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PSU February 2018

Julie Pagano
February 18, 2018
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PSU February 2018

Julie Pagano

February 18, 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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