Elise Wei is an Elise is an Engineering Director at Monetate with an 18-month-old daughter.We talked about her path from fine art photography to tech, being the first female engineer at her company, being promoted to director while on maternity

Episode 15: Jenni Snyder

Aug 26th, 2015 1h 5m

Jenni Snyder is a MySQL DBA at Yelp, with a 15-month-old daughter.We talked about her experience starting a moms group at work, helping the company to improve reboarding moms after leave, including the importance of having managers and HR pract

Episode 14: Prasanna Krishnan

Feb 11th, 2015 52m 42s

Prasanna Krishnan is CEO and co-founder of SmartyPal, with a 4-year-old son & expecting her second child.NotesSmartyPal@smartypalapps on TwitterSmartyPal on Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 13: Camille Fournier

Jan 14th, 2015 45m 23s

Camille Fournier is CTO at Rent the Runway with a toddler son.NotesElided Branches@skamille on TwitterRent the RunwaySponsorGitHub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 12: Anil Dash

Jan 5th, 2015 54m 41s

Anil Dash is co-founder and CEO of ThinkUp and has a 3.5-year-old son.NotesAnil Dash@anildash on TwitterThinkUpThe Good Web BundleSponsorGitHub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 11: Rebecca Murphey

Dec 18th, 2014 54m 30s

Rebecca Murphey is a staff software engineer at Bazaarvoice and has an 16-month-old son.NotesRebecca Murphey@rmurphey on TwitterSponsorGitHub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 10: Sara Pyle

Dec 5th, 2014 47m 55s

Sara Pyle is a Supportocat at Github with a 15-month-old daughter.We talked about the perils of going back to work too early and how her leave plan pivoted, her strategies for working remotely when baby is in the next room, and the status of so

Episode 9: Kelly Shearon

Nov 20th, 2014 46m 35s

Kelly Shearon is Director of Marketing at Github, and a single parent to her 4.5-year-old son.We talked about her former heavy travel schedule that required going through TSA with breastmilk, and about learning not to measure yourself against u

Episode 8: Rise Riyo

Nov 12th, 2014 50m 11s

Rise Riyo is a full stack developer with a seven-year-old daughter.We talked about studying digital animation during its early days, going back to work when you’re not well yet and helping colleagues and bosses understand a disability.NotesRise

Episode 7: Jen Myers

Nov 5th, 2014 48m 55s

Jen Myers is founder of the High Visibility Project and Code and Cupcakes. She has an eight-year-old daughter.NotesJen Myersantiheroine on TwitterHigh Visibility ProjectCode and CupcakesSponsorGitHub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m

Episode 6: Gretchen

Jun 18th, 2014 37m 59s

Gretchen* is an Independent Consultant with two kids: a six-year-old and a thirteen-year-old.We talked about her journey from engineering to sales, how older kids require attention that can’t be outsourced, and about focusing on the trade-offs

Episode 5: Andrea

Jun 11th, 2014 53m 2s

Andrea is a Quality Assurance Manager with two kids, aged 11 and 13.We talked about setting up a nursing room in an office that didn’t have one, setting screen time limits with her pre-teens, and asking for what you need.NotesLa Leche LeagueSpo

Episode 4: Doreen Fasen

Jun 4th, 2014 40m 39s

Doreen Fasen is Lead Program Manager on the Outlook Calendar Team at Microsoft and has two school-aged kids.We talked about how helping companies see the benefits of flexibility, blogging about managing family schedules, and her approach to tak

Episode 3: Shirley Gaw

May 28th, 2014 49m 39s

Shirley Gaw works on the YouTube team at Google and has a 2.5-year-old daughter.We talked about mentorship and majoring in computer science, the stresses of an international move during her pregnancy, and maternity benefits including on-site pr

Episode 2: Jean Hsu

May 21st, 2014 47m 39s

Jean Hsu is an Engineer at Medium and mother of a baby daughter.We talked about breaking the pregnancy news to her boss (Twitter co-founder Ev Williams), being the first to use maternity leave and how much the company changed while she was out,

Episode 1: Máirín Duffy

Mar 5th, 2014 44m 40s

Máirín Duffy is a Principal Interaction Designer at Red Hat, with a nine-month-old daughter.We talked about making open source software with inviting user experiences, how working at the same company as her spouse made parental benefits more co

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