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Episode 16: Elise Wei
43:48Elise Wei is an Elise is an Engineering Director at Monetate with an 18-month-old daughter. We talked about her path from fine art photography to tech, being the first female engineer at her company, being promoted to director while on maternity leave, and exercising her company's take-it-when-you-need-it vacation and flexible remote work policies after her official maternity leave ended. @not_pele on Twitter What Happens to a Woman's Brain When She Becomes a Mother Women in Software Engineering Self-Reported Statistics Managing Humans book Girl Develop It...
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Episode 15: Jenni Snyder
01:05:53Jenni Snyder is a MySQL DBA at Yelp, with a 15-month-old daughter. We talked about her experience starting a moms group at work, helping the company to improve reboarding moms after leave, including the importance of having managers and HR practice conversations, asking for and iterating based on employee feedback, and her findings on setting up the ideal mothers' room. @jcsuperstar on Twitter Podcasts: The Broad Experience, Planet Money, Freakonomics, This American Life, The Moth, Reply All Audiobook:
Episode 14: Prasanna Krishnan
52:42Prasanna Krishnan is CEO and co-founder of SmartyPal, with a 4-year-old son & expecting her second child. Notes SmartyPal @smartypalapps on Twitter SmartyPal on Facebook
Episode 13: Camille Fournier
45:23Camille Fournier is CTO at Rent the Runway with a toddler son. Notes Elided Branches @skamille on Twitter Rent the Runway Sponsor GitHub
Episode 12: Anil Dash
54:41Anil Dash is co-founder and CEO of ThinkUp and has a 3.5-year-old son. Notes Anil Dash @anildash on Twitter ThinkUp The Good Web Bundle Sponsor GitHub
Episode 11: Rebecca Murphey
54:30Rebecca Murphey is a staff software engineer at Bazaarvoice and has an 16-month-old son. Notes Rebecca Murphey @rmurphey on Twitter Sponsor GitHub
Episode 10: Sara Pyle
47:55Sara Pyle is a Supportocat at Github with a 15-month-old daughter. We talked about the perils of going back to work too early and how her leave plan pivoted, her strategies for working remotely when baby is in the next room, and the status of soft skills or identifying as a woman in tech when you're not an engineer. Notes sarapyle1 on Twitter Sponsor GitHub