As I write this post, I’ve spent more than 12
hours soaking up keynotes, panel discussions and workshops on various issues
around women in tech, chatted with reps of organizations ranging from The Walt
Disney Company to the Federal Reserve, evangelized an idea for gender diversity
certifications and been to parties thrown by recruiting organizations from
Cisco, Twitter, Facebook, EA and the Fed.
I have picked up surprisingly little swag,
considering that this is one of the major features of the Grace Hopper
Celebration of Women in Computing touted by everyone who’s ever been to one of
these. So far, only one tee-shirt, a couple of totes, a mobile device charger
and a few pens.
However, I’ve clocked more than 13K steps on my
pedometer, and expect that I’ll only make it through the week by applications
of Lidoderm patches and heavy doses of ibuprofen.
Tomorrow I have two breakfasts, a speed mentoring
session, a couple of afternoon things, and six recruiter parties in the
evening. One of them requires me to bluff my way through “Game of Thrones”. My
plan is to wave my cocktail around and intone, “I drink, and I know things.” If
pressed for how I feel about [plot point X] I’ll just grimace and say, “Intense.”
I expect someone will jump in to take over the
conversation.
1 comment:
Sounds like you actually had some fun! I hope they all aren't trying to bluff their way through! Just say I wished they hadn't killed off Ned Stark in the first season and that will help break the ice.
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