Tech Bitch Podcast

After a series of unfortunate life events, Shelah Barr's career went to the dogs...literally. She started her own canine massage and cross training business in San Francisco. Shelah has been a long time resident of the Castro, the gayest, proudest, most colorful neighborhood in the 7x7. She talks about how the AIDS epidemic has changed the residents of the Castro and finishes with a rant on bicycles. Find Shelah at HappyHoundsMassage.com.

Trigger warning: During the Castro portion there is talk of people dying of AIDS and suicide.

Show Timestamps:

0:00 - Introductions to Shelah Barr and her career journey to Happy Hounds Massage and K-9 Cross Training6:00 - Challenges to starting and running your own business and how to reach out for help when you need it12:55 - San Francisco's dramatic changes from 1980 to today; how a city went from a clean, hippie city to a densely populated area with a massive homeless problem18:10 - Millennial Rant...or is it?23:40 - The Castro neighborhood was intensely affected by the AIDS crisis

*Trigger warning: talking about death from AIDS and suicide

31:10 - Taking a break from career/life37:25 - Dog health issues, advice on alternative therapy and a story on Bunny vs. the Vet Tech46:15 - Bitch Sesh: Bicycles' responsibility on the road

Music Credits:Eterno Retorno - Madame Rrose SelavyStart Me Up - Rolling StonesAll I Do Is Win - DJ KhalidSan Francisco - Scott McKenzieGoodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton JohnEveryday People - Sly & The Family StoneDog Stole Things - PhishBicycle Race - QueenNew York Minute Prayer - Shlipa Ray

Focusing on career development, this episode kicks off with Jamie discussing how to interview a company for fit. You'll learn how to make your resume shine to get the interview, do your research on companies to learn if they treat women as equals and storytelling in interviews. Jamie rants for a minute about bullshit interview questions.

In this pilot episode of the Tech Bitch Podcast, we sat down with Eden Brown to talk about life as a woman of color in the tech industry, bro culture and how much San Francisco has changed. Eden's Bitch Sesh is on pet friendly rentals in San Francisco.

Show timestamps:

4:50 - sexual harassment in the workplace #metoo

16:28 - recruiting; ask for what you're worth

24:40 - living in San Francisco

47:47 - Bitch Sesh: San Francisco is not pet friendly

Music Credits:

Eterno Retorno - Madame Rrose SelavyParty in the USA - Miley CyrusCalifornia Dreamin - Queen Latifah Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindy LauperWorth It - Fifth Harmony Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'oleNew York Minute Prayer - Shlipa Ray