FLINTA Talk Night: Exploring Career Paths in Tech

Getting into the Tech industry can be a challenge, but it doesn't stop there: You now also have to think about your career development. Join us for an event where we'll explore the options together.

✍️ Event description
When you start out in tech, you will reach a point where you are faced with the question: Where do you want to go next? Do you want to go into management in the future? Or will you try and get one of the few staff / principal engineer roles? Or maybe you want to do something entirely different - go solo, found your own company or switch into an entirely different career.
There are many options, and it can be hard to figure out the best path to aim for.

1. Talk: Dana's Career Path
In this session, Dana will provide an overview of her career journey, going from software developer to project management and finally to consulting. She will also share insights from her experience as a founder of FemXX Health, a healthcare startup, and discuss the motivations that guided her career choices. Last but not least, Dana will reflect on her past experience, offering some insights for those looking to navigate their own career paths in tech.

Panel: Career Paths in Tech
Our panel of people with diverse career paths will discuss about the different obvious and less obvious paths that are open to a developer who wants to progress in their career. The panelists will also answer your questions on the topic.

🏢 Location
We are kindly hosted by Project A and some beverages and food, including vegan options, will be provided.

⏰ Agenda
18:00 Doors open, we'll mingle and have some snacks
18:30 Intro and welcome from your hosts
18:40 Talk by Dana
19:00 Break
19:30 Panel Discussion: Career Paths in Tech
20:30 Time for Networking

🗣 Speaker

Dana Aronovici
Holding a BSc in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and a MSc in Robotics from ETH Zürich, Dana has 8+ years of professional experience in a mix of software development and project and product management roles. She worked for several industries mainly in corporate environments, before becoming a mom and founding her own startup in the healthcare sector. Now she works as a Software Engineering Consultant at Project A, supporting clients with technical topics.

🪑 Panelists

Anna Wyrwinska
An engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in software development, including more than 5 years as an Engineering Manager across public sector, corporate environments, and startups. Outside of work, Anna is a wife and mom of a toddler.

Yankang Li
Coming from China originally, Yankang studied computer science and after spending her days in a suit as an IT consultant for banks, she discovered hoodies and set off to democratize satellite pictures with Argo workflows and Spring Boot. Since more than 3 years she works in her favourite industry - real estate, in different roles from Full-Stack Software Engineer to Engineering Manager.

Judith Böhlert
Judith is a full-stack software engineer with 7 years of experience.
Last year, she embarked on a self-employment journey after being employed at different companies, from small startups to big corporations.
She now supports companies as a freelance software engineer and consultant and helps them ship amazing products.

🏢 About Project A
Project A is one of the leading early-stage tech investors in Europe with offices in Berlin and London. In addition to $1bn assets under management, Project A supports its portfolio companies with a platform team of over 140 functional experts in key areas such as software and product development, business intelligence, brand, design, marketing, sales and recruiting.
The venture capital firm was founded in 2012 and has backed more than 100 startups. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, WorldRemit, sennder, KRY, Spryker, Catawiki, Unmind and Voi.

👋 About Us
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We are a local community in Berlin dedicated to empowering FLINTA (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender) people to excel in their tech journey. Our events offer study groups, technical workshops, hackathons, networking events, panel discussions, lightning talks, and social events.

💗 Code of Conduct
We are dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming experience for everyone who participates in our events.
Our events aim to empower diverse women and we welcome everyone who identifies as a woman or another underrepresented group in tech or an ally.
We follow the Berlin Code of Conduct for our events: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/

📸 Media Consent
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