WEST is a mentorship community for women and nonbinary software engineers. Founded by a woman engineer, for women engineers, WEST is an independent platform that connects women with a knowledgeable mentor based on their development goals. Find your mentor today.
…and we have the numbers to prove it
WEST completed another successful year of fostering & promoting mentorship for our wonderful community of women in technology in 2018. Read about what our mentees and mentors had to say about the WEST impact on their careers.
The results are in! WEST closed out 2017 with 146 mentoring partnerships, coming from over 70 tech companies. Our participants told us at the beginning that although they consider themselves ambitious and want to stay in tech, 15% didn’t believe they would advance in tech, and only 60% felt informed about career options in tech. By the end, 100% feel more prepared to navigate their career in tech!
Effective Communication is a key skill to becoming a good leader. It is not what you say but how you say it. It is more than just exchanging information. It is about understanding the intentions behind the information and being able to clearly convey a message that makes the other person feel heard and understood.
Personal Brand is the new buzzword in career development. It is an ongoing process of establishing an image or impression of yourself in the minds of others. It is what people think about you when you are not in the room. In simple words, it is like establishing a trademark of your personality based on the traits you have developed as a part of creating your vision.
Recently, I was talking to an engineer who was questioning whether she had made the right choice in a recent job change. She was only a few weeks in, but things weren't quite settling in as she had pictured. Here are the three key questions to keep in mind as you determine your fit for a potential team or role.
