Gretchen* is an Independent Consultant with two kids: a six-year-old and a thirteen-year-old.

We talked about her journey from engineering to sales, how older kids require attention that can’t be outsourced, and about focusing on the trade-offs that you’re happy to make.

Sponsor

• Heroku

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Andrea is a Quality Assurance Manager with two kids, aged 11 and 13.

We talked about setting up a nursing room in an office that didn’t have one, setting screen time limits with her pre-teens, and asking for what you need.

Notes

• La Leche League

Sponsor

• Heroku

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Doreen Fasen is Lead Program Manager on the Outlook Calendar Team at Microsoft and has two school-aged kids.

We talked about how helping companies see the benefits of flexibility, blogging about managing family schedules, and her approach to taking on more challenging roles.

Notes

• Organizing Dreen
• @dreen317 on twitter

Sponsor

• Heroku

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Shirley Gaw works on the YouTube team at Google and has a 2.5-year-old daughter.

We talked about mentorship and majoring in computer science, the stresses of an international move during her pregnancy, and maternity benefits including on-site prenatal massage.

Notes

• Google Jobs

Sponsor

• Heroku

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Jean Hsu is an Engineer at Medium and mother of a baby daughter.

We talked about breaking the pregnancy news to her boss (Twitter co-founder Ev Williams), being the first to use maternity leave and how much the company changed while she was out, and her strategies for parenting equally.

Notes

• @jean on medium
• @jyhsu on twitter
• Baby Bumps and Beyond the Bump on reddit
• Baby Connect android/iphone app

Sponsor

• Heroku

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Máirín Duffy is a Principal Interaction Designer at Red Hat, with a nine-month-old daughter.

We talked about making open source software with inviting user experiences, how working at the same company as her spouse made parental benefits more complicated, and why she bought a single unit washer-dryer.

Notes

• blog.linuxgrrl.com
• @mairin

Sponsor

• Heroku

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