WTM21 - How being a parent made me a better professional by Marie Fétiveau

Career and parenting, can you have it all ? Yes ! And as a matter of fact, being a parent actually made me a better professional as it helped me sharpen a set of skills that are essential to my work as a Lead Developer. And as a cherry on the top: being a professional also made me a better parent.

Marie Fétiveau
Montreal / Unity Technologies
Media & Entertainment Lead developer at Unity Technologies.
Marie Fétiveau is a Lead developer for Unity Technologies. Before joining Unity in 2018, Marie worked for 12 years in the VFX industry (Mikros Image and Rodeo FX) as a Software Developer and then Lead Developer, with a focus on image/video processing and colour sciences. She is also a parent of two kids.

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1. Marie, Fétiveau M&E Lead developer, Unity Technologies How being a parent made me a better professional
2. About me
3. About me • M&E Lead dev at Unity • Before, 12 years in the VFX industry • Mother of 2 • Women (she / her)
4. Before starting
5. Before starting • There are millions ways to grow • This is a personal and privileged experience
6. Why this subject ?
7. I wish someone told me about this when I was a young professional.
8. The parenting wall The Parental Wall can affect both fathers and mothers—as well as employees without children. • “He has a family to support.” • “Her priorities lie elsewhere.” • “I worry about her children.” • “It’s not a good time for her.” • “No life.”
9. Identifying & Interrupting Bias in Performance Evaluations
10. Being a lead developer
11. I’m the steward of my team.
12. Being a parent made me a better professional
13. Confidence
14. “A brave leader is someone who says I see you. I hear you. I don’t have all the answers, but I’m going to keep listening and asking questions.” Dr Brené Brown
15. Organization Preparing a meal before having kids 08:30pm So what do we eat tonite ? Hum, depends… Is yesterday dishes done ?
16. Organization Preparing a meal after having kids
17. Lucidity
18. Lucidity
19. Being a professional made me a better parent
20. Parenting is just another development project
21. “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk”, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
22. About Unity’s values • User first, • Best ideas win, • In it together, • Go bold. More on https://unity.com/our-company
23. So I’d like to confirm understanding... Active listening
24. Building relationships • Understand, • Value, Support, Empower • Grow trust
25. I forgot to say something...
26. It was hard. (But we can do hard things).
27. Conclusion