When I sat down with Dr. Rebecca Parsons, chief technologist at ThoughtWorks, at the 2017 Collision Conference in New Orleans last week, she dropped some insights about the various paths to job satisfaction in the tech sector.Her own path was not conventional....
Get to know these Chief Technology Officers. By Angie Chang (VP Strategic Partnershipss, Hackbright Academy) This post originally appeared on the Hackbright Academy blog. In celebration of Ada Lovelace Day on today, here are a 12 inspiring Chief Technology Officers...
Check out our most-read articles and favorite posts of last year. By Betsy Mikel and Jessica Schimm (Women 2.0 editorial staff) Wait, what it’s already the new year? We’re not ready yet! Our resolution lists are only half-written… and we haven’t even started a...
“Women who want to work in this field still feel that it is weird or that men may not accept them. This needs to change,” writes ThoughtWorks’ CTO. By Rebecca Parsons (CTO, ThoughtWorks) Recently, I spoke to a room full of aspiring IT students during...
A veteran conference speaker and CTO reflects on how organizers can get more speaking proposals from women. By Rebecca Parsons (CTO, ThoughtWorks) In my last article, I touched upon the challenge of getting more women executives in IT. Another aspect that is often...