Ignoring Humanities in Technology is Failing the Industry, and Failing Women

I’ll be sharing my journey as a UN Women UK delegate here over the next two weeks. Here’s some thoughts from Day 1 of UN Women CSW67, in response to Secretary General’s Envoy on Technology Amandeep Singh: “We need to bring the humanities, the social sciences, ethics… closer to how technology and science are being pursued today. This is the powerful transformation that women can bring to the … Continue reading Ignoring Humanities in Technology is Failing the Industry, and Failing Women

2022 Wrap Up: My Year in Volunteering

I started this series last year and found it a fun opportunity to reflect on all the experiences that I’ve had through volunteering for the tech community! A big thank you to everyone who’s got me involved with these wonderful projects. I’ve had so many great opportunities to meet new people and learn from them. 5 Things I’ve Learned From Volunteering this Year At the … Continue reading 2022 Wrap Up: My Year in Volunteering

Learnings From my First Product Conference

I’ve had a lot of outreach lately asking about what I get up to day-to-day as a Product Manager at a Data/AI startup. The difficulty with answering what a “typical” day looks like for any given PM is that PMing varies massively from organisation to organisation, in terms of responsibilities, strengths and agency. One such difference is being a PM at a startup vs an … Continue reading Learnings From my First Product Conference

What Next After my Degree? Intro to Product Management Careers (Sixth Form Audience)

Do you know someone curious about getting started in product management after their degree? A couple of months ago, I gave a talk at my former Sixth Form (UK A-Levels) about my career path into technology since leaving school. The students that I met were brilliant, and by the end of the workshop, better product managers than me! I thought that I’d share the workshop … Continue reading What Next After my Degree? Intro to Product Management Careers (Sixth Form Audience)

How Can We Create a More Diverse Workforce in Product?

I was recently interviewed for Canvas conference, an award-winning, annual product management community event, about my views on the importance of equity of opportunity, intersectionality, advice to underrepresented entry level talent starting out in tech, and what I love about being a Product Manager. Most statistics about women in technology are bleak – for example, TrustRadius found that 72% of women within the tech space felt outnumbered … Continue reading How Can We Create a More Diverse Workforce in Product?

AI Isn’t Intelligent Until It’s Diverse

We speak a lot about artificial intelligence (AI), and the implications that it has for our society. What we speak about less is the dangers of the fact that AI is predominantly created by a limited demographic, and that this has significant implications for its behaviour. Things need to change, and fast; how can organisations and government collaborate to achieve this urgent and important goal? … Continue reading AI Isn’t Intelligent Until It’s Diverse

2021 Wrap Up: My Year in Volunteering

As we start cracking out the Mariah Carey in the office, it’s a good time to think about all the weird and wonderful things that happened in 2021. This really has been a year like no other! In the spirit of reflection, I thought I’d wrap up some of my favourite experiences and learnings from getting involved with the tech community from the past 12 … Continue reading 2021 Wrap Up: My Year in Volunteering

3 Things You Won’t Hear Me Say

Over the past couple of years, there are a lot of phrases I’ve started to actively stop using at work. Why? As an ex-languages student, I believe that the language that we use builds the world around us; the way in which we speak defines the speaker. Here are a couple of phrases that I’ve stopped using in professional contexts, why, and what I use … Continue reading 3 Things You Won’t Hear Me Say

My first-ever panel! Welcome to CodeFest 2021

CodeFest is a huge, annual conference hosted by Code First Girls, which provides women with tech talks, career booster sessions and networking. I won an award at CodeFest 2020 last year, but this year, we were back in person! I was invited to speak at Day 2 about my experience interning at Rolls-Royce’s AI Innovation Hub (R2 Data Labs), and how women can kickstart their … Continue reading My first-ever panel! Welcome to CodeFest 2021

My CFG SQL Project: LinkedIn Side Hustle

Let me tell you, studying an 8-week coding course alongside full-time work hasn’t been easy! I do a lot of volunteering with Code First Girls, but this time, I was back to being a student. Over the past few months, I’ve been learning all about the world of SQL. SQL is a programming language used for relational database management. I was interested in learning the … Continue reading My CFG SQL Project: LinkedIn Side Hustle