Women Software Engineers

AI will eventually replace us engineers 🥲

Only female engineer on a monthly engineering call. Our technical engineer recruitment advisor left the company and CEO kept saying when we hire HIM. So many he’s and hims referenced. Complete lack of inclusion w… more

Have any of you ever thought about leaving the engineering field? I never thought I'd say this but I'm genuinely bored at work, even though the pay is great

Who else has a 3-D printer? Wondering if it's worth it as I'm looking for a new hobby

How many of you have children? For some reason, a lot of my female colleagues are single and/or don't want to have children

Need some advice - one of my engineers is, to put it bluntly, a misogynist. I've reported it but he's so subtle with his comments that I can't verify it with HR. I'm at my wits end and… more

Favorite programming language? And why?

Who else is up late working on a work-related project 🥲

How does one go about finding a mentor or someone to help you refine what you want to do career wise?
I love coding but I also love the strategy that goes behind building an effective website (for vi… more

Any gamers here?

What inspired you to become (and stay) a software engineer or developer?

Have you all ever confronted your managers about a pay gap that you've learned about between you and male engineers? Just found out my colleague is making 14k more than me for no visible reason ot… more

Short weeks always give me anxiety. There's always a backlog of work people forgot to give the Friday before the long weekend that's due in 24-48 hrs 😭

How do you all feel about VR? I have mixed feelings about it as an engineer. Not sure if it's the future or a failure waiting to happen for society's development.

I have always had really bad relationships with my PMs. Idk if this is normal but I feel like the way they talk to us developers and engineers is so rude.

Do you all go through the whole workday without eating or do you pause for lunch breaks? I feel like my flow gets super disrupted after I eat so I just eat one big meal after 5 pm.

What have you ladies been reading lately? Any genre!

Anyone else have to haul two monitors to the local coffee shop because their job refuses to pay for a coworking space? No, just me? Okay lol

How do you maintain creative skills while still working in this field?

Who else is an anime nerd like me! 👀

Anyone knows what’s the salary range for quality engineer role at palantir? Location: Palo Alto

Anyone moved to Austin from a liberal state like California or East coast ? I have an offer for Engg PM from Apple. I love remote work at my current job but Apple has this strict hybrid requirement. I… more

Any advice for a successful salary negotiation? I’m due a raise - evolved role and extra responsibilities since some engineers on our team left and I feel it’s the time to ask. Only female in a man’s … more

Is there anyone from Vitol? Do you know what is a salary range for Software Engineer?

I'm a Senior SE I. My team is hiring for a Staff SE, which is 2 levels above me. I want to apply but my boss' boss said I'd have to be a Senior II first. I told my manager it'd take the new hire at leas… more

Relatively early in my career, wondering if it's worth pushing myself to try to get a SWE position in MAANG or a similar level company but not sure of the long term career impacts. Senior devs in … more

I’ve been working at a startup for 2 years, and I was the 8th person hired. Now that the team is larger, I’m underpaid for my current position and know I could make more elsewhere. Should I negotiate … more

Would you ever leave a MAANG to work for a women-led company? Feeling beaten down by the attitudes and demeanor of men in tech towards women, including myself. Any advice for a woman in a male dominat… more

Software Bug reported in the team

Me: immediately spots the issue and identify the solution to 2 of our team

2 members (all male team): Nah if you could double check the code you wrote for this feature if that’s causing the issue

Me: but t… more

In your opinion and to be honest, has anyone found that working for a male supervisor is much easier than working for a female supervisor? It’s just me?

I currently work at a smaller organization, and in the final rounds at FAANG company. Do you experience more sexism in a larger organization rather than a smaller one? We are pretty respectful at my c… more

Starting the job hunt again, interested to know, what is a question you now always ask in every interview?

I’m very close with my team, would you ever tell your current manager, that are you are applying for other jobs? I have a desire for a new role, not a new team, and found a company that I’m super inte… more

I’m updating my resume/CV and it’s about two pages long, Should I cut the experience I have to make everything fits on one page, does it really matter?

How do you stay organized while working from home? Try to use Gantt charts, but I'm open to other systems

Putting in my notice today. Mixed feelings!!

I am so excited to move to a great company... But I also hate letting people down and feel bad for my teammates who haven't gotten out yet (the company/… more

Next week, I have an opportunity to go to a coffee break with our CIO, it will be a group of us, and I definitely want to stand out (in a good way). What are some questions I should ask?

Anyone going to Grace Hopper this September? My job is paying for the trip

Today was a tough day, what's your favorite “mansplaining” stories so I can laugh...