The Road not Taken

Humans are often confronted with and defined by choices they make. We are often confronted with this fork in the road and make a choice.

In this talk I take you on the path I took for #genderDiversity journey.

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Transcript

1. The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; - Robert Frost
2. @shyamala_u! Software Engineer, Volkswagen Digital:Lab
3. Nov, 2015 Work @ Digital:Lab
4. “Where did all the Women Engineers go? ” — me @ 2016
5. 2017 My Journey Begins...
6. off to a good start... Attending my first meetup Women Who Code Attending my second meetup Code Pub Berlin Giving my first talk Code Pub Berlin Jan Mar Apr Jul Jan Dec Giving my second talk Women Who Code Hosting my First meetup Code Pub Berlin
7. Got to know more safe space for women and diverse folks ❏ Women Tech Makers ❏ Women Who Code ❏ Women Who Go ❏ Pyladies ❏ Code Curious ❏ FrauenLoop Berlin ❏ GDG Berlin
8. Meetup and conference attended 30+ Meetup and conference talks given 10+ Meetup hosted and volunteered 15+
9. Why should we do this? 01 Building a local Network 02 Organic publicity for the Company 03 Giving back to community 04 Potential future hires
10. Our Success Story
11. applied and hired after seeing us at some meetups and conferences 2 Women Engineers
12. 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Team
13. Why should we do this? 01 To Believe 02 To Mentor 03 To Empower 04 To Sponsor
14. I took the one less travelled by! Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost Thank you