Uncategorised Women an excellent answer for the 100,000 tech jobs needed in next 5 years Australia will need another 100,000 tech workers in the next five years, on top of the 63,000 new jobs created in the sector over the last three.
Uncategorised End the ‘cultural fit’ mantra and consider ‘interruption free’ meetings At a time when many tech companies are flailing in their efforts to hire more women, Atlassian appears to be making at least a little progress.
News & Views Podcast: Staying well at work & when leaders struggle on diversity Time to Talk It Out once again, with Georgie Dent, Angela Priestley and special guest Marina Go in our latest podcast.
News & Views Key to solving the IT skills gap? Addressing the diversity gap For years organisations have debated the causes and solutions to our ongoing IT skills shortage in Australia.
News & Views Podcast: Do we really need unconscious bias training, and how can we all work smarter? The latest Women’s Agenda podcast is up! This time former BRW editor and Professional Mums founder Kate Mills joins Angela Priestley and Georgie Dent in the Eagle Waves Studio to talk through a wide range of topics.
News & Views Merit & Imposter Syndrome: On the Women’s Agenda Podcast We’ve just launched season two of our Women’s Agenda podcast! This year, we’re shifting the tone a little to help keep you in the loop of the key conversations happening, while also addressing a leadership and career tip or two.
Uncategorised The pipeline of young women interested in tech careers is wide. Is the industry open & ready? Incredibly, 400 women registered for a ‘Women Slaying Tech’ panel session run by General Assembly last night, in partnership with Women’s Agenda.
News & Views Cryptocurrencies & why new tech opportunities must not become a double disadvantage for women Women worldwide still do most of the productive work yet own the smallest slice of the financial pie. That’s why we need to watch emerging technologies in the financial space closely.
Health This project mapping Sydney & Melbourne’s street harassment shows power of data for good This week, a crowdmapping platform called Free To Be has taken Sydney by storm as hundreds of women flock to map their experiences of street harassment online. Collective stories are a powerful way to create awareness…
Entrepreneurs You are smart enough to be a software developer To become a good software developer, you need to practice writing code. You need other people to look at your code and make suggestions to improve it, and you need to accept that you don’t know everything. And that is pretty much it.
News & Views Plan International Australia launches bold new campaign to stop women feeling unsafe after dark I’ve found myself in a number of precarious situations walking home late at night in Sydney.
Business New scholarship for women in tech aims to level the industry playing field A new scholarship backed by edutech startup Academy Xi and incubator Tech Ready Women aims to support female start-up founders.