Bookclub: Quiet by Susan Cain
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📚 "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain
For our July Book Club, Women Who Code London will be reading and discussing “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain.
How can you measure or define someone's personality? One way is to figure out where a person falls on the introvert-extrovert spectrum. Want to know where on the spectrum you are? Come join us at the book club and see how you can learn about:
- Can one be an extroverted introvert and vice versa?
- Why do extroverts often have it easier?
- How can the particular skills of introverts and extroverts be of use to achieve excellence?
If you don’t have enough time to finish the book, please watch this video ahead of the event.
📘 Book Selection
*“*Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking"
Author: Susan Cain
Learn more about the book.
⏰ Agenda
19:00 - 19:10 - Welcome speech and introduction from WWCode
19:10 - 20:10 - Book discussion
20:10 - 20:25 - Wrap up and closing comments
👩🏻 👩🏻 Event Hosts
Sumeyya Javaid LinkedIn | Twitter
Sumeyya is a computer science graduate who has previously worked as a junior web developer. Looking to return to tech, she is working on various project-building tasks and is eager to share her expertise through volunteering and hackathons. Passionate about accessibility to tech, especially for women and disabled persons, Sumeyya tries to achieve this by being a part of Educating Beyond Borders and Women Who Code.
To power off, Sumeyya enjoys learning about cultural history, architecture, reading and staying fit with Pilates and beginner archery.
Rajani Rao LinkedIn
Rajani is a Principal Engineer at U-Blox, a global leader in positioning and wireless communication technologies. In her role, Rajani is responsible for the development and commercialization of Location, Security and IoT solutions. As a certified AWS Solutions Architect, Rajani designs highly available, scalable and serverless services in the Cloud. Her work has been instrumental in the development of several U-Blox web services. She has over 20 years of software and engineering experience in companies including Philips, NXP Semiconductors and Geotate. She is passionate about technology and science and an advocate for women in STEM.
She enjoys reading books on leadership and personal development.
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