Queens of the Tech Age
Three women in tech with more years then they'd admit pontificate about life, being in tech, being othered, and generally rant about the patriarchy.
Episodes
31 episodes
That MBA Itch
It's the time of year of colds (can you hear it in my voice), but most importantly, when you reflect on your career and potential pathways for growth. So I wanted to share some advice and questions to consider when thinking about this and expli...
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Welcome back
This is the unedited episode. After 6 months plus hiatus, I finally understood the direction that I needed to pick up the mic again and get back to delivering content you will find valuable.Let's discover and learn together and hopefull...
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13:01
Language is the roadmap of culture
Intent vs literal translations are the topic of today's podcast where we delve into the world of localization and making technology more accessible and useful (depending on where your users are based globally).
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Sometimes we need to slow down to get somewhere faster
In the episode where we realise Amara can reference Taylor Swift and Eminem in the same discussion, the k pop queen evolves. This episode focused on the need to appreciate. Sometimes the best way to achieve goals is to slow down. L...
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Episode 28
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New year, new and improved me
Leading into the new year, we take a deep dive into what we have personally learnt about ourselves and where we want to grow in our lives, careers and relationships.New year, new me, new beginnings and learning to let go and grow. Somet...
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Crushing over our latest gadgets
Sometimes we love to just geek out over our latest gadgets. Come and join us for the party.How are people finding the new Apple M1 processor? I am excited to spend the new few months following in love with my new macbook.Kat is ...
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Episode 26
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The Great Resignation
Our first viewer requested episode which makes this extra special.Following on from our Instagram Live on 'Inclusive Intelligence', we discuss the revolution coming due to Covid burnout and mass exhaustion. The Great Resignation focuses...
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Episode 25
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Taking the passenger seat (this journey is long)
In the fast-paced world of tech and expectations to always be in survival mode, we talk about the need to stop and process. To sometimes accept that survival comes from taking a break and healing from the struggles we have gone through....
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Episode 24
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We are all in this together
Nope, we are not talking about High School Musical, for all you Millenials tuning in excited. But the other thing that brought us together and how we are tackling the post covid mental health impacts.
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Episode 23
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Show me the money?
The Streisand effect and how companies fail to deal with the uncomfortable discussions about salaries and pay. Kat and I delve into the pros and cons and how trying to silence a discussion has never worked (yet companies still make this mistake...
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Episode 22
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Flakey, like the chocolate! and why that's OK
We've been somewhat absent of late, this episode delves into why and gives Amara a chance to listen to Kat talk about mental health, depression, and other "fun" topics. Seriously though, post covid lockdown no one is immune to ment...
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Episode 21
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Basecamp: When Leaderships' Privilege Bubble Breaks a Company
Somewhat belatedly we take a meander through the debacle that was the Basecamp self inflicted implosion. What do Kat and Amara think?, well, the only way to find out is to listen. Are there wider lessons here for companies who are seri...
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Episode 20
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Covid Anxiety - How do we get back to a new normal?
Our hosts, Amara and Kat, dig into the anxiety they and everyone is feeling around what returning to work is going to involve. How do we escape the anxiety that plagues us with the impending return to work, or at least how do we manage it and h...
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Episode 19
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Working in the Post Apocalypse
It had to come, thankfully, as the world winds its way to a new normal what does this mean for work, especially for women, our intrepid hosts have no canonical answers but they have opinions, experience, and a misplaced confidence that leads th...
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Episode 18
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Negotiating, Because You're Worth It!!!
Knowing Your WorthKat and Amara are joined again by Shini, now our most featured and special guest, to dig into the thorny topic of actually knowing what you're worth to a company. If you don't, you're going to be undervalued, and as wo...
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Episode 17
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Being Interviewed, it Sucks, But Here's How to Get Through It!
We continue our deep dive into getting hired as a women in tech by looking at the inverse of the interview.
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Episode 16
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The "dreaded" Interview
Continuing our series on getting hired as a women in tech we reach the interview phase. Kat and Amara look at the problem from the perspective of Interviewers, what people are looking for in those circumstances, how to stand out, how to feel ou...
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Episode 15
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Recruiting Women into Tech as a Woman in Tech!
Rather than Kat and Amara talk about recruiting and recruitment as outsiders making guesses about how it all works, it seems a much better idea to invite an actual recruiter onto the program to talk about the process of profesional recruitment ...
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Episode 14
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The Recruitment Minefield
Kat and Amara dive into the issues of getting a job in tech, because to become a Women in Tech one must first get hired before they can slay all before them!. First part of a series looking at the whole recruitment saga with advice, anecdotes, ...
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Episode 13
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Microagressions
Ashfia, Kat, and Amara dive into the topic of microagressions, looking at what they are and how they impact the lives of women and PoC working in tech and how we, as leaders in the tech space as women, can help combat their presence.
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Episode 12
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Leadership and Empathy
It may not be one of the first things people would pick from a list of skills effective leaders need, but empathy is a genuinely underrated skill that is so vital for leaders to cultivate. Kat and Amara discuss their perspectives on it, having ...
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Episode 11
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The Importance of Mentorship
Happy New Year!Here we are with our first episode of 2021. Kat and Amara discuss the recently passed festive period, then dive into why finding mentors at work is important through all phases of your career, no matter how s...
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Episode 10
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28:50
The Christmas Special
Amara and Kat take some time out of the usual episode schedule to talk Christmas, how they're celebrating, what it means to them, and what it means at the end of *this* year.
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Episode 9
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The Art of Goal Setting
Can goals help you achieve what you want? how to set them? what do they mean to you... these questions and more are debated by our hosts, once more joined by Ashfia who lands our main topic on Goal Setting this week.
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Episode 8
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Struggling with Imposter Syndrome
Our intrepid hosts return to the recently charted territory of how we all deal with Imposter Syndrome. Unexpectedly, their initial forrays to that land resonated with a lot of people and exposed the struggles of some people to others who'...
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Episode 7
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