susanne tedrick

Host Karl interviewed Susanne Tedrick.

Susanne is a Cloud Infrastructure Specialist for Azure. She's also a published author, and President of CompTIA's Advancing Tech Talent and Diversity executive council.

The conversation covers all of those topics: Susanne's book (Advancing Women in Tech), diversity in the IT workspace, an right-sizing Azure cloud services. 

Susanne's speciality at Microsoft is supporting professional sports teams and leagues. Leagues are clearly at the enterprise level with one set of challenges. Teams are generally more in the SMB space, often as small as twenty actual users.

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Topic 1: Texas Sues Meta Over Facial Recognition

Texas is suing over past use of facial recognition technology. The suit accuses Facebook of violating the state's privacy laws by capturing biometric data on tens of millions of Texans without properly obtaining consent. 

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/texas-sues-facebook-over-its-use-of-facial-recognition-report-says/

Topic 2: Why Companies are not cutting back on office space.

Let's discuss how leaders can best support hybrid work environments and the steps needed to meet workers where they, well, work best. 

https://hbr.org/2022/01/why-companies-arent-cutting-back-on-office-space

Topic 3: NFTs - Hype, Facts, and Future

While NFT’s initial hype might not meet reality in the short term, is it akin to a fad, or does it have the potential to be a transformational technology area?

Source: Gartner Hype Cycle Ranks NFTs at 'Peak of Inflated Expectations' Amid Craze - Decrypt 

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Susanne Tedrick (@SusanneTedrick, Author “Women of Color in Tech”, @IBM Technical Specialist) talks about the importance of STEM for young girls. the need for mentors and sponsors, and how to better create opportunities for women of color in tech. 

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SHOW NOTES:

• Susanne Tedrick (homepage)
• Women of Color in Tech - A Blueprint for Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Technology Innovators (book)
• Guide to Good Allyship

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Before we get into our discussion today, tell us about your background and some of the areas that you’re passionate about.

Topic 2 - For a lot of people, we’re trying to do more listening and learning these days. Let’s talk about women of color in tech. 

Topic 3 - As you now have this platform, what are some of the most common and most surprising conversations you’re having these days?  

Topic 4 - The book provides a number of examples of women in a variety of technical positions (leaders, engineers, pioneers, etc.). Tell us how important it is to see somebody that looks like you in positions you aspire to be in some day.  

Topic 5 - You do an excellent job of talking about women’s journey from early life to careers in tech. Every journey has hills and valleys and roadblocks. What are some of the roadblocks that other people could help women overcome and be more successful? 

Topic 6 - What are your favorite resources for people at different stages of their journeys - events, communities, mentors/sponsors, etc.? 

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