Going to Tech Ed? WomenBuild and Jam On IT
A week of technology learning, some great networking, an expo hall full of partners and organizations. All good on their own, especially when combined with some thousands of your closest friends.
Now comes Thursday evening. We have Birds of a Feather sessions (events run by the community, for the community). We have WomenBuild. This is one of the things I am looking forward to the most of the whole week. The WomenBuild event looks to be VERY popular and there is no registration required, just show up, and be in line a little early to make sure you get in.
I have long been an advocate of women in technology, we bring a different skill set to the equation. Not better or worse, just different. Combine that with the intelligence of those men around us, and wow, what cool things can we accomplish. All too often women are meek, and almost afraid to stand up for themselves at work, and when you are outnumbered some 10 or so to 1, it becomes harder. Me personally…I like the odds, it makes people remember ME more, if I am the only woman in the room/meeting, then add my big fat mouth and you can’t forget me if you wanted to. :)
Ok, back from that distraction to talk about Jam on IT. The traditional Tech Ed attendee party has been cancelled (who knows why, not that it matters, it’s just cancelled). Some folks weren’t ready to let that go. As a group us nerds are not typically a very social group, so we need all the opportunities we can get! Check out the link below, and I’ll see you there!
(oh, and next year’s TechEd will be in New Orleans and is back in June again!)
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