Michelle's first IT job was a self-appointed one: fixing her own PC after inadvertently crashing it. Her growing fascination with this machine led to her switching majors, getting a job in a PC shop, and the impressive technical career through messaging infrastructure, data security and consultancy that followed. In this episode she talks about how it's not just enough to know what you want, you have to be prepared to ask for it too.
Also meet a great innovator and trail-maker in the history of computing: Frances Allen.
The book that Michelle mentions is How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back by Marshall Goldsmith and Sally Helgesen.
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