Happy bank holiday afternoon lovely people ☀️ I’m currently hiding under the parasol in the garden absolutely covered head to toe in SPF 50 because apparently my skin and eyes were not designed for this level of sunshine!!! As much as the sun personally victimises me every single year… I still love sitting out in it 😂❤️ Just a little reminder that our catch up session is tomorrow evening and after the last one I have a feeling this one is going to be VERY good.... What started as introductions and life updates somehow turned into a huge conversation about women building technology that actually matters, the opportunity window we’re currently in with AI, and what we could create together over the next couple of years if we stop waiting for permission and just start building.....the energy in that call was Soooooo good. So tomorrow night we’re carrying it on ✨ Bring your ideas, random thoughts, things you’ve seen online, projects you’ve been thinking about, half formed “this might be stupid but…” ideas… all of it. Can’t wait to see you all, enjoy the rest of your bank holiday❤️

The fantastic Anne-Marie Imafidon will be our guest for our Fireside Chat 🔥 next Monday evening 💥 Anne-Marie is an all-around woman in tech superstar and Chair of the Women in Tech Taskforce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Marie_Imafidon Make sure you join us ❤️

Hello 👋 I've been listening at recent online chats and heard that some of you are actively seeking employment or maybe a role change. Others in the Network have talked about mentoring roles working with fabulously talented Tech Women. With this is mind I thought I would start a thread here for sharing tech job opportunities that you feel might be of interest to members of the group. Ones where you have real world connections with the employers who are advertising. Perhaps helping with discovery of roles you might not previously picked up via your searches on job hunting websites. For anyone who is new to this Network, the chat yesterday evening reinforced the wealth of experience within this Network in all things connected with the application and interview processes. So if you find a role posted here that you are interested in this Network could probably boost your confidence and chances of success!

what’s something about your day-to-day job that would make people outside of your role go“…sorry WHAT??” because I’ve had one of those moments today and I’m still not over it 🤣🙈 it’s only my third day… still trying to act normal, still nodding along like “yep yep I know what’s going on here”…and I spotted a few things in the community that were being done manually, that really didn’t need to be…. so I just went off, automated a few bits, tidied things up, made life easier where I could… nothing crazy (in my head anyway 🙈) next thing I know I’ve got a message off my manager like “how did I do this job without you?” 😂…. which is obviously lovely BUT also??? it’s been 3 days calm down 🤣🙈 AND THEN… at 12pm I get told “you’ve done more than enough work this morning, go take a nap or something and come back at 3pm” 😭😂 A NAP???…. in the middle of the day???…. I was fully sat there looking at my screen like… is this a test??….. do I say no??…. do I pretend I’ve got loads on?? 🤣 because in my old world if you stopped moving for 5 minutes someone was asking questions… and now I’m being told to go have a lie down like I’ve had a big morning at nursery 😂🙈 I can’t tell if this is luxury or I’ve accidentally joined a cult but either way… I’m not mad about it 🤣 and it got me thinking… there are SO many moments in our jobs that would sound completely unhinged to someone on the outside… the weird wins…. the random messages… the stuff that just becomes normal to us but would make no sense to anyone else so, please tell me…. what’s happened in your job that would make people go“nah you’re chatting rubbish” 😂….. answers in the comments. I hope you are all having a great week ✨❤️😘

Hi All, It's that time every two months when I run a survey for my IEEE Software column "The Question" and then write a column from the results. If you have a couple of minutes to spare can you please fill it in and share it on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sueblack_ai-programming-tech-activity-7444715799480619008-YNG4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAI6J4B0kWejXAplsgAOZt5a9OkKwzEaFE I need to write the column over the weekend and submit it on Monday (I never leave anything till the last moment! 🤪) Thanks so much Sxx