Today’s high-tech career pathways can be an enigma. Job descriptions and even some job titles evolve as quickly as new technology. In order to compete for the best jobs, our workforce not only needs to stay apprised of the options, but also know how to sharpen their skills. Though it’s hardly an exhaustive list, here […]
Dear Friends and Community Members, Redefining Women in Tech has been bringing events and community support to the greater Eugene area for over two years. We’ve built a community that includes over 500 people, and estimate that we will welcome over 150 newcomers this year. In a community the size of Eugene, this strong […]
Discover the strategic, operations, and communications roles in technology and learn how to compete for them. As the lines between the tech industry and every other industry become increasingly blurred, the call for talented coders has become widespread. Yet, for each programming job in tech there are plenty of other jobs prime for mid-career professionals ready for […]
What to do with what the news and social media do to us? Many people check their phones in the morning before their first sip of coffee or tea. Our first moments of wakefulness are most often filled with information about other people’s lives, whether through social media or news stories about global warming, war, injustice […]
Accepting the unacceptable. That’s me, pictured on the right. Maybe it was my introduction to power tools and SciFi as a kid, but my interests have never been “normal” for a girl my age, at any age. My style, if you could call it that, has always been colorful, and I’ve always had a hard […]
Community Sessions Cressa Perloff facilitates a group discussion on inclusion and belonging at our first Community Sessions event in Eugene, Oregon. Photo by Lyssa Louise. We are a Tech Community To many, this may seem like an oxymoron. Communal is not usually the first descriptive word that comes to mind when it comes to tech culture. A […]
Sarah’s Story I recently co-organized an event in Eugene, Oregon for women interested in technology careers. We hope we can start to find solutions to some of the gaps in the Eugene tech hiring market, along with many broader goals. My take on our inaugural event: Redefining #Women in #Tech — A #Eugene #Oregon Experiment. […]
Three years ago I was recruiting for a technical lead position in Eugene, Oregon and was struggling with it. I asked a friend for advice. At the time, my friend was also running a software development company, but he was willing to offer us headhunting services since his team was fully staffed. When we sat […]