PSU February 2018

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1. Julie Pagano
   @juliepagano
   Hi!
   

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2. I’m here to share
   my experiences!
   

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3. MY CAREER
   

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4. LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER
   

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5. My thoughts are my
   own and not that of
   my employer.
   

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6. Previously on Julie’s career…
   

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7. Previously on Julie’s career…
   

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8. Previously on Julie’s career…
   

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9. Previously on Julie’s career…
   some startups
   you’ve never heard of
   

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10. Previously on Julie’s career…
    B.S. in Computer Engineering
    

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12. What should I
    talk about?
    

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13. the elephant
    in the room
    

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14. SPITE!
    

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15. SPITE-DRIVEN
    CAREER
    DEVELOPMENT
    

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20. software
    engineering is
    awesome
    

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21. I’ve made
    amazing
    friends
    

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22. the $$$
    helps too
    

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23. but also…
    

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24. SPITE
    

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25. I am successful
    to spite every dude
    who said I don’t belong
    because they were afraid
    my success would
    challenge their
    mediocrity.
    

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26. I’ve been told I don’t
    belong at every level
    of my career from
    when I was a little
    girl interested in
    computers to now.
    

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27. “Jules, don’t go into
    computers. You
    should be working
    with people!”
    - high school teacher
    

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28. FUNDAMENTAL
    MISUNDERSTANDING
    OF THE JOB
    

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29. it has been used
    to tell people
    they don’t belong
    for decades
    

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30. “Essentially, engineering is all about
    cooperation, collaboration, and
    empathy for both your colleagues
    and your customers. If someone
    told you that engineering was a field
    where you could get away with not
    dealing with people or feelings,
    then I’m very sorry to tell you that
    you have been lied to.”
    - Yonatan Zunger
    

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31. when we are told
    we don’t belong,
    we have been lied to
    

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32. I am so very
    sick of that lie
    

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33. I succeed to
    spite the people
    who spread it.
    

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34. I succeed to
    spite the people
    who spread it.
    I’m not the only one
    

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35. #SpiteConf
    

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36. spite isn’t the only
    way to look at
    my career
    

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37. my talks
    are another way
    to look at
    my experiences
    

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38. Breaking Down
    Stereotypes
    About Computing
    by Julie Pagano
    2014
    

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39. Stereotype
    “an often unfair and untrue
    belief that many people have
    about all people or things with
    a particular characteristic"
    

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40. fall 2014
    

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41. winter 2018
    

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42. what I wish it looked like
    

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43. stereotype: men are better
    at computers & programming
    

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44. stereotype: men are better
    at computers & programming
    

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45. reality: women are just as good
    at computers & programming
    

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47. Maybe we don’t need
    to give these talks to
    teenage girls.
    

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49. Maybe we need to give
    these talks to the
    grown men who keep
    spreading these
    stereotypes to push
    people out.
    

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50. My Technology Will Be
    Intersectional
    or It Will Be BULLSHIT!
    Julie Pagano
    @juliepagano
    (or: why you should start worrying and care about the diversity)
    2012
    

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51. It’s Dangerous to
    Go AloneBATTLING THE
    INVISIBLE MONSTERS
    IN TECH
    PyCon2014
    Julie Pagano @juliepagano
    

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52. Impostor Syndrome
    “A psychological phenomenon in
    which people are unable to
    internalize their accomplishments.”
    

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54. MIXED FEELINGS
    

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55. it’s not just in your
    head if people are
    saying you’re an
    impostor
    

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56. Speaker support of
    presented at OSBridge 2014
    

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57. Suckin’ at something is
    the first step to being
    sorta good at something.
    

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58. Julie Pagano
    Write/Speak/Code ‘17
    

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60. I don’t want
    to be an
    attrition statistic
    when I grow up
    

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61. a common theme
    

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62. Burnout
    

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63. reduce
    harm from
    burnout
    

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65. Do as I say,
    not as I do.
    Your life is too
    high a cost.
    - me, mentoring
    

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66. Lean
    In
    

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67. a bit of advice to
    fight that burnout
    

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68. celebrate your
    achievements!
    

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73. your continued
    survival in this
    industry despite the
    people who say you
    don’t belong makes
    you a badass!
    

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74. may the
    elephant in the
    room squander
    in mediocrity
    

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75. Julie Pagano
    @juliepagano
    Thank you!
    

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