As a woman with over 10 years of experience in the highly male-dominated engineering world, I wish to share insights that have helped me stay. This field is, at times, unwelcoming or even outright hostile. A key to my success has been developing business acumen, sometimes learned through entrepreneurial events including Forward Fest! Key topics:
• Why gender bias is so sticky in fields like engineering and law, and why we can't expect to solve this problem with more pipeline
• How to get past broken rungs in the corporate ladder by thinking of yourself as if you were a one-person business
• Develop your personal brand to bounce back from setbacks such as non-inclusive workspaces, gatekeepers, or reframe inappropriate attention.
