Ada Lovelace has often been regarded as one of the world’s first computer programmers following her documented algorithm in the 19th century.
In celebration of Ada Lovelace Day, ThoughtWorks hosted a special edition By ThoughtWorks event on Tuesday 8 October featuring some incredible women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Our speakers shared their personal career journeys with lots of practical tips on how to navigate the industry at various stages – from graduate to senior leadership and everything in between.
Please take a look at their slides here.
25. Juggling the Director role
Operational and project-based,
24/7
Service-focused,
complex stakeholder mapping
Digital comms, publishing, web
delivery, design and UX
Very low budget for CAPEX,
relying on in-team capability
Male-dominant team,
particularly in the beginning
Increasingly received support,
foundational work required first
Customer-centric, strong UX
foundations and Agile
Moved between tech and
marketing, academic originally
26. Managing a digital team - learnings
● Juggling 24/7 and managing expectations early
● The best reward is the one you get from people
● Learn how to say no nicely
● Speak up, earn trust and use it to influence
● Make your own decisions - use evidence
● Understand motives - doesn’t matter who yells most.
● Communicate, communicate, communicate.