Life After Graduation: The Struggle

Presenters:
Kamilah Kiser (@KamilahZKiser),
Adrianna Valdivia (@adriannavaldivi)

https://werise.tech

We Rise Women in Tech Conference hosted by Women Who Code Atlanta June 23-24

Transcript

1. Life A ter College: The Strug le
2. Millennial Tech Girls #WeRiseTech ADRIANNA VALDIVIA - Mother of a 3 yr old - Jr Front End Developer - Previous Software Engineer Intern at MailChimp - Software Development graduate from Georgia Gwinnett College - First Gen Peruvian-American KAMILAH KISER - Mother of a 4 yr old Holland Lop - Jr. UX Designer - Previously Web Designer at LYFE Marketing - Digital Media graduate from GGC - Co-founded WIT@GGC Adrianna @adriannavaldivia http://adrianna.tech Kamilah @KamilahZKiser https://www.kzkdesigns.com
3. Graduation Or beginning of the strug le.
4. What are your plans a ter graduation!?! -
5. Finding & Applying for Jobs - - Target Roles: Jr. UX Designer & UI Engineer/Developer - Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Indeed, Career Builder - Family, Friends, Networking - Portfolio/Repo & Resume
6. So you help me find a job and you help your client find the perfect candidate? What’s the catch? What is most important to you? What do you have to sacrifice? Shouldn’t culture matter? Contract Work…….… ……………… ……………… …….
7. While you wait... - - Getting Involved in Atlanta Tech - MeetUps - Conferences - Practicing/Learning Skills
8. Imposter Syndrome! - So it okay I don’t know this? - How do you get comfortable with asking for help? - I’m not good enough, maybe I made a mistake. “If you are a newbie, you don’t have Imposter Syndrome. There is nothing to imposter.” - Kim Crayton, Founder of @JrDevMentoring
9. Rejection: We could write a book on rejection.
10. Mentors Matter. - College Professors: Dr. Napier, Dr. Dekhane, & Dr. Nagel - Women Who Code ATL Directors: Beth Laing, Alica Carr, Erica Stanley - Your Manager* - 5-min-mentors
11. Inspiration Valuable advice to consider
12. “You’re 23 and still haven’t found your dream job? You should just probably quit.” -uber chronicles
13. “ Be visible, be vocal. It’s not enough to sit at the table.” -Jen Bonnett, GM at ATDC & CEO @StartupChicks
14. “ The crazy idea you have about wanting to change the world, might actually work!” -Tiffany King Director of Diversity and Inclusion Program at Apple
15. Enjoy!
16. So what are we doing now? KAMILAH KISER - UX Design Intern at SITA ADRIANNA VALDIVIA - React Native Apprentice at PolarNotion Entrepreneurs BIG ATL INCUBATOR http://digitalundivided.com AS A TEAM Social Media Strategist WOMEN WHO CODE ATLANTA https://www.womenwhocode.com/atlant a
17. Research Interviews Help us, help you. https://form.jotform.us/71739104884160
18. QA
19. Credits You didn’t get here all by yourself. ▫ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival ▫ Gifs from Giphy ▫ Graphics from 6 Thought Pills On Practicing Detachment (Medium Article)