Even during the time working at Google, Erica left her mark on social media by revealing Google’s internal spreadsheet that highlights the unfair pay.
Not just only at Slack, throughout her career as a tech titan, she also joined several superb tech companies including GitHub, Google, Slack, Patreon & Microsoft, and always knew how to make herself indispensable at work.īesides her career, Erica Joy Baker has also devoted herself to partaking in the movements to advocate diversity in workplaces and enhance the impacts of technology on human life. (Pic 3: Erica Joy Baker – Former Senior Engineer at Slack – cre: lesbianswhotech) This application is considered a highly valued business tool that top-notch tech companies even opt to pay for a premium subscription to use more upgraded features. Erica Joy Baker – the one who worked behind the scenes at Slack and many more.Įrica Joy Baker is known as the one that stood behind the booming of Slack – a messaging app for businesses that connects people.Taking the company public has even made Whitney become the world’s first youngest self-made billionaire. Bumble is valued at more than $1 billion and more than 500 “first moves” are recorded in this app. The popularity of this dating app has exploded especially in the recent pandemic. Also, worthy of note is the fact that 85% of the company’s portfolio is females and this company has gained a reputation for its commitment to providing such a working environment for women to thrive in. Bumble is the first-ever dating app that only women could make the first move when users match on the platform. Previously responsible for development at Tinder, Whitney then transitioned from Tinder to Bumble, where her past experience has given her the courage to do things differently. (Pic 2: Whitney Wolfe Herd – Founder, CEO Bumble – Cre: on pic) Whitney Wolfe Herd – Founder, CEO Bumble.(Pic 1: Sheryl Sandberg – COO Facebook, Inc. The book Lean In has been sold more than 2.25 million copies worldwide and the community itself is expected to encourage women to push back the status quo and lean in their careers, simultaneously encourages men to support that. Undoubtedly, she is one of the most influential women not only in Silicon Valley but in the tech world where she has also held executive leadership positions of different billion-dollar tech companies such as Google, Microsoft.Ĭrediting her career path as a great way to inspire women to get leadership roles in life, Sheryl Landberg is active in writing books & building the “Lean In” community – a global network dedicated to helping women achieve their ambitions.
Since 2008 when taking over this position, Sheryl took full responsibility for marketing & communications strategies and has helped to dramatically increase this social media firm’s revenues. Sheryl is currently the COO of Facebook – the most active social platform worldwide with r oughly 2.89 billion monthly active users.
On the occasion of Women In Tech week, let’s celebrate it with a great source of inspiration from these incredible women including two from Vietnam. They not only direct successful tech-related businesses but make significant social impacts in society.
Notorious for being distinctly male-dominated, the technology industry has witnessed an increasing number of women who have risen through the ranks and helped to shape its future.