Trying to be Barbie in Ken's Mojo Dojo Casa House
summary
Women occupy roughly 20% of tech roles in Europe and within PostgreSQL only 4 of 96 contributors and 2 of 41 major contributors are women while the core team is seven men, and 56% of women leave tech within 10–20 years; the UK tech gender pay gap is ~16% and women under 25 earn about 29% less on average. The talk cites concrete fixes: company childcare at conferences, implicit bias test QR code, mentoring and Punch Cards to celebrate saying no, practical time management with the four Ds, and examples where these measures increase representation (PG Paris reaches 50% women).
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chapters (29)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:44The state of women in tech
- 3:08Why the Barbie analogy?
- 4:26Systemic challenges
- 6:48Barbie in the real world
- 7:17Internalized bias and culture
- 10:50Navigating the career path
- 12:19Educational and systemic drop
- 13:48Professional progression
- 14:02Workplace experiences
- 19:30Daily struggles in tech
- 21:37Impostor syndrome and burnout
- 22:32Breaking the mold
- 24:16Interview bias
- 24:29The patriarchy at work
- 24:41Gloria's monologue
- 26:12Self-confidence and reprogramming
- 28:06Allyship in practice
- 28:42Time management and support
- 29:55Taking back control
- 30:13Forging a new ending
- 32:01Positive changes
- 32:16Community initiatives
- 33:56Educational outreach
- 34:45The value of being ordinary
- 35:55Taking action
- 37:17Summary of interventions
- 41:06Making a difference
- 41:37Closing and resources
