Speed Mentoring Event

The Speed Mentoring Event is back by popular demand!
We’re overjoyed to announce the return of our event, where you’ll have the opportunity to book one-on-one sessions with our highly skilled mentors and ask them any questions that could help you in your career! 🥳
During the event, you can book 15-minute sessions with our mentors to get personalized advice, career insights, and practical tips to help you take the next step in your professional journey.

If you feel stuck in your career, want to level up, are looking to start a career in tech, need a bit of guidance, or have questions you wish someone in your dream job could answer — this event is for you.
Come join us on November 26th at 42 Berlin and get the insights and support you’ve been looking for!

Our team of experienced and supportive mentors will be there to answer your questions and help you move forward in your career.

List of our amazing mentors:
Vaishali Thakkar - Confidential Computing Expert | Open Source Advocate | Public Tech speaker | ADHDer
Anastasiia Kudriavtseva - Frontend Developer | React, TypeScript, UI/UX
Katie Protano - Senior Project Manager • ESG Strategy & People Operations • Change Management • Fulbright Alumni • Relentless Optimist
Marianne Spijkstra - Quality Assurance Engineer & DevOps
Bejal Lewis - Staff Software Engineer
Ineta Svedaite - Hiring Software Engineers and Tech Leaders
Florian Kegel - Head of Software & AI Innovation
Eloísa Rios - Frontend Developer | Organizer of Empowered in Tech
Olga Shonova - Java Backend Developer
Vardan Torosyan - Senior Engineering Manager
Birgit Pohl - High-Performing Teams Through Culture | AI | Engineering Leader | Womxn in Tech
Irene Yu - Serial entrepreneur and leadership coach
Jessica Greene - Senior Machine Learning Engineer | Community lead | Board member | Machine Learning, AI solutions, Inclusive & Ethical Digital Services
Eela Nagaraj - Senior Software Engineer
Zahra H.A.Beigi - Design Lead
Olivia Maly - Data Science Leader
Bartosz Plotka - Product Domain Lead

🗓️ Agenda
6pm: Arrival
6.15pm: Intro and assigning slots for one-on-one sessions
6.30pm: We start the one-on-one sessions and a discussion circle
8.30pm: Wrapping up and networking

🍕 Food and Drinks
Our sponsor Grafana Labs took care of some food and drinks.

📍About 42Berlin
This evening will be kindly hosted by 42 Berlin, a free coding school in Berlin that trains software engineers up to masters level. Their campus is located in central Neukölln, open 24/7 and offers facilities to students free of charge.
Learn more: 42berlin.de

☂️ About the FLINTA label
This event is labeled as FLINTA (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender) as we make it a mission to empower women and other underrepresented minorities in the tech community.

💗 Code of Conduct
We are dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming experience for everyone who participates in our events.
By attending our event, you agree to the Berlin Code of Conduct: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/en

📸 Media Consent
We may be taking photos of this event for social media posts. If you do not want to be photographed, please let the organizers at the event know. We will make sure to respect your privacy.

👋 About Empowered in Tech
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. Stay in touch with the community!
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https://bit.ly/EmpoweredInTechSlack