I am very new in the field but so far experiences (both interviewing and working) are good. I feel my male colleagues are nice and helpful, but I do feel serious imposer syndrome because most of them either have computer science degree or long years of programming experience, many of them started since they're teens. I started to code after 35 and switched from a non-STEM background !
I don't think free beer, game nights or ping pong tables are anything attractive to me, I care more about possibility of mentorship, flexibility of time, educational opportunities (especially learning new skills) etc. Ordinary hackathons that require you to eat trashy fast food, code all night and sleep in sleeping bag or mattress on the floor also turned me off lol.
I think in the future remote work will open new opportunities for women, as it will provide more flexibility for them to arrange their work and life as they want, and it can focus more on work itself than maintaining interpersonal relationship. It has pros and cons, just like everything else, but I do see some good points for it.
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I am very new in the field but so far experiences (both interviewing and working) are good. I feel my male colleagues are nice and helpful, but I do feel serious imposer syndrome because most of them either have computer science degree or long years of programming experience, many of them started since they're teens. I started to code after 35 and switched from a non-STEM background !
I don't think free beer, game nights or ping pong tables are anything attractive to me, I care more about possibility of mentorship, flexibility of time, educational opportunities (especially learning new skills) etc. Ordinary hackathons that require you to eat trashy fast food, code all night and sleep in sleeping bag or mattress on the floor also turned me off lol.
I think in the future remote work will open new opportunities for women, as it will provide more flexibility for them to arrange their work and life as they want, and it can focus more on work itself than maintaining interpersonal relationship. It has pros and cons, just like everything else, but I do see some good points for it.