TechShe Sparks: Women Rocking Deep Tech

  🔍 Mid-career in tech can be thrilling — you're leading teams, deploying to cloud, contributing to AI systems, building platforms…  and then it hits: memory lapses, brain fog, sleep disruption, sudden anxiety. No, it’s not burnout. It’s not imposter syndrome. It’s perimenopause. And for many women in STEM, Deep Tech, AI, and Cloud careers, it arrives like an unannounced system update: disruptive, unpredictable, and nearly undocumented. But things are changing. Women are talking. Companies are starting to listen. And the narrative is shifting from silent suffering to powerful adaptation. 🌟 How Women Are Coping (and Rewriting the Rules) Women in tech are no strangers to complexity — and now, they’re using that same innovation to manage the physical and cognitive load of menopause.  Here's how: 💬 Open Conversations at Work More women are breaking the silence and normalizing conversations about menopause.  A software engineer recently shared on X how she a...

  🧬 Let’s Talk About the Thing No One Talks About Brain fog while deploying code. Hot flashes during a client demo. Anxiety attacking mid-sprint. Welcome to perimenopause in Deep Tech — where hormonal chaos meets high-stakes systems. It’s real. It’s invisible. And it’s pushing far too many women out of tech roles they’ve spent years building. We’re not broken. We’re evolving. So let’s normalize this, not hide it . 💻 Symptoms That Can Derail a Sprint Perimenopause — often starting in your 30s or 40s — brings a bouquet of fun: Brain fog (wait, what’s the command line again?) Hot flashes (turn down the server, not me) Anxiety and mood swings (sorry Jenkins, it’s not you, it’s me) Insomnia and fatigue (trying to debug on 2 hours of sleep = pain) In a culture that worships 24/7 productivity , these symptoms can be career-threatening — but only if we keep pretending they don’t exist. 📊 The Numbers Behind the Burnout Here’s what the data tells us: 67% of working...

  Fancy job titles in tech?  Overrated.  "Senior,"  "Lead,"  "Head of Something Intimidating"—they might polish your LinkedIn, but real leadership isn’t about a promotion.  It’s about how you act, anywhere, anytime—even from the back row, even if you’re still decoding acronyms. Leadership in tech isn’t a label. It’s a choice. What Is Leadership in Tech, Really? It’s not just managing people.  It’s: Taking responsibility when no one asked you to Speaking up when something’s off Making space for others to shine Suggesting better ways (yes, even if your voice shakes) Teaching what you’ve learned to a teammate Admitting “I don’t know” —then solving it together The best leaders aren’t always loud. They’re the ones bringing clarity, calm, or courage when tech’s chaos hits—and it hits often. It’s Not About Knowing Everything Tech moves too fast for anyone to master it all. Leadership shines in how you handle the unknown: “Let’s test it and find out....