7 Black Women in Tech You Should Know This February — Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth!

Over 60 high school seniors and educators took BART from Coliseum Station in East Oakland to visit AWS offices in downtown San Francisco as part of Girl Geek X’s adopt-an-Oakland-school partnership with nonprofit Oakland Public Education Fund. — CCPA Computer Science teacher Shrotriyee Jacque teaches classes on Java, Javascript, and data science. Educators welcome increased collaboration between industry and academia to inspire students to envision future careers in tech, taking opportunities for field trips to inspire the students’ future careers (and choice of college majors / minors).

In 2017, I compiled a popular list of 12 Female Architects in Software and Data! This is an updated list of even more talented architecture experts in engineering, data, systems, cloud, and more — bigger and better than before! Here are 20 inspiring women architects to watch in 2022: #1 — Aida El-Toumi Murphy — Cloud Architect — AT&T Aida…

We’ve compiled the best of ELEVATE 2022 Tech Talks, from NEW TECHNOLOGY (and the latest startups), to brass tacks for ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP (for individual contributors and managers alike). #1 — Michelle Yi, Senior Director of Applied AI at RelationalAI, talks about why knowledge is the future of data.

Here’s how some of #IWD2022 speakers successfully addressed the theme “Break the Bias” — you can watch their videos below too. #1 — Camille Tate, Head of Talent at Strava, breaks the bias of traditional tech hiring, challenging recruiting to step outside normal comfort zones and personal referral networks. “Building a diverse team is everybody’s job, specifically, not even recruiter’s jobs — it’s the whole company’s job. …

🎁 In 2021, we hosted 3 virtual Girl Geek Dinners and a virtual conference Elevate celebrating International Women’s Day. Stay tuned for more events (both IRL & virtual) in 2022! As the pace of events dramatically slowed due to the ongoing pandemic, we sought to create new, meaningful opportunities to…

Did you know that climate change is correlated with mental disorders and lowering sperm count? The need to combat climate change is crucial— and transformational. “The world’s first trillionaire will be a green-tech entrepreneur,” predicted Kara Swisher in the New York Times. Yes, that’s trillionaire, with a T. Here are…

Education equity is an important issue for many San Francisco Bay Area residents during the pandemic. Girl Geek X’s new partnership with Oakland Public Education Fund means we have adopted CCPA (a secondary school serving 600+ students grades 6–12 in East Oakland) for the pandemic school year, providing valuable experiences…

The key to resilience with a career in tech is your network, especially for women and introverts. Here are strategies from the Girl Geek X community for maintaining trajectory of jobs, careers, passion projects, and more. #1 — Leverage the buddy system Aerfectionism and learning to move her goal posts at work seems to be a…