Elpha’s Post

"I am the queen of the pivot. Wherever I see opportunities for my personal or professional growth, I shift gears and move toward that direction. Life is an adventure, and I want to make sure I experience it all with as few regrets as possible. I have not always been this way. My first pivot was over 10 years ago. As any good first-generation daughter knows, excelling academically was critical. After undergrad, I went straight into my PhD program, the UK equivalent of getting an MD/PhD. I was going to be a doctor and make my family proud. “Our very own Dr. MacCarthy” - they’d boast. However, I was not being true to myself and my purpose." Miriam M., Founder and CEO at Hiedberg , shares tips for being a fearless career pivoter. 👉 Full post: https://bit.ly/4cgheBM #womenintech #pivot #careertransition #careergrowth #personalgrowth

The ability to work from anywhere, flexible work schedules, and the time saved from no longer having to commute are all perks of remote work. If you're looking for remote job opportunities, check out our latest resource featuring tech companies that are currently hiring for remote positions. 💼 We're thrilled to be spotlighting Zapier, Ethena, Hometap, The Open Platform, Canny, Structure, Mission Clean Energy, Clearco, Penny Finance, Hook, and EasyLlama in our list. Read on to learn about the problems they’re solving, what their remote work setup looks like, and where they’re hiring from. ✨ Check out the list: https://bit.ly/3KXZEqN #RemoteWork #JobSearch #WomenInTech #CareerGrowth #WorkLifeBalance

"As women, we are often taught to manage people’s reactions. This leads to more stress, becoming overwhelmed, and creates inequality, especially when trying to navigate a work environment not designed for us. When working in tech, we have to navigate the fast changes in technology itself, in the market, and with our peers and managers. In this environment, we are more likely to revert to shortcuts to handle the pressure. Unfortunately, many times, these shortcuts are assumptions that can increase stress. Stress doesn’t just go away with breathing techniques. They might help in the moment, but for long-term solutions, we must understand what makes us feel stressed and work on balancing our perception of responsibility and failure." Carmin B., CBT & Product Coach, shares tips for identifying what triggers stress, what can amplify it, and how to handle these elements to reduce it. 👉 Full post: https://bit.ly/3KxuEO2 #mentalhealth #womenintech #personalgrowth #stressmanagement

"In 2008, I landed my first job in New York City as an analyst consultant, earning $40,000 a year, with a $5,000 relocation bonus. It was a big step for someone with my background, but I had no idea the journey from there would be filled with unexpected challenges and invaluable lessons." An Elpha member shares her experiences navigating salary negotiations, layoffs, career transitions, and setbacks, and learning powerful lessons about self-worth and self-advocacy. 👉 Full post: https://bit.ly/459B5Ah #womenintech #salarypath #careergrowth #compensation #salarynegotiation

"When I hit burnout as a counselor, the biggest question facing me was, “If I don’t want to work in mental health, what am I going to do next?”. I sat down to reflect on what I needed and wanted for my next move and decided it came down to three things: 1) No middle schoolers, and definitely no responsibility for others’ mental health, 2) The flexibility to prioritize my own mental health and self-care (bonus points for remote options), and 3) More money than I’d ever get working in K-12 education. With these three criteria in mind, tech seemed to me like the obvious industry to pivot to. I’d always been good with computers. My dad and lots of my friends were in tech, and I was pretty sure I could learn the concrete skills I needed to land a job as a software engineer." Jessie Felling, M.S. shares advice for breaking into tech, including insights for those specifically pivoting from caregiving industries. 👉 Full post: https://bit.ly/3X9cuK4 #womenintech #careerpivot #burnout #caregiving

"Part of my motivation for transitioning into tech was my passion for helping others and my desire to do so on a larger scale through design. During my time working in healthcare, it was important for me to show that I was a compassionate and empathetic clinician. These traits naturally carried over into UX Design, where the user is the center of the design process. As I transitioned into tech, I identified other transferable traits, like the importance of being detail-oriented. In dentistry, we work to the millimeter; in UX design, we work to the pixel." Nisha Chauhan, shares her experience and lessons learned from transitioning to UX design from dentistry. 👉 Full post: https://bit.ly/3KpzSva #womenintech #uxdesign #careertransition #improv #improvcomedy

"After being told directly or indirectly for years that I wasn’t good enough through lack of promotion or pay rise or general kindness in the world of work, a friend of mine sat me down and said, “If you invest the amount of time you work for other people in yourself, you might be surprised by what you can achieve.” So, I quit my job and took myself out of my comfort zone and into a place of confidence, decision-making, and power as a solo entrepreneur. For that, I realised I needed to learn to “sell myself” AND be comfortable accepting uncertainty and (the dreaded) imperfection." Sadaf R.,  Applied Anthropologist and Director at Anthronation, shares her journey towards quick decision-making and self-confidence through improv comedy. 👉 Full post: https://bit.ly/3R5S6p9 #womenintech #improv #selfconfidence #decisionmaking #decisionfatigue