where did this vision of you come from? From experience. So during my career I was struggling.
I was struggling from not believing in myself as I should have and having doubting myself.
Maybe confidence was not greatest and it was hard for me to advance.
And only when I realized I had to really work on my self-esteem and also on how I present myself
and how I, you know, being more conscious and deliberate about my career then I started to progress.
I wish I knew that sooner. And that's why I decided to focus over the last few years on really
supporting other women because I wish I had someone that supported me when I needed that.
So that's where it came from. It came from personal experience and also from so many women that I work with.
And I hear again and again their challenges.
Thanks for sharing that. I want to go back to my time. So I'm actually in the tech world too.
I started, I'm a software developer. I don't do that anymore. But I started in school and in
school I got hired as a junior developer on campus working for the campus society department.
And the person who hired me was the only woman who was working in the IT department.
And I know how, I'm not sure if it's hard things that she had to go through, but I bet being a woman
in a male-dominated IT department it had their challenges. But she always protected
the people under her. So specifically me and my colleagues, I know she was always protecting
that. She made sure we had great resource and she made sure we thrived in our environment.
She made sure we were taught the right principles to thrive in our environment. So I was very
grateful for her and what she taught me. So I kind of see where you kind of go with this.
And I also understand challenges that are faced specifically with them and
in tech fields and C-Suites, how we need more of those in C-Suites. So thanks for sharing that.