Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner Panel

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On January 31, 2008, over 600 girl geeks and their male guests gathered at the Googleplex for the 1st Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner in the United States. Girl Geek Dinners have been held in London, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Brussels, Malaysia, and more. This Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner is the first of its kind in the U.S.

Katherine Barr, a partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, moderated the diverse panel of women in tech discussing building credibility and reputation in technology and business — women such as Irene Au, Google's Director of User Experience; Rashmi Sinha, CEO of SlideShare; Leah Culver, Co-Founder and Lead Developer of Pownce; and Sumaya Kazi, Sun Microsystem's Social Media Manager and serial entrepreneur by age 25.

The panelists shared their experiences as women in technology, the struggle to gain respect in the tech industry, and the funny things they experienced in work and life. While the panel focused mostly on the panelists' individual experiences, the audience asked for advice on how to survive as a woman in a male-dominated technical culture. Women asked such questions as, how do you dress for occasions, how do you deal with lack of respect in the office, and how do you have it all? — both children and an executive career, as in the case of Irene.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: February 29, 2008 at 3:03 am
Author: Google

Length: 01:16:21
Rating: 4.15
Views: 23409

Tags: Google

Video Comments:
zohar5150 (November 20, 2008 at 12:07 pm)
open source is in theory is communism no?
BloodxGusher (October 24, 2008 at 1:32 am)
Lol there is always a foreigner somewhere :))
graffnameseed (September 28, 2008 at 1:14 am)
i get hyphy in my white lab coat yadidimean bre, but 4 reals this is pritty awsome
alpinenu (September 21, 2008 at 9:20 pm)
Leah Culver spoils what would have otherwise been an outstanding group panel discussion. She's an utter disgrace to females in the tech industry: talentless, narcissistic, and incredibly unintelligent.
clay0101 (December 31, 2008 at 7:48 am)
at least she is easy on eyes compared to the other bitches.
eaglestriker24 (August 4, 2008 at 2:05 am)
Damn, these are serious geeks...
Holy Fuck!
tomthemoron1 (May 30, 2008 at 4:38 am)
Leah C is what i call the perfect woman. Smart, beautiful, and not afraid to do what she wants!
gemalynn (April 16, 2008 at 7:24 am)
This is a really well rounded panel. What an incredible turn out for the 1st ggd. But I'm not really surprised for Bay Area. Great job everyone! Go girl geeks!
RapshackFilms (April 9, 2008 at 12:11 am)
these girls are hyphy
Xeqimars (March 26, 2008 at 9:55 pm)
I love girls, geeky girls if they're also hot, if not, no. I'm shallow like that.