Women's journey in tech
summary
Presentation reports concrete numbers: women make up ~20% of tech roles and roughly 9% of SRE/DevOps, with about 50% of women leaving by mid‑career. Research includes interviews with about ten women and points to practical fixes: run coding courses for primary/secondary girls, change biased job descriptions, include women in interview panels, and deploy internal rotation like Credo’s two‑week "by Azure" program to move nontechnical staff into R&D and retain talent.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 1:53Early dreams and societal barriers
- 3:41University struggles and isolation
- 5:30Moving to France and new challenges
- 7:20Career journey in tech industry
- 8:24Why diversity matters in tech
- 10:13Statistics on women in tech workforce
- 11:37Personal experiences and imposter syndrome
- 14:59Key challenges faced by women engineers
- 16:43High attrition rates among women engineers
- 17:46Lack of self-confidence and role models
- 19:12Policies and hiring biases
- 20:35Solutions and cultural change
- 22:45Job descriptions and hiring practices
- 24:10Programs to support women in tech
- 25:12Breaking stereotypes and encouraging diversity
- 25:33Closing remarks and call to action
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