What an honor and pleasure it was to address the female software engineers, product managers, designers, and engineering management at Facebook’s fourth annual Tech Women’s Day earlier this week.
It was a walk down memory lane for both my co-panelists Diane Greene (founder and former CEO of VMware) and Leah Busque (founder and CEO of TaskRabbit, @labusque) and myself, as we shared our personal journeys through covert and overt discrimination, learning how to be heard, impostor syndrome, finding mentors and role models, and building community.
Sheryl and Sue fireside chat at #TWD2014 pic.twitter.com/sTGctAeYmi
— Bo Ren (@Bosefina) September 17, 2014
Above, a a fireside chat with Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook, @sherylsandberg).
Below, we got #TWD hoodies & hair ties! #bestswagever.
At Hearsay Social, we are excited to welcome an engineering intern class of 60% women this year and will be hosting our own Afternoon Tea with Hearsay Social Women Engineers next month.
Seeing so many bright, talented, and passionate women emerging in the tech world gives me great hope and optimism regarding the future — I am excited and grateful to be part of the movement.