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5 Tips for your next performance review

performance review, performance appraisal, employee, company contributions

CF / May 27th, 2013 / 21 Comments

In a few weeks, I’m going to be getting my first ever yearly performance review at work. I have been at the new job for about 7 months now. While I feel like I’ve learned a lot and been able to accomplish a lot of things, there’s still so much more I could be learning and doing. As a result, I’m a little nervous about the review – what if it doesn’t appear...

Got ovaries? Work less!

Work less, job discrimination, job inequality

CF / May 6th, 2013 / 24 Comments

A new study published in a recent issue of Gender & Society suggests that occupations which have higher average working hours per week have higher levels of gender segregation. These occupations vary, but include fields like law, engineering, computer science, and areas such as senior management. According to principal investigator Youngjoo Cha, an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana...

Posted in: Career and Work Tagged with: gender equality in the workplace, orking mothers, women equality, women in computer science, women in medicine, women in technology

This is strange…but good

enjoy working, career opportunities, love your work, passion for work

CF / March 18th, 2013 / 28 Comments

So a strange thing happened to me. For the longest time, I didn’t work very hard. I was in academia and learned very quickly that as a paid employee working in research, it didn’t matter how hard you worked. No one cared and you’ll still get your pension and your yearly raise. So I spent a lot of my “work” time on my hobbies, my blogs and learning things that interested...

Posted in: Career and Work, Philosophy Tagged with: biological sciences, changing careers, co-workers matter, computer science degree, doing a job you like, early retirement, enjoying your work, freelance writing, getting rewarded for your career, utility of a university degree

Where are all the girls in the game industry?

girls in the game industry, video games, gaming industry, video games

CF / February 20th, 2013 / 38 Comments

A recent article in Forbes, written by Gabrielle Toledano, executive vice president and chief talent officer of Electronic Arts, examined the age old question – Where are all the girls in computer science? In particular, why are there not more girls in the video game industry? As a software developer and the only full time female developer on my team, it’s an interesting question to...

Posted in: Career and Work Tagged with: computer programming, male dominated careers, video game design, video game industry, women in computer science, women working in male careers, working in computer science