Rise of the Women Techie: Experiences, Learning’s, Challenges, Lessons

Rise of the Women Techie: Experiences, Learning’s, Challenges, Lessons

American leader, Brigham Young said - “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” This quote is getting more apt as generation pass since it was coined in late 1850’s.

From putting rebellious matrimonial CVs (which go viral) to representing India in WWE, women have come a long way in representing their own self rising above and over, amidst shoulders of men. A long time ago, in the early days when man used to hunt, the lady of the household managed safety of her progeny and dependant elders along with cooking food and maintaining networks with the neighbors. A woman is born a manager, she is born a multi-tasker, she is born a capable leader and she is an inborn fighter.

Fast-forwarding to today’s day and age and we come upon the modern avatar of a women working in an IT-MNC company and juggling responsibilities of her home and workplace in tandem, and by the looks of it woman are rising up to a higher level than their male peers, take for example the case of Swapna Yadavalli, Associate – Director, Synechron. She is one of the 900+ professionals globally who has managed to get certification in PgMP, PMP, CSM. She is also recognized as an EXPERT in program management community by PMI and featured in PMI Newsletter, “Emotional Intelligence Impacts Wallets”. To be a globally acclaimed professional and have only about 900 peers in the world is a rare achievement and there are probably more number of astronauts out there.

IT companies like Synechron provide enhanced recognition and support to its female employees via a number of parallel programs and continuous projects like Women’s Club, Self Defense classes, Power Yoga & Zoomba fitness programs. All this is an effort to recognize the challenges faced and is a feedback to promote and to give privilege to unique challenges faced by women in today’s modern work-culture.

Challenges faced in such a vibrant culture and atmosphere are great but the reward far outweighs the risk of pursuing a career for the modern women, as men too after being given a nudge in the right direction have agreed that the place of the lady is far better in an office on an earning stronghold rather than making rotis inside a kitchen. The potential is now realized and women are now in a better position to bargain over their future with their lives.

There are as of now 5 Indian women on Forbes billionaire list but still 40% of women are underweight when they begin pregnancy. The rise of women as a techie is but a small step in the big event of things. Rise of Women Techie is simply an example of the high goals women can touch when given the right opportunity and favorable management.