The Women of .NET Present: Optimizing Your Life, Inside and Out of Development
summary
Panelists report concrete routes into tech: learn through local meetups and one-year contract apprenticeships (example: App Factory hiring for Windows Phone templates), transition via internships into product or advocacy roles, and use .NET MAUI/Xamarin and accessibility work to build real projects that ship. Community tools include GitHub, MVP/GDE programs, and the Women of .NET Discord for mentoring and speaking slots; claim: hands‑on practice and mentors — not degrees — move careers forward.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:58Career paths into tech leadership
- 8:10Non-traditional routes to tech success
- 15:08Role of allies in inclusion
- 21:12Joining Women of .NET
- 24:05Building confidence in .NET
- 25:11Final advice
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