Women In Tech Quotes

“Journalist Sarah Ditum has little time for this argument. 'Come on now,' she chided in a column. 'You've played games as a blue hedgehog. As a cybernetically augmented space marine. As a sodding dragon tager. [...B]ut the idea that women can be protagonists with an inner life and an active nature is somehow beyond your imaginative capacities?”
― Caroline Criado-Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

“I've been told that women have trouble as engineers because we'd rather relate to people than to machines.”
― Ellen Ullman, Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology

“At a Male Allies Plenary Panel, a group of women engineers circulated hundreds of handmade bingo boards among attendees. Inside each square was a different indictment: Mentions his mother. Says “That would never happen in my company.” Wearables. Asserts another male executive’s heart is in the right place. Says feminist activism scares women away from tech. At the center of the board was a square that just said Pipeline. I had heard the pipeline argument, that there simply weren’t enough women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields to fill open roles. Having been privy to the hiring process, I found it incredibly suspect.

What’s the wearable thing, I asked an engineer sitting in my row. “Oh, you know,” she said, waving dismissively toward the stage, with its rainbow-lit scrim. “Smart bras. Tech jewelry. They’re the only kind of hardware these guys can imagine women caring about.” What would a smart bra even do? I wondered, touching the band of my dumb underwire.

The male allies, all trim, white executives, took their seats and began offering wisdom on how to manage workplace discrimination. “The best thing you can do is excel,” said a VP at the search-engine giant whose well-publicized hobby was stratosphere jumping. “Just push through whatever boundaries you see in front of you, and be great.”

Don’t get discouraged, another implored—just keep working hard. Throughout the theater, pencils scratched.

“Speak up, and be confident,” said a third. “Speak up, and be heard.”

Engineers tended to complexify things, the stratosphere jumper said—like pipelines.

A woman in the audience slapped her pencil down. “Bingo!” she called out.”
― Anna Wiener, Uncanny Valley

“Affirmative action and equal opportunity was never and is not intended to let people with fewer skills and less experience triumph over those with more. It was intended to aid a decision between two people who have the same set of skills.”
― Tarah Wheeler, Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories

“The involvement and participation of women in tech has never been more important than now. As digital transformation gains momentum with disruptive technologies, the time for women to jump in and participate is now, algorithms will rule the world and we can not look forward to a future of women protesting for gender inclusion when the entire world goes tech and live, algorithms have no emotions.”
― Sally Njeri Wangari

“The shift towards a digital economy is expected to have a profound impact on business and societies making it imperative for women to posses the technical competencies required to thrive in this environment.”
― Evalyne Kemuma

“Amid the AI frenzy, humanising service isn't optional — it's essential.”
― Janna Cachola

“As businesses race toward AI, let us not forget to anchor service in empathy and humanity. Race towards the hearts of our teams and customers.”
― Janna Cachola

“AI scales operations, let humans scale compassion.”
― Janna Cachola

“Innovation is empty without emotional connection.”
― Janna Cachola

“If you need an intelligent go-getter, hang out with tech girls. They have resources and can get shit done.”
― Angeline Boulley, Sisters in the Wind