Duck9 & Stanford University EIR) Parties have patterns. Like many women, I get invited to a lot of uber cool things last minute. Of course, I had to toil years in the basement suite, kiss parent company ass, write 300 blog posts at BusinessWeek, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, GigaOm, Xconomy and pen a [...]
Confident or Imposing? Self-Monitoring Can Lead to Rewards for Women Leaders
June 17, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Katie Corner (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) None of us want to be the disliked “career woman” who speaks up quickest and seizes projects only to get promoted faster. She’s the one who doesn’t mind bad-mouthing her peers to make herself stand out. She’s the one who talks with this unwarranted confidence, as if she [...]
Call For Talent!
August 23, 2007 – 1:28 am
Are you interested in helping Women 2.0 put on the big events, market, and more? We are currently looking for a couple of people for the following positions: Event Coordinator We are looking for an energetic, creative, and responsible woman to plan monthly mixer events and help with planning large events (one large event will [...]
