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Coffee With Developers • Oct 14, 2024

Coffee with Developers - Babette Wagner

Babette Wagner

Babette Wagner successfully migrated 7 million lines of legacy code with zero downtime. Discover her blueprint for cloud migration, securing executive sponsors, and building authentic team inclusivity.

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#1 about 6 min

Modernizing legacy applications through proactive leadership

How stepping up to redesign a massive legacy monolith into cloud-based microservices builds career confidence.

#2 about 6 min

Securing engineering career sponsorship for women

Actionable steps for women to overcome humble self-assessments and secure active career sponsors.

#3 about 6 min

Implementing measurable diversity and inclusion practices

Moving beyond pinkwashing by implementing international hiring processes, talent mentorship, and inclusion performance metrics.

#4 about 3 min

Becoming an accidental role model in software engineering

Why extending mentorship and sharing daily engineering experiences naturally establishes senior technical women as role models.

#5 about 2 min

Overcoming self-assessment gaps through peer feedback

Addressing the confidence disparity between genders by requesting structured performance evaluations from engineering colleagues.

#6 about 3 min

Maintaining authenticity in male-dominated technical environments

How embracing unconventional traits rather than assimilating leads to stronger team collaboration and individual success.

#7 about 2 min

Rewriting the historical narrative of women in technology

The ongoing necessity to highlight technical achievements pioneered by female engineers instead of solely focusing on male founders.

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3:17 min

Overcoming career transitions through dedicated community support

Paloma Oliveira +1 · LIVE

3:25 min

Q&A: Role models and navigating male-dominated environments

Carly Richmond Carly Richmond · LIVE

6:47 min

Navigating gender dynamics and career progression in tech

Joana Simoes · LIVE

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