<p>Elise Wei is an Elise is an Engineering Director at Monetate with an 18-month-old daughter.</p><p>We talked about her path from fine art photography to tech, being the first female engineer at her company, being promoted to director while on maternity leave, and exercising her company's take-it-when-you-need-it vacation and flexible remote work policies after her official maternity leave ended.</p><ul><li><a href="http://twitter.com/Not_Pele">@not_pele</a> on Twitter</li><li><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/what-happens-to-a-womans-brain-when-she-becomes-a-mother/384179/">What Happens to a Woman's Brain When She Becomes a Mother</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/triketora/women-in-software-eng">Women in Software Engineering</a> Self-Reported Statistics</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Humans-Humorous-Software-Engineering/dp/1430243147/">Managing Humans</a> book</li><li><a href="https://www.girldevelopit.com/chapters/philadelphia">Girl Develop It...<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Motherboard

Kathryn Rotondo

Episode 16: Elise Wei

AUG 31, 201543 MIN
Motherboard

Episode 16: Elise Wei

AUG 31, 201543 MIN

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<p>Elise Wei is an Elise is an Engineering Director at Monetate with an 18-month-old daughter.</p><p>We talked about her path from fine art photography to tech, being the first female engineer at her company, being promoted to director while on maternity leave, and exercising her company's take-it-when-you-need-it vacation and flexible remote work policies after her official maternity leave ended.</p><ul><li><a href="http://twitter.com/Not_Pele">@not_pele</a> on Twitter</li><li><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/what-happens-to-a-womans-brain-when-she-becomes-a-mother/384179/">What Happens to a Woman's Brain When She Becomes a Mother</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/triketora/women-in-software-eng">Women in Software Engineering</a> Self-Reported Statistics</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Humans-Humorous-Software-Engineering/dp/1430243147/">Managing Humans</a> book</li><li><a href="https://www.girldevelopit.com/chapters/philadelphia">Girl Develop It...<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>