{"id":1525,"date":"2020-08-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2020-09-28T18:15:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T16:15:41","slug":"womens-day-girl-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2020\/08\/15\/womens-day-girl-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Day Girl Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the 8th of August in celebration of National Women\u2019s Day in South Africa, we hosted a virtual Girl Talk emceed by&nbsp;Kaluba Chikonde!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was opened with a video consisting of our executive members describing &#8220;what it means to be woman&#8221;, watch it below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What it means to be a woman\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M04U0oeVNAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>The Girl Talk panelists:  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a panel of 4 lovely and talented women working in the tech industry who discussed and shared with us their experiences of what it&#8217;s like for them to be working in a male dominated industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Immaculate-Mosha-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1537\" width=\"185\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Immaculate-Mosha-1-1.jpg 586w, http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Immaculate-Mosha-1-1-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Imaculate Mosha&nbsp;<br><\/strong>Software Engineer II at Microsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Susan-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1540\" width=\"170\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Susan-1.png 281w, http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Susan-1-248x300.png 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Susan Brock&nbsp;<br><\/strong>Product Owner at Allan Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Pindiwe-Filtane-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1538\" width=\"194\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Pindiwe-Filtane-1.jpg 585w, http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Pindiwe-Filtane-1-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Pindiwe Filtane<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Founder of Mbasane &#8211; Women in Information Technology<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Sara-Mahdy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1539\" width=\"180\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Sara-Mahdy-1.jpg 375w, http:\/\/wcs.cs.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Girl-Talk-Panelist-Sara-Mahdy-1-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Sara Mahdy&nbsp;<br><\/strong>Software Development Engineer II at AWS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>The Girl Talk focusing on the following topics:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Being the Only Woman in the Room<\/li><li>Imposter Syndrome<\/li><li>Work Life Balance<\/li><li>Secrets to Success<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>It was definitely insightful to hear the different women&#8217;s take on the topics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being asked how Susan strengthens her logical muscle of dealing with tasks and if her &#8216;gut feeling&#8217; play an important role in her leadership, she gave the following response:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>When faced with a problem, I &#8216;strengthen the muscle&#8217; by applying a process &#8211; breaking the problem down, doing research, diagramming &#8211; diagramming (not necessarily any specific method) helps clarify things for me. Gut feel also definitely starts to play a bigger part once you have experience, but sometimes you have to come back to the process!<\/p><cite>Susan Brock<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There are times we get wrapped in trying to be perfect and fit the norm, and Sara gave us a friendly reminder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid to make mistakes&#8221;.. and .. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid to be different&#8221;<\/p><cite>Sara Mahdy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We are so grateful to everyone who was involved, from the emcee Kaluba whose infectious energy really boosted everyone&#8217;s spirits; the panelists who took the time out of their busy lives to share their tech journey&#8217;s with our members, and last but certainly not least the wonderful members who were so interactive during the entire session! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 8th of August in celebration of National Women\u2019s Day in South Africa, we hosted a virtual Girl Talk emceed by&nbsp;Kaluba Chikonde! 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