Women in CFD

This episode is another departure from our regular interview shows. I’m joined by a panel of 5 guests who kindly shed some light on a few of the issues facing women in CFD today.

Our expert panel includes Chris Wolfe, Althea de Souza, Aniko Rakai, Irena Juretić and Elisabeth McLean. Between them they cover a breadth & depth of experiences in CFD, whilst sharing an infectious desire to promote our industry as a great career choice for the next generation of female engineers.

We cover some ground, including:

• mansplaining;
• the importance of women-in-tech groups/meetups/initiatives as a safe place to discuss issues & develop ideas;
• whether women need to work harder & do a better job to get to the same place as a man?
• the role of imposter syndrome & self-esteem when it comes to a woman’s career progression;
• how will we know when we’ve “made it” in women in tech?

Even still, we barely scratched the surface. If you’d like to carry on the discussion in the spirit of this episode then you can find us all in the Talking CFD Facebook Group - come join us.

Apologies that the audio isn’t up to scratch, but recording 6 people live is still a tricky prospect. I’ll make sure it’s better next time out.

Shownotes

• Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead — the book by Sheryl Sandberg mentioned a couple times during the show
• STEM Ambassadors — a UK-based programme for bringing STEM to life in schools (not gender specific);
• Expanding Your Horizons Network — a US non-profit organization that organises worldwide events & helps to provide STEM experiences to middle and high school girls to them see themselves pursuing STEM activities and careers;