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Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories
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First edition
Author Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack
Published2016
Publisher Sasquatch Books
Pages272
ISBN 978-1-63217-066-8 (Hardcover)
OCLC 1066056914

Women In Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories is a 2016 professional career guide written by Tarah Wheeler [1] and published by Sasquatch Books. The book began as a Kickstarter project, with 772 backers and $32,226 in funding. [2]

The book includes advice for women in developing career skills such as salary negotiation, networking, and finding work–life balance, [3] as well as personal stories from female tech professionals. [4]

Reception and Impact

Library Journal called Women in Tech "The essential handbook for women in technology -- engaging, practical, and inspirational." [5]

In the fall of 2016 the University of California, Berkeley taught a class on Wheeler's book and the necessities for overcoming barriers to entry in the technology industry and the requirements for success as a woman trying to enter the field. [6]

Women in Tech has been translated into Korean. [7]

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References

  1. Wheeler is listed as 'Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack' on the first edition and as 'Tarah Wheeler' on the 2017 paperback edition.
  2. "Kickstarter Projects: Women In Tech The Book" . Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  3. "How This Author Is Leveling The Playing Field For Women In Tech" . Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  4. "A CEO Explains How Women Can Fix Tech's Gender Problems". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  5. Scott, Jane (2016). "Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories" . Library Journal. 141 (6): 104–105 via EBSCOhost.
  6. "DeCal : A Guide for Women in Tech". www.decal.org. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  7. Wheeler Van Vlack, Tarah (2017). 여성이 테크분야에서 성공하기 : 출발에서 유리천장을 넘어 / Yeoseong i tekeu bunya eseo seonggong hagi. Translated by Choe, Jongwon; I, Hyeongjin. Human Science(휴먼싸이언스). ISBN   9788993712919.