Tea and Crumpets: A Summer in Science

Looking for a way to connect with other rad women in tech? Check out the Rewriting the Code Fellow program. It's a great way to meet other like-minded individuals and get access to great job opportunities. As a Fellow, you have the opportunity to attend webinars (like the one on Cybersecurity last week and the one on internship prep yesterday), tech talks, special interest groups, meetups, and more. I joined Rewriting the Code as a Fellow about a year and a half ago. As a Fellow, I have gained not only a community of women across the country but also within my school. I have other Fellows in my engineering classes, and it is great to know you have these women to go to for homework help, study sessions, and general support. In addition to meeting people, I have also learned a lot. The webinars and tech talks are chalk full of relevant tech topics. There are even special interest groups for those looking to delve a little deeper into specific subjects. Just a few months ag...

Code Girls  by Liza Mundy "The first American to learn that World War II had officially ended was a woman" reads the first line of the Smithsonian article lauding the release of Liza Mundy's book Code Girls about the amazing women who helped break codes for the United States during WWII. We all know the story of Alan Turing, the code-breaking computer scientist that created the machine to crack the German Enigma code during World War II. You've maybe seen the hit movie The Alan Turing Imitation Game , starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kiera Knightly. The British code-breaking operation at Bletchley Park is well known, but few people know about the American counterpart, and fewer still know about the women that were integral to the success of its mission. The Code Girls  by Liza Mundy beautifully chronicles their story. From their origins in mathematics and physics classes at college during a time when women typically did not pursue higher education, or...

I really like this article about Sarah Friar, CFO of Square. In it, she talks about coming up in business and tech as a woman. She has lived and worked internationally, is highly educated, and has had success in multiple industries including engineering, corporate banking, and tech startups. One quote I really like from the article is in response to a question about the advantages and disadvantages there are to being a woman in business and tech. Friar responded: "As a minority, you are memorable. When I was a tech analyst, I was often the only woman in the room asking a question. I knew if my question was insightful, everyone would remember “Sarah Friar probed on that.” I also knew that if it was weak or irrelevant, everyone would remember that, too. It is good to have a high bar in life, as it gives that extra adrenalin rush that we should all be craving in our professional lives." I love this quote because it touches on a lot of the feelings I have as one of th...