Equivalent Too

On this week's episode, my guest, originally an architect has an epiphany about self-awareness.  She confesses to have always grabbed inspiration from people, places and things, but has rarely spent time facing her true self.  This is a person who has never cared what people think and has always focused on her own ambition and it appears to have got her very far in life.  She turned her back on a prestigious conventional career route to run her own tech business; juggles three kids and a husband, but is now questioning more than ever, on what makes her happy.     

This week on Scilence, my guest is an example of a lack of parental support, she explains how it shaped the course of her career and developed her amibition in software engineering.  She bravely raises the issue of women keeping women out of STEM and explains her belief, that women are taught to serve rather than deserve.  As the conversation strolls through the issues of self-belief, self-confidence, and assertiveness, and the dangers of seeking validation from others; my guest never fails to ask herself 'why not', when held back by fear.  After arriving at her dream job, through a multiude of coloured Post-It notes, she finally feels at ease, or is it that she has less to prove to others?    

This week on Scilence, my guest, an artist turned expert on Augmented and Virtual Reality through software engineering, feels that her career path unfolded, thanks to not caring what people think.  A self-confessed weirdo from an early age, my incredible woman in STEM, has grown in confidence in speaking up for herself to get what she wants and what she needs; in order to maximise her contribution to the world of science.  After listening to her, being different and unlike anyone else, will feel like a good thing.  

On this week's episode of Scilence, my impressive female guest talks about how she saved herself from quitting physics, thanks to a male classmate's attitude towards failure.  We talk about why rolemodels are vitally important in science and technology; and the guilt she occasionally feels for following her heart, rather than other peoples opinions and expecctations.    

In this weeks episode of Scilence, my guest and entrepreneur in medical technology talks about the major differences ladies face, between the corporate world and the world of start-ups!  The future looks exciting for women in technology, but its all about self-belief and speaking up for yourself and others (especially those who struggle to stick up for themselves).  We conversate on the 'ole chesnut of 'perfectionism' and consider the gifts to our careers, having faced adversity during childhood.