Alexandra Stokes
Getting to Gender Parity without the awks
Category: Opinion
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On the 30th of November I spoke at CTO Summit about Getting to Gender parity without the Awks. Previous attempts I had made to sum up answers to ‘How can we attract, retain and inspire more women in technology careers?’ had left me fumbling for easy-to-digest responses. My male colleagues wanted to help, but it can be an awkward conundrum to untangle and confront. On one hand I’m sure I’ve been the recipient of some positive discrimination in my career: was I entitled to weigh in on this subject? This…
Confessions of a Podcaster
Category: Tech
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I confess to being a mad podcast fan. I am always listening to my favourite podcasts and always on the look out for new ones. I devour podcasts in the same way some people ‘do internet’ or read books. I literally fall asleep each night with my headphones in – incidentally podcast apps usually have a timed stop feature, so you can switch off at the end of an episode or after a specified duration. I am such a fan of podcasts that Rob Leane, Logan Han and myself created a…
